Sampad South Asian Arts and Heritage are thrilled to announce their 30th Anniversary Programme for 2020. This year Sampad will celebrate 30 years of breaking down barriers and amplifying unheard voices, with an exciting programme of events throughout the year. From large-scale productions, a retrospective exhibition and various community projects, Sampad will honour the rich and diverse South Asian arts and heritage in Birmingham. Anniversary highlights include a major, specially commissioned, international writing competition for women in Birmingham, Pakistan and…

Birmingham Royal Ballet and Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage celebrate their joint 30th Anniversary with a world-class choreo-lab residency. Two critically acclaimed dancers, from two very different disciplines, will come together to share practice and explore each other’s dance languages. Bharatanatyam dancer and Akram Khan Company Rehearsal Director, Mavin Khoo, and first soloist with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Kit Holder will spend one week in a Birmingham Royal Ballet Studio working on new choreography with a performance sharing at the…