Sadler’s Wells x 180 Studios
A co-production with The Factory and ALTRUVIOLET

From award winning dance artist and cultural innovator Ivan Michael Blackstock comes TRAPLORD, a dance performance meditating on life, death and rebirth.

Wandering between dreams and reality, TRAPLORD takes us on a new heroic journey to self-actualisation.

Using dance, theatre and spoken word to explore raw and confrontational themes of mental health and masculinity, TRAPLORD is an invitation to question the stereotyping of Black men in contemporary western society; an attempt to escape from the mental state of being condemned before having lived.

Within this production are artistic choices and truthful narratives that pursue authentic lived experiences including physical and mental trauma, and may include images which depict abuse. TRAPLORD aims to inspire a healing process in both our performers and audience members. Thank you for coming with us on this journey.

Part of Well Seasoned

Creative credits:
Director and Choreographer – Ivan Michael Blackstock
Co-Designer – Chloe Lamford
Co-Designer – Shankho Chaudhuri
Lighting Designer – Simisola Majekodunmi
Sound Designer – Luke Swaffield for Autograph
Video Designer – Ian William Galloway
Costume Designer – Saskia Lenaerts

Supported using public money by Arts Council England.

Supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation, The Maria Björnson Memorial Fund and The Foyle Foundation.

Header image © Furmaan Ahmed