Press Release: Bartabas brings horses to Sadler's Wells, with flamenco dancer Andres Marin

[Jan McNulty]

Bartabas

Golgota                                          

Monday 14 - Monday 21 March

Performances: Mon - Sat at 7.30pm, Sun at 4pm. No performance Thu 17

Tickets: £12 - £45

Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

 

Uniting equestrian theatre with art, music and dance, acclaimed French artist Bartabas returns to the Sadler’s Wells stage accompanied by contemporary flamenco dancer Andrés Marín, presenting the UK Premiere of Golgota from Monday 14 - Monday 21 March 2016.

 

Inspired by the theatricality of sacred rituals, Golgota navigates the bodies of its human and animal performers through a dramatic environment of Gregorian chants and physical poetry, demonstrating flamenco’s boundless creative possibilities. This is a rare opportunity to see two virtuoso artists at the height of their powers.

 

Famous for his use of horses as a means of artistic expression, Bartabas is a world-renowned rider, director and stage designer. He last performed at Sadler’s Wells in 2011, alongside butoh master Ko Murobushi, in The Centaur and the Animal.

 

Bartabas founded his company, Zingaro Theatre, in 1984 and his works have been performed around the world, including in New-York, Tokyo, Istanbul, Hong-Kong and Moscow. With the aim of creating a legacy of equestrian theatre practices, Bartabas founded the Equestrian Academy of Versailles in 2003, creating many works with the Academy. He has also directed films including Mazeppa, Chamane and Galop Arrière. 

 

Andrés Marín was born in Seville in 1969 into a family of flamenco dancers. He made his professional debut in 1992, and since then he has worked as guest artist and choreographer with a range of companies. He formed his own company in 2002 and Más Allá del Tiempo, the first show by Compañía Andrés Marín, debuted at Maison de la Danse in Lyon and completed more than 60 performances, touring to venues including the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and the New World Flamenco Festival in Los Angeles. Marín also directs Andrés Marín Flamenco Abierto, a dance studio and production office based in Seville.

 

Audio described performance: Sunday 20 March at 4pm

 

Touch tour: Sunday 20 March at 1.45pm

 

 

There will be a screening of Le Caravage, a documentary by Alain Cavalier about Bartabas at the Ciné Lumière on Thursday 17 March. http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/

 

NOTES TO EDITORS:

 

ABOUT SADLER’S WELLS
Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the very best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. Under the Artistic Directorship of Alistair Spalding, the theatre’s acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. Since 2005 it has helped to bring over 90 new dance works to the stage and its award-winning commissions and collaborative productions regularly tour internationally. Sadler’s Wells supports 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies and an Associate Company and nurtures the next generation of talent through hosting the National Youth Dance Company, its Summer University programme, Wild Card initiative and its New Wave Associates.

 

Located in Islington, north London, the current theatre is the sixth to have stood on the site since it was first built by Richard Sadler in 1683. The venue has played an illustrious role in the history of theatre ever since, with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Opera all having started at Sadler’s Wells. 

 

Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 10% of its revenue from Arts Council England.