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Ivan Blackstock
Artistic Director & Choreographer
Ivan Blackstock © Louise Kragh i
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TrapLord © Glodi Miessi
TrapLord © Glodi Miessi
TrapLord © Glodi Miessi
TrapLord © Glodi Miessi
Short Bio
Ivan Blackstock is a multifaceted artist and choreographer who stimulates audiences through movement and dance with the guidance of music, film and lighting design. After establishing a successful commercial career in street dance productions, advertisements and music videos, Ivan went on to create his own work which has an intense, illustrative, and visually conceptual style. Ivan is currently focusing on creating work for the theatre, and has recently become Artistic Director of CRXSS PLATFXRM, a new arts organisation showcasing the future of street culture.
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FEDORA
FEDORA - Van Cleef & Arpels
Prize for Ballet 2020
Nominee
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Meet the creators behind TrapLord!
12 November 2020
Reflecting upon black-British masculinity in crisis, violence and the negative stereotyping of black men in contemporary society, Ivan Michael Blackstock is the Artistic Director and Choreographer of TrapLord, nominee of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2020.
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