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Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Category: Arts & Culture
Address: London, United Kingdom

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Sisters Grimm is a theatre production company founded by Ella Spira MBE and former Royal Ballet dancer Pietra De Mello-Pittman MBE in 2009, with the mission to produce work that is relevant, driven by social impact, cultural exchange, collaboration, equality, diversity, inclusion and environmental awareness. Sisters Grimm haves become renowned for shows that offer a unique and vibrant immersive experience, powered by an explosive fusion of live music, song, and dance.
They have travelled the world, working with collaborators such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo in South Africa, world-renowned percussionist band Olodum in Brazil and Samurai warriors in Japan to tell new culturally themed and socially relevant stories. Sisters Grimm actively encourages ethnic and economic diversity on stage as well as in their audience. To date, 8,000 young people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds have benefited from social impact and outreach programmes, ranging from ticket offers, workshops and insights into creative careers. In 2019, when INALA relaunched in the West End, Royal Albert Hall, Prince Harry’s Concert at Hampton Court Palace, Marina Bay Sands Singapore and China Tour, Sisters Grimm partnered with the Prince’s Trust to provide students enrichment opportunities at INALA in the West End and at the Royal Albert Hall on Black History Month and World Ballet Day. That same year, Sisters Grimm were invited to Yale University, by World Fellow Nizam Uddin, to talk about the “Power of Creative Theatre to Humanise”. In 2021, on World Wildlife Day, ‘Art in Nature Global – tackling Climate Change’ was launched. The music video ‘Windows of the Mind” featuring the art submissions from over 1,000 schoolchildren under 18 years old has been seen by 3.5 million people worldwide. Recognized as internationalists, the pair was awarded an MBE in 2021 by His Royal Highness King Charles III at Windsor Castle, for Services to International Trade and the Creative Industries. Spira and Mello-Pittman were honoured for a lifetime dedication to spotlighting and celebrating different cultures through art of the highest calibre and fostering cross-cultural understanding.