ResDance Series 4: Episode 10: Ballet and the Black British dancer experience with Sandie Bourne In this episode, Dr Sandie Bourne shares insight into her experiences in dance and takes the listener on a journey on how her early experience of ballet inspired her PhD in Dance Studies at the University of Roehampton where she wrote her thesis, Black British Ballet: Race, Representation & Aesthetics.  Through reflecting upon her personal and professional experiences, we discuss how research has led her to create the Black British Ballet project which aims to produce a suite of resources to document the history and experiences of Black dancers and choreographers in British ballet in the last century. Through a website, documentary, children’s book and a new Black British Ballet exhibition, she advocates the importance of documenting history through bringing the voice of the individual to the fore. Dr Sandie Bourne is a consultant on Black dancers in British Ballet. Her Black British Ballet project aims to produce a suite of resources to document the history and experiences of Black dancers and choreographers in British ballet in the last century. Sandie studied performing arts at London Studio Centre. She has a BA in Performing Arts, major in Dance from Middlesex University; a MA in Dance Studies from the University of Surrey and a PhD Dance Studies, University of Roehampton (2017). Her research title was Black British Ballet: Race, Representation and Aesthetics.  Contact details: Email: [email protected] Website: www.blackbritishballet.com Social media handles: https://www.instagram.com/blackbritishballet https://www.facebook.com/BlackBritishBallet https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/black-british-ballet   Other resources: Black British Ballet Launch event at English National Ballet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8m2P8hgrAI&ab_channel=EnglishNationalBallet PhD: https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/823538/Sandie_Bourne_PhD_Dance_Studies_2017.pdf Society for Dance Research –Inclusion & Intersectionality Podcast – Episode 3: Cultural Appropriation and Racial Erasure in Ballet and Lindy Hop https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/inclusion-intersectionality-podcast/id1646948948 Adesina, P. (25 April 2022) At Ballet Black,Creating Opportunities for British Dancers – The  New York Times: online https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/arts/dance/ballet-black-london.html  Published chapters include: Bourne, S (2022) ‘Celebrating Dance for All, ‘Dr Sandie Bourne reflects on the diversity of Dance Track 25’ in Birmingham Royal Ballet Magazine – Autumn. Bourne, S (2022) ‘Diversity: The Key to the Survival of British Ballet’ in One Dance UK Magazine – Autumn. Bourne, S (2021) ‘Portrayals of Black people in Western narrative ballets’, in Akinleye, A. (Re:) Claiming Ballet, Intellect Books, Bristol.  Bourne, S (2019) Book Review on Halifu Osumare, ‘Dancing in Blackness, A Memoir’ in Dance Research, Vol 37. Issue 1, May. Bourne, S (2018) ‘Looking Through the Keyhole’ in Brookes, P. Identity and Choreographic Practice, Serendipity Arts Movement Ltd, Leicester. Bourne, S (2018) ‘Tracing the Evolution of Black Representation in Ballet and the Impact on Black British Dancers Today’ in Akinleye, A. Narratives in Black British Dance:Embodied Practices (pp. 51-64). Palgrave Macmillian: London. Please share this episode with students, educators, practitioners, performers, and interdisciplinary researchers curious to learn more about dance research in action.