Sadé Alleyne

Sadé also leads workshops internationally as part of A.K.C.T (Akram Khan Charitable Trust) and film projects directed by Akram Khan. Sadé joined Ultima Vez Company for their production Go Figure Out Yourself and Trap Town. Sadé has worked with Award winning director Antoine Marc of Arts and Movement Ltd for film Descent, Remains, Within and recent XR Film Production, commissioned by BBC Arts and One Dance UK, with support of BBC R&D.  

Sadé and her identical twin sister Kristina formed the internationally acclaimed company Alleyne Dance in 2014. Alleyne Dance (AD) is a UK-based company with an international reach. The company has a distinctive style which draws on their powerful relationship as sisters, their joint athletic experiences, and their diverse experiences in dance training. On the international circuit, the company is presenting stage productions A Night’s Game and The Other Side of Me, and outdoor work BONDED. Alleyne Dance’s short interactive film, (Re)United has won multiple awards including Best Short Dance Film at the National Dance Award 2021 (UK), and has been selected for numerous international film festivals. 

In 2023, Alleyne Dance were winners of Black Female Icons of Lewisham with Brockley Max and The Mayor of London, and the Company also received the award for Best Independent Company at the National Dance Awards. The sisters also jointly won 2020 Best Female Dancer of the Year, awarded by Kritikerumfrage-Jahrbuch 2020 (Critic Survey – Yearbook 2020).  

Alleyne Dance has worked on high profile commissions for the renowned Martha Graham Company (USA), Phoenix Dance Theatre (UK), and the Mayor of London’s London Borough of Culture 2022 in Lewisham. Other notable commissions include the 2019 Bench commission with 2Faced Dance Company.  

Sadé Alleyne started her career as an athlete, training and competing professionally in London, UK. Shifting to dance, she trained at the BRIT School of Performing Arts and Technology 2003-05 (UK), and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance 2005-08 (UK). Sadé is currently based in London and is studying Roehampton's Foundation Course in Dance Movement Psychotherapy.  

Sadé has worked with many dance companies both in the UK and internationally on performances, films and projects, including Tavaziva Dance, IJAD Dance and Vocab Dance Company. Sadé is an accomplished Rehearsal Director and has worked with has worked with Ace Dance and Music (Birmingham), State of Emergency (London), and was a significant creative part of Aakash Odedera Company’s production Samsara and Alesandra Seutin Vocab Dance’s production Boy Breaking Glass. She has also worked with choreographers Vincent Mantsoe, Luyanda Sidiya, Andlie Sotyia, Douglas Thorpe, Akiko Kitamura and Gregory Vuyani Maqoma. Sadé joined Akram Khan Company in 2012 on the Vertical Road, iTOMi, Kaash tour, most notably performing at the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

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