Activism

We are Dark Ballet — a dream, a vision, born at the intersection of hard rock, heavy metal, visual art, and dance. Founded and driven by Jeff Moore and Crystal Dea Moore, we are the pulse behind music that breathes life into movement and confronts the world with unflinching honesty. We tell stories — stories that matter, stories that burn, stories that lift.

Ours is a stage where joy and rage, beauty and injustice collide. We do not just confront systemic wrongs — we exult in the heights of human expression. Every riff, every step, every image we create is charged with both defiance and wonder. We make space for the joy that so often feels forbidden, especially in the shadow of oppression.

We are not just a band. We are not just a dance company. We are not just visual artists.
We are all of these — and more.

Dark Ballet transcends conventional activism. We do not wait for permission. We are not beholden to institutions or donors that seek to water down the truth. While others may navigate delicate negotiations, we speak directly, with sound, motion, and raw expression. Activists must often play by the rules of the game — we rewrite them.

As artists, our canvas is vast — emotion, rhythm, motion, and unfiltered truth. Dark Ballet is not a concept. It is not a brand. It is a vision, a living force born from the collaboration between musicians, dancers, visual artists, and the audiences willing to feel — fully and deeply.

Our work touches every facet of the human experience. We shout against injustice, yes, but we also celebrate wonder, laughter, tenderness, and the ecstatic.

Pieces like Girl In The Tree don’t just address the horrors of sexual assault and suicide — they cry out against the deeper systemic rot that makes them commonplace. We expose the mechanisms of control, the exploitation masked as protection, and the silence that suffocates truth.

But we will not be silent.

Dark Ballet gives voice to pain. We give rhythm to outrage. We give motion to joy. We make you feel what others fear to name.

We are not here to comfort. We are here to awaken.

We are not here to merely entertain. We are here to move.

If our art fails to stand for something larger than ourselves, it becomes decoration. We are not here to decorate. We are here to confront, to invite, and to liberate.

We are Dark Ballet.