Ella Mesma Company is a British based dance theatre company who use a diverse range of folkloric dance styles, to create highly skilled theatre. We are inspired particularly by the company director’s diverse training in Afro-Latin, Breaking and Contemporary dance, as well as the epic skills of each individual company member. 

The company strive to create beautiful, inspiring diaspora dance theatre (a term they created to communicate this unique meeting of dance styles) to allow transformation: telling personal and global stories to connect to our truest selves, and create powerful, personal and political work.

We want to tell the stories (our stories) that we didn’t see growing up on stage, using the styles we love to dance (and also didn’t see on the stage), as told by our diverse and brilliant cast.

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison.

Ella Mesma Company also teach workshops and work with young people to create dance projects in the community.

Thank you to Pavillion Dance South West, where Ella is Artist in Residence, to Geraldine Connor Foundation where Ella is an Associate Artist and to Arts Council England for continued support through public funding.