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Kadeem En Pointe

@kadeem.enpointe

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🩰Ballet for anyone, anywhere
⛓️‍💥Breaking ballet’s gender binary
🫱🏾‍🫲🏼collabs: [email protected]
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I am beyond excited to announce the full cast of insanely talented artists that will be helping me to bring my reimagining of The Nutcracker Act II - A World Of Our Own - to life this holiday season. And to make the Kingdom of Sweets even sweeter, we are joined by Mark Rogers on the piano to bring Tchaikovsky’s divine score to life live on the night 🎹

🌍 Join from ANYWHERE in the world! Streaming live on YouTube + available to catch up for 14 days
📍 The Shaw Theatre, London
📅 19 December 2026 at 7:30pm

You can book tickets now via the link in my bio #ballet #thenutcracker

📖 A little more of the world we’re building ✨
🌍 Join from ANYWHERE in the world! Streaming live on YouTube + available to catch up for 14 days
📍 The Shaw Theatre, London
📅 19 December 2026 at 7:30pm

You can book tickets now via the link in my bio.

🧁 Trinidadian dancer Kadeem En Pointe leads the cast as The Sugar Plum Fairy. He trained at the Caribbean School of Dancing in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to the UK, and is the creator of Kadeem En Pointe, a platform exploring ballet beyond traditional ideas of gender and who the art form is for.

His work includes the En Pointe In Public series and All The World’s A Stage, his first independently produced stage production, which premiered at London’s Shaw Theatre in August 2026.

📸 @mandyleft

❄️ English dancer Evie-Leigh Savage joins the cast as Snow Fairy. She graduated from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in 2025, following her training at London Vocational Ballet School.

Evie-Leigh made her West End debut in 2024 with Complexions Contemporary Ballet and has since worked with companies and organisations including Birmingham Rep, Constella Music and New Adventures, alongside a range of independent choreographers.

📸 @nickguttridge & @j_a_c_k_t_h_o_m_s_o_n

💂 Classical ballet dancer Inès Vebole joins the cast as The Nutcracker. She trained at the Francis Poulenc Municipal Conservatory in Paris, the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse, and English National Ballet School in London.

Her international career has included performing as a demi-soloist with Barcelona Ballet, appearan by @kadeem.enpointe

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My next show is happening on Saturday 19th December at 7:30pm at @shawtheatreldn in London and I am SO excited for this one. I hope you’ll join from wherever in the world you may be as it will also be live streamed on YouTube for ticket holders 🌍

Tchaikovsky’s iconic music for The Nutcracker is going to be such a joy to dance and choreograph to. I’ll be joined by a fantastic cast soon to be announced!

Tickets are now available via the tagged products or on my website www.kadeemenpointe.com ❄️

Original photo by @mandyleft

#ballet #thenutcracker taken in London, United Kingdom by @kadeem.enpointe

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2 months ago

🖤 At its heart, Not So Little Dancer is a piece I choreographed to challenge the idea of dancers as merely beautiful, delicate or (dare I say) decorative figures. Instead, it presents dancers as complex human beings whose artistry requires strength, athleticism, intelligence and a constant pursuit of perfection. Through the choreography, I use some of the world’s most famous sculptures to bring these different aspects of a dancer’s artistry to life.

This piece is best viewed on my YouTube channel (same name!) as it was filmed in landscape, and I’d really encourage you to watch it there to experience the full scope of the choreography as I intended.

The first time I filmed this piece in full costume was in Paris in June 2026. I chose Paris because both Claude Debussy, whose music accompanies the choreography, and Edgar Degas, whose Little Dancer inspired the work, were French. It’s also one of my favourite cities in the world!

But I wanted to film it again here in London because this is my home. It’s the city where I’m constantly surrounded by art and where I continue to find inspiration for my own work.

I hope that when you watch this piece and take in the commentary, you’ll see a little more than just a dancer moving to music. I hope you’ll see the strength, the thought and the humanity behind the art ❤️

And don’t forget to watch the full landscape version on my YouTube channel, repost this video and share it with a friend 🧑🏾‍🩰

Filmed on 5 October 2026 by @amdefreitas
Costume by @storrveldi

#ballet #london taken in London, United Kingdom by @kadeem.enpointe

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19 hours ago

I realise I clap when I talk... a lot.

🎟️ You don’t need to wait until December to book for my Nutcracker. In fact, booking now is one of the biggest ways you can help make this production a success. I cannot stress enough how much your early bookings mean to me 🥹

As an independent artist, putting on a production of this scale is an enormous financial undertaking, and unlike larger companies, I don’t have the same financial backing.

❤️ Every early booking makes a difference. It helps me cover production costs and plan with a little more financial security to make the show even bigger and better.
🩰 I’m trying to make ballet more accessible. That means keeping ticket prices as affordable as possible, while still delivering a beautiful, professional production.
🌍 You can support from anywhere in the world! The show will be streamed globally on YouTube, with 14 days to catch up - but this is also ticketed so only those with tickets will receive the private link to watch live or catch up and (and you can watch over and over and over again!)

I know December can be an expensive time of year and seems far away - I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who has already booked. If you’ve been thinking about joining us, I really hope you’ll consider booking today. Comment DISCOUNT and I’ll send you an exclusive discount as a thank you for booking early!

Thank you for helping me continue to create ballet that welcomes everyone. It genuinely means more than you know ❤️

#ballet by @kadeem.enpointe

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Ballet has European origins. But does that mean it belongs exclusively to Europeans?

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It’s worth asking why this cultural dance form was able to travel around the world and eventually be treated as a universal art form.

This is the part that people are scared to talk about.

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European colonisation suppressed and sometimes destroyed other cultures.

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Dance traditions absolutely travelled, survived and transformed but many were not given the same institutions, money, theatres, schools and cultural authority as European art forms.

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The difference was who had the power to decide what counted as art.

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Ballet has European origins, but it does not belong exclusively to Europe.

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When Black dancers put on pointe shoes, they aren’t pretending to be European.

They are participating in an art form that has spent centuries travelling beyond the place it began.

But somehow… we’re still expected to dress our feet as though ballet never travelled.

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Let that sink in.

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There is a reason for that. It creates the illusion of an uninterrupted line. Leg → ankle → foot → pointe shoe.

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A brown pointe shoe does not make ballet less classical.

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#ballet by @kadeem.enpointe

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4 days ago

Please read the entire post before getting your opinion. This is not an attack but rather my thoughts based on my experiences which I’m using to open a productive and positive conversation 🤎💪🏾

Photos 1,3,4,5,7,8: @mandyleft
Photo 6: @ollie_honeywood_photo

#ballet #enpointeinpublic by @kadeem.enpointe

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5 months ago

I have seen many people in my life struggle to find something that makes them feel the way ballet allows me to feel. But I want my work to inspire people - not necessarily to love ballet - but to love SOMETHING. I hope that this post helps you to understand me a little bit more. Thank you for being here.  Photo 1: @burakstudio
Photo 9: @mandyleft
Photo 13: @themancorialist  #ballet #enpointeinpublic by @kadeem.enpointe

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8 months ago

Art asks us to stay curious long enough to see and understand each other fully without fear.

All photos by @mandyleft

#ballet #enpointeinpublic by @kadeem.enpointe

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5 months ago

This is the story of En Pointe In Public (so far). Thank you all for being here and I can’t wait to dance for everyone around the world next month 🫶🏾

Photo 4: @ollie_honeywood_photo
Photo 17: @mandyleft

#ballet #enpointeinpublic by @kadeem.enpointe

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3 months ago

THIS IS MY MISSION 💪🏾🩰

If you’re new, welcome. If you’ve been here a while, thank you for dancing alongside my journey.

I’m glad and grateful for every single one of you helping me spread the love of ballet and the passion of passion.

Photo 1: @mandyleft
Photo 6: @themancorialist

#ballet #enpointeinpublic #balletlife #dance by @kadeem.enpointe

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10 months ago

Did you know that the stories of classical ballets are told in part through mime? Some gestures are obvious, others you just need to know!

In Giselle’s entrance from the ballet of the same name - most of the movements are clear, but one key movement might be tricky to decipher if you don’t know it. Did you know the ballet mime for ‘dance’ before this video?

#ballet #enpointeinpublic by @kadeem.enpointe

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