Keith Hodiak obituary

Dancer with Ballet Rambert who later worked as a model and performed in musicals for the Royal Shakespeare Company

Keith Hodiak, who has died aged 75, danced with Ballet Rambert from 1972 until 1975; he was one of the first Black dancers to perform with a UK national dance company.

He joined the company in a period of change, when it was dancing modern works without entirely forsaking its balletic traditions. It had become a smaller operation, so all the dancers took solo roles and the company danced in a variety of venues, experimenting in London with productions on thrust stages such as the Young Vic or in the round at the Roundhouse. Significantly, British dance companies were beginning to present dancers from many ethnic backgrounds.