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Press Release: UK Premiere of Michael Keegan-Dolan's Swan Lake in November 2016


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Michael Keegan-Dolan

Swan Lake / Loch na hEala
UK Premiere
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November
Tickets: £12 - £38 
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com

From the imagination of Sadler's Wells’ Associate Artist Michael Keegan-Dolan comes a magical new adaptation of one of the world’s most famous ballets, Swan Lake. This Sadler’s Wells co-production with Keegan-Dolan’s Tech Damsa will receive its UK premiere on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November 2016, following its world premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival in October. Swan Lake / Loch na hEala will be the first major production by Tech Damsa.

Performed by a cast of eight dancers, two actors and three musicians, this new production is rooted in a place where ancient Irish mythology and the complexity of modern Ireland meet. Keegan-Dolan creates a world of magical realism, with powerful imagery evoking the identity of his homeland. The performance is set to a captivating score of traditional Irish and Nordic Folk music, played live with fiddle, cello, banjo, whistle, voice and percussion.

As well as being an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells, Michael Keegan-Dolan is the Founder and former Artistic Director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and Tech Damsa. Previous collaborations with Sadler’s Wells include The Rite of Spring and Petrushka. He has recently been Guest Artistic Director of the National Youth Dance Company, the country’s flagship organisation for young dancers which is run by Sadler’s Wells. Keegan-Dolan’s previous choreography on Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre productions GiselleThe Rite of Spring and The Bull was all nominated for Olivier Awards – the latter winning the UK Critics’ Circle Award for Best Modern Choreography. Other credits include Faust and Macbeth for the Royal Opera House and Julius Caesar for the English National Opera.


A Sadler’s Wells co-production

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells


Michael Keegan-Dolan
Swan Lake / Loch na hEala                                                                                
Performances: Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November at 7:30pm
Tickets: £12 - £38 
Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com


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 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 100 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, an Associate Company and two International Associate Companies. It also nurtures the next generation of talent through research and development, running the National Youth Dance Company and a range of programmes including Wild Card, New Wave Associates, Open Art Surgery and Summer University.
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. 


ABOUT MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN AND TECH DAMSA
Michael Keegan-Dolan’s new dance company, Tech Damsa, is born out of Fabulous Beast and represents a new era and fresh vision for the company’s work. 


Over 17 years, Fabulous Beast generated some of the most innovative and successful work by any dance or theatre company in Ireland with iconic productions such as The Flowerbed (2000), Giselle (2003), The Bull (2005), James Son of James (2007), The Rite of Spring (2009, a co-production with English National Opera), Rian (2011) and Petrushka (2013). The company was the winner of the Judges’ Special Award at the Irish Times Theatre Award (2003), the UK Critics’ Circle Award (2008), a Bessie Award (2013) and three Olivier Award nominations (2006, 2008 and 2010) all for best new production. 

 

 

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