Jan McNulty Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Press Release: Thursday 10 September 2020 SADLER’S WELLS ANNOUNCES A NEW SERIES OF ONLINE COLLABORATIONS: DIGITAL STAGE IN FOCUS; AND THE FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AT SADLER’S WELLS SINCE LOCKDOWN Today Sadler’s Wells announces new activity for autumn, featuring a new digital season and the first live performances at Sadler’s Wells since lockdown: Digital Stage In Focus is a new series featuring Sadler’s Wells in collaboration with three world-renowned dance companies running across the autumn Sadler’s Wells will co-create a suite of digital content with Hofesh Shechter Company, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and Candoco Dance Company Live dance returns to Sadler’s Wells Theatre with the first socially distanced public events to take place on its stage, with performances from Birmingham Royal Ballet, in a mixed bill featuring the first commission from new Artistic Director Carlos Acosta: Lazuli Sky Sadler’s Wells’ online autumn season begins with a new series of collaborations, Digital Stage In Focus, created in partnership with three of the UK's most innovative dance companies - Hofesh Shechter Company, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, and Candoco Dance Company. Each company will co-create a takeover of Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage for two-weeks across the autumn, Hofesh Shechter Company in September, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company in October, and Candoco Dance Company in November, with three bespoke programmes inviting audiences to take a deep dive into their work. Digital Stage In Focus will be free for all audiences with content released via the Sadler’s Wells website, Facebook page and YouTube channel. Each collaboration will include: A digital screening of a full-length performance made available for a 7-day period on YouTube and Facebook. All text will be subtitled and an audio described version of each screening will also be released A Get Into Dance Workshop - part of new series developed following the success of Sadler’s Wells’ Company of Elders’ workshops, which premiered throughout spring 2020 and received more than 2.8 million views over the summer. Each company will host 30-minute introductory level dance workshop in their distinct dance style, accessible for all ages and designed to improve fitness, physical and mental wellbeing A bespoke piece of digital content devised in collaboration with each company The Digital Stage In Focus series launches with Sadler’s Wells x Hofesh Shechter Company, running from Monday 14 September – Friday 25 September. This collaboration takes a closer look at the visceral, ground-breaking work of Sadler’s Wells associate artist Hofesh Shechter, featuring the critically acclaimed Grand Finale and two company-devised workshops. The centrepiece of this collaboration is an on-demand screening of the critically acclaimed and hugely successful Grand Finale, previously staged at Sadler’s Wells in 2017 as part of a world tour. Performed by a ten-strong tribe of world-class dancers and accompanied by a live band, Grand Finale combines a cinematic score and richly theatrical set and costume design with the anarchic energy of Shechter’s choreography to portray a world in freefall. Shechter has created a new genre: part dance, part gig, part theatre and wholly original. Grand Finale is available on demand via both Sadler’s Wells Facebook Page and YouTube channel from Thursday 17 September at 7:00pm and will remain online for 7 days thereafter. For their Get Into Dance Workshop, the company will give participants the chance to explore the distinctive movement style of Hofesh Shechter. Hosted by the company’s Associate Artistic Director Bruno Guillore, audiences will learn the company’s daily warm-up which will be suitable for all ages and abilities, and available on Facebook and YouTube from Monday 14 September. The final event will be a bespoke opportunity where viewers can delve deeper into the work and choreography of the company. In ‘Moving Through Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale’ viewers can access two films to learn the ‘Rave’ and ‘Russian Passion’ sections of the piece using simple reference points to explore in depth this euphoric and tribal-inspired piece of dance. ‘Moving Through Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale: Rave’ will be available on Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel from Friday 18 September, and ‘Moving Through Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale: Russian Passion’ will be available on Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel from Monday 21 September. During this time, Hofesh Shechter Company also presents new work on its own digital channels. Short film Untitled receives its world premiere for free via Zoom on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 September. With choreography, music and direction by Hofesh Shechter, it is a rare opportunity to experience a solo piece from an artist renowned for his award-winning ensemble work. Free for audiences, streamed live, and performed 8 times over 2 days, this 10-minute short will take the viewer beyond the theatrical boundaries and blur the line of audience and performer, bringing a fresh new perspective to the work. The second digital takeover, Sadler’s Wells x ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, takes place from Monday 19 October – Friday 30 October, with ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company’s dance smash-hit Some Like It Hip Hop available to watch for 7 days on Sadler’s Wells Facebook Page and YouTube channel from Thursday 22 October, 7:00pm. This hip hop sensation has continued to thrill audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 2011, through to its recent return to the Peacock Theatre in 2019, prompting five-star reviews and standing ovations. With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, crossdressing and revolution, played out in ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company’s trademark style, with choreography from Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince. The final takeover, Sadler’s Wells x Candoco, runs from Monday 23 November – Friday 4 December. The company’s powerful dance work Let's Talk About Dis, will be available to watch for 7 days on Sadler’s Well Facebook Page and YouTube channel from Thursday 26 November, 7:00pm. An exploration of identity and political correctness choreographed by Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Hetain Patel, originally created in 2015 and performed at Sadler’s Wells in 2018, Let’s Talk About Dis exposes hidden prejudices through humorous and intimate choreography. Candoco Dance Company is a company of disabled and non-disabled dancers who create work for audiences and participants that excites, challenges and broadens perceptions of art and ability. ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and Candoco will also present a Get Into Dance Workshop as part of their takeover, taking participants through a simple dance fitness and wellbeing session in their movement style. Both companies will also create a piece of bespoke digital content, offering audiences a further opportunity to explore the unique facets of these distinctive dance companies. Details of these bespoke offerings will be made available closer to the start of each takeover. Sadler’s Wells is also delighted to announce full details of the first public performances staged at the theatre since March 2020. These events mark the first time that Sadler’s Wells has welcomed professional artists and audiences in a live capacity since lockdown, with the performances, working practices and visitor experience created in accordance with social distancing and Covid-19 safety measures. As previously announced by Birmingham Royal Ballet, the company will bring its brand-new mixed bill, Lazuli Sky, to Sadler’s Wells for four performances from Thursday 29 October – Saturday 31 October. The Sadler’s Wells dates follow sold-out world-premiere performances at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from Thursday 22 October – Saturday 24 October. Tickets for Lazuli Sky at Sadler’s Wells are now available, with priority booking for members open from today and general tickets available by public sale from Monday 14 September. Lazuli Sky includes choreographer Will Tuckett’s new ballet of the same name set to John Adam’s Shaker Loops; alongside Valery Panov’s Liebestod, a powerful, visceral solo for the company’s male principals with music from Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde; and Our Waltzes by Venezuelan choreographer Vicente Nebrada, danced to a collection of Latin-infused waltzes which celebrate love, romance and passion. All music will be performed live by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Lazuli Sky is the first one-act ballet to be commissioned and presented by Carlos Acosta as Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, a role which he started in January 2020 shortly before the COVID-19 crisis hit. At the beginning of lockdown, Carlos turned to British choreographer Will Tuckett and asked him to create a new work for Birmingham Royal Ballet that is inspired by, and utilises, ‘social distancing’, in response to the evolving way in which dance and live performance can once again be staged. To help artists, audiences and staff members to feel safe and enjoy these performances, Sadler’s Wells has introduced a series of new safety measures and are closely following all UK Government guidance in managing these events. Measures include socially distanced seating, indoor mask wearing, hand sanitising stations, additional cleaning and socially distanced visitor management systems throughout the building. Ticket bookers will be sent full information about all coronavirus safety measures in place in advance of the performance, so that they can plan accordingly and feel as secure as possible during their visit. These guidelines are also available on Sadler’s Wells website via the following link. Sadler’s Wells Artistic Director and CEO, Alistair Spalding said: "We are so pleased to be able to present world class dance online and once more on stage this autumn. Audiences across the world will have access to Digital Stage In Focus from their own homes, exploring in-depth the work of a diverse set of internationally acclaimed dance companies, renowned for their unique styles. We are also delighted to be hosting our first socially distant public performances with Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Lazuli Sky, featuring Carlos Acosta’s first commission as Director. Having artists back on the Sadler’s Wells stage feels like a monumental achievement, in light of the coronavirus pandemic. We hope these performances are just the first steps on the path of reopening fully and welcoming audiences and artists back to our theatres. We are committed to continue to work with and support artists, companies, freelancers and Sadler’s Wells colleagues so that we can present work both on stage and online, particularly during a time of great uncertainty for the dance sector, and hope to make more announcements about further plans soon." Images can be downloaded via the Sadler’s Wells media library or via this link. You can view or embed the Digital Stage In Focus trailer at this link. - ENDS - NOTES TO EDITORS Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Lazuli Sky Birmingham Royal Ballet presents Lazuli Sky which will premiere at Birmingham Repertory Theatre prior to performances at Sadler’s Wells. Listings: Birmingham Royal Ballet Lazuli Sky Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Performances Thu - Sat at 7:30pm, Sat at 2:30pm Tickets: £15-£35 Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com Tickets for Lazuli Sky are now available, with priority booking now open, and public booking available from Monday 14 September: Thursday 10 September: booking open for Sadler’s Wells Patrons and Rehearsal Members Friday 11 September: booking open for Sadler’s Wells and Birmingham Royal Ballet members Monday 14 September: booking open for public sale. Lazuli Sky press night: Thursday 29 October at 7:30pm Lazuli Sky Choreography: Will Tuckett Music: John Adams (Shaker Loops, for small string orchestra) Designs: Samuel Wyer and Nina Dunn Video Designs: Nina Dunn Costume Designs: Samuel Wyer Conductor: Paul Murphy Opening Night Cast: Damen Axtens, Ryan Felix, Haoliang Feng, Tori Forsyth-Hecken, Kit Holder, Yu Kurihara, Gus Payne, Rachele Pizzillo, Emma Price, Tom Rogers, Eilis Small, Yuki Sugiura Our Waltzes Choreography: Vicente Nebrada Music: Teresa Carreño, Salvador Llamozas, Manuel Guadalajara, Isabel de Maury, Sofia Limonta, Ramon Delgado Palacios and Heraclio Fernández Pianist: Jonathan Higgins Opening Night Cast: Yasuo Atsuji, Tzu-Chao Chou, Mathias Dingman, Samara Downs, Momoko Hirata, Miki Mizutani, César Morales, Yaoqian Shang, Tyrone Singleton, Yijing Zhang Liebestod Choreography: Valery Panov Music: Richard Wagner Conductor: Phil Ellis Opening Night Cast: Brandon Lawrence Digital Stage In Focus Digital Stage In Focus is free for all audiences and accessible via Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage. Listings: Sadler’s Wells x Hofesh Shechter Company Monday 14 September – Friday 25 September Get Into Dance Workshop will be available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Monday 14 September Grand Finale available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Thursday 17 September at 7pm and available for 7 days thereafter, with audio described version available. ‘Moving Through Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale: Rave’ will be available on the Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel from Friday 18 September ‘Moving Through Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale: Russian Passion’ will be available on the Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel from Monday 21 September. Sadler’s Wells x ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company Monday 19 October – Friday 30 October Some Like It Hip Hop available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Thursday 22 October at 7pm and available for 7 days thereafter, with audio described version available. Sadler’s Wells x Candoco Monday 23 November – Friday 4 December Let’s Talk About Dis’ available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Thursday 26 November at 7pm and available for 7 days thereafter, with audio described version available. Grand Finale is produced by Hofesh Shechter Company and commissioned by Georgia Rosengarten.Our Commissioning partners are Sadler’s Wells, Théâtre de la Ville-Paris / La Villette-Paris and Brighton Dome and Festival. Co-commissioned by Colours International Dance Festival Stuttgart, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Romaeuropa Festival, Theatre Royal Plymouth andMarche Teatro / Inteatro Festivaltogether with Danse Danse Montréal, HELLERAU-European Center for the Arts Dresden, Dansens Hus Oslo, Athens and Epidaurus Festival,HOME Manchesterand Scène Nationale d’Albi.Grand Finale is generously supported by theInternational Music and Arts Foundation. Hofesh Shechter Company is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Hofesh Shechter is an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells and Hofesh Shechter Company is Resident Company at Brighton Dome. Some Like It Hip Hop is a ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and Sadler’s Wells production, supported by Arts Council England, with original support from Curve Leicester and Wales Millennium Centre. Let’s Talk About Dis is funded by Cockayne Foundation, Grants for the Arts and the London Community Foundation and co-commissioned by ArtsDepot. Untitled by Hofesh Shechter Company Hofesh Shechter Company Untitiled Thursday 24 and Friday 25 September 2020 Performance times: 11:00, 15:00, 17:00 and 19:00 BST Free to audiences https://www.hofesh.co.uk/ Sadler’s Wells About Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage Though our theatres remain dark, we will continue to connect with audiences through our Digital Stage. Since 27 March, our online programme of performances and workshops for people to watch at home has been enjoyed by audiences all over the world, with 2.7 million video views globally. All previously released workshops remain available online, including the full Company of Elders series - specially aimed at over 60s though anyone is welcome to join in - and ten themed family workshops for children aged 2 – 6 years old. All workshops are available to follow as playlists on Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel. Other dance films and documentaries featured on Digital Stage are made by Sadler’s Wells in partnership with others including BBC Arts, BBC Films, Academy Films, Artangel, Financial Times, and Clearstory Productions. Details of further new content for Digital Stage audiences will be announced soon with programme updates available on our website and social media channels. About Sadler’s Wells Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance organisation, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best domestic and international dance to UK 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. Audiences of over half a million come to Sadler’s Wells’ three London theatres each year, with many more enjoying its touring productions at venues across the UK and around the world and accessing its content through its Digital Stage. Sadler's Wells commissions, produces and presents more dance than any other theatre in the world, embracing the popular and the unknown. Since 2005, it has helped to bring over 180 new dance works to the stage, many of them involving its 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies and four Associate Companies – the most exciting talents working in dance today. Sadler’s Wells own productions have toured to some of the most prestigious theatres and festivals around the world, such as the Sydney Opera House, the Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival in New York, and the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing. Sadler’s Wells also nurtures the next generation of talent through a range of artist development initiatives including its New Wave Associates programmes, its Wild Card initiative and the National Youth Dance Company. A further 30,000 individuals take part in its learning and engagement programmes each year. During the Covid-19 crisis, Sadler’s Wells has continued to connect with global audiences through its Digital Stage, an online programme of performances and workshops for people to watch at home. 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Jan McNulty Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 And the press release: Press release: Thursday 8 October 2020 Sadler’s Wells announces a special socially distanced season for Autumn 2020 Today Sadler’s Wells is excited to announce a special new season of live dance and digital content for Autumn 2020, including further performances for socially distanced audiences at Sadler’s Wells Theatre and new details for online programme, Digital Stage In Focus: Live dance continues at Sadler’s Wells this autumn with more performances for socially distanced audiences announced, including Christmas dates, and performances from a stellar line-up of Sadler’s Wells associate companies and artists, including English National Ballet, Alexander Whitley Dance Company, Breakin’ Convention and Ballo Arthur Pita English National Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells for its first performances since lockdown with a specially commissioned programme of world premieres featuring choreography by Arielle Smith, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Russell Maliphant, Yuri Possokhov and Stina Quagebeur Alexander Whitley Dance Company’s new work Overflow receives its London premiere in November, following earlier cancellations due to the Coronavirus pandemic Breakin’ Convention returns to Sadler’s Wells with Social DisDancing, featuring new performances from Boy Blue, AIM and Jamaal O’Driscoll Ballo Arthur Pita’s magical The Little Match Girl returns for the festive season, staged in Sadler’s Wells Theatre for the first-time following Christmas performances in the Lilian Baylis Studio Tickets for all performances announced today are available via priority booking from Monday 12 October and on public sale from Thursday 15 October Digital Stage In Focus continues online featuring Sadler’s Wells collaborations with world-leading dance companies ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and Candoco Dance Company, with full details of bespoke content for digital audiences and participants announced today More digital offerings announced include a new documentary charting the National Youth Dance Company’s special Sadler’s Wells residency and Sadler’s Wells first Virtual Gala Sadler’s Wells Associate Company English National Ballet returns in November with An Evening with English National Ballet, a programme of world premieres from five of today’s most exciting contemporary choreographers, Arielle Smith, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Russell Maliphant, Yuri Possokhov and Stina Quagebeur. Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Laid in Earth is a “torn apart” quartet. It is set to Purcell’s famous aria from Dido and Aeneas – sung live by mezzo soprano Flora McIntosh, as well as new electronic music composed by Olga Wojciechowska. Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist, Russell Maliphant creates ever shifting choreography and uses light as an integral partner in the creative process. He collaborates on this project with video artist Panagiotis Tomaras and with commissioned sound design by Dana Fouras. A former principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, world-renowned choreographer Yuri Possokhov works with a UK company for the first time. His piece for four dancers, 7, is based on Vasily Grossman’s great novel, Life and Fate, about a Russian family caught in the Second World War and is set to Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No1 which is performed live by musicians of English National Ballet Philharmonic. In Take Five Blues, Stina Quagebeur’s choreography responds to two of her favourite pieces of music, Bach’s Vivace and Paul Desmond’s jazz standard, Take Five – both performed live in arrangement's by English National Ballet Music Director Gavin Sutherland. Arielle Smith’s Jolly Folly is fast-paced, surprising, and energetic, driven by Latin and jazz-infused covers of Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Mozart by the Klazz Brothers’. English National Ballet give four performances from Thursday 19 - Saturday 21 November. Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Alexander Whitley and his company return to the main stage with performances of new work Overflow from Friday 27 - Saturday 28 November, receiving its London premiere, following the cancellation of its original run in April 2020 as part of Sadler’s Wells Digital Edition due to national lockdown. Known for his adventurous use of technology, Whitley’s Overflow considers how our desires, fantasies and vulnerabilities are powerfully influenced by social platforms and explores what lurks beneath our compulsions to check, share and like. Featuring a dazzling kinetic light sculpture by Children of the Light, costumes from award-winning designer Ana Rajcevic and an original score from London-based producer Rival Consoles, whose music features in the Netflix series Black Mirror, Overflow delves into what it means to be human in the era of big data. Breakin’ Convention takeover Sadler’s Wells Theatre in December, presenting its first live events since lockdown and the cancellation of the 2020 Festival. Hosted by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist and Breakin’ Convention Artistic Director Jonzi D, Social DisDancing is a mini-festival of new work showcasing the best of hip hop dance. The evening features performances from AIM, the high-energy all female popping crew; a London premiere for Jamaal O’Driscoll, featuring b-boy Marius in a duet exploring duality and mental clarity; and a world premiere from renowned East London company and Breakin’ Convention favourites, Boy Blue. The event will also feature film screenings, including a showing of Jonzi D and jessica Care moore’s recent work, the powerful Our Bodies Back, a riveting dance film that speaks out against anti-Black racism and honours the lived experiences of Black women past and present. Breakin’ Convention Social DisDancing runs Friday 11 - Saturday 12 December 2020. Christmas returns to Sadler’s Wells with performances of Ballo Arthur Pita’s magical family favourite The Little Match Girl, following five hugely successful Christmas seasons in the Lilian Baylis Studio. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, director and choreographer Arthur Pita presents a beautiful reimagining of The Little Match Girl through dance, song and Frank Moon’s atmospheric music performed live on stage. On an icy cold Christmas eve in an imaginary Italian town, the little match girl wanders the streets with just one final match to keep her warm. Along her journey she encounters kindness and cruelty, in a timeless fable about family, friendship and hope. The Little March Girl runs across the festive season from Thursday 17 - Sunday 27 December, this time in Sadler’s Wells Theatre to allow social distancing for audiences to take place. Tickets for all live performances announced today are available via priority booking from Monday 12 October and on public sale from Thursday 15 October. These events follow Sadler’s Wells’ first public socially distanced performances since lockdown, presented by Birmingham Royal Ballet at the end of October. Performances of Lazuli Sky, a new programme inspired by socially distancing and the first commissioned by Carlos Acosta in his new role as Artistic Director, run from Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 October 2020, in Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Further information about all performances and ticket sales are available from sadlerswells.com. In order to help artists, audiences and staff members to feel safe and enjoy these performances, Sadler’s Well has introduced a series of new safety measures and are closely following all UK Government guidance in presenting these events. Ticket bookers will be sent full information about all coronavirus safety measures in advance of the performance, so that they may plan accordingly and feel as secure as possible during their visit. These guidelines are also available on Sadler’s Wells website via the following link. If these performances are unable to be presented due to changes to UK Government coronavirus restrictions, customers will be contacted as soon as possible and given the option to receive a full refund. Sadler's Wells, alongside all companies performing in upcoming events, have also followed recommended UK government protocols in order ensure the safety of all artists and crew involved by creating performances in a covid-secure environment. In addition to live performances, Sadler’s Wells also extends its digital offering, with further details of Digital Stage In Focus announced today. This new series, featuring Sadler’s Wells in collaboration with three world-renowned dance companies, began in September with Sadler’s Wells x Hofesh Shechter Company, a hugely successful partnership that drew more than 1.4 million views globally. Each collaboration features a digital screening of a full-length performance made available for seven days; a Get Into Dance Workshop, which is a 30-minute introductory level session devised by each company in its own distinct dance style; and a bespoke piece of digital content created especially for this series. Digital Stage In Focus is free for all audiences with content released via the Sadler’s Wells website, Facebook page, Instagram and YouTube channels. The next digital takeover, Sadler’s Wells x ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, takes place from Monday 19 October – Friday 30 October: The collaboration begins with a Get Into Dance Workshop hosted by Bradley Charles, Artistic Director of ZooNation Youth Company, which is available to access via the Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel and Facebook page from Monday 19 October. Bradley will lead an introductory level dance workshop in Locking, a funk style used in a wide range of ZooNation's work, including Some Like It Hip Hop aimed at all ages. The series continues with a previously announced streaming of dance smash-hit Some Like It Hip Hop available to watch for seven days on Sadler’s Wells Facebook Page and YouTube channel from Thursday 22 October, 7:00pm BST. Audiences can also enjoy a brand-new companion film exploring the making of Some Like It Hip Hop featuring interviews with members of the company and creative team who made the production. The final element of the residency is a new dance tutorial led by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist and ZooNation Artistic Director Kate Prince. The workshop will teach participants the iconic choreography to ‘Teardrop Breakdown’, a section of choreography from Kate’s critically acclaimed production Into The Hoods, which the company performed live at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations. The Teardrop Breakdown features the music of DJ Walde and will be available for audiences to watch via the Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel and IGTV from Monday 26 October. Audiences will be invited to film themselves taking part and share via social media channels. The final takeover, Sadler’s Wells x Candoco Dance Company, runs from Monday 23 November – Friday 4 December: The collaboration begins with a Get Into Dance Workshop, hosted by company members Joel Brown and Olivia Edginton, who will introduce viewers to Candoco’s style and technique, available to stream from Monday 23 November. The series continues with a previously announced streaming of the company’s powerful dance work Let's Talk About Dis, created by Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Hetain Patel, which will be available to watch for seven days on Sadler’s Wells’ Facebook Page and YouTube channel from Thursday 26 November, 7:00pm BST. Finally, Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage and Candoco present a special new digital commission in collaboration with the Alternative Limb Project, founded by Sophie de Oliveira Barata and using the unique medium of prosthetics to create highly stylised wearable art pieces. Together they will present a dance film, co-created by Candoco’s Artistic Director Charlotte Darbyshire, Sophie de Oliveira Barata and dancer Welly O’Brien, exploring the concept and changing perception of time and featuring a bespoke alternative limb created especially for Welly by Sophie and her specialist team. This unique limb is carved from cherry wood and features a working cuckoo clock and pendulum, creating both a nostalgic and contemporary feel. The film is available to watch via the Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel and Facebook page from Monday 30 November. As part of Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage, audiences can also enjoy a new documentary film which follows the special National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) residency that took place at Sadler’s Wells in August. NYDC were half way through their creative process with Guest Artistic Director Russell Maliphant when the UK went into lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Their April residency, premiere and national tour had to be cancelled. This documentary film captures the unique residency which took place at the end of August through strict social distancing measures, in which the 39 dancers returned to Sadler’s Wells to rehearse, re-work and share extracts from the originally conceived work in progress to friends and family on the Sadler's Wells stage. The NYDC documentary will be available on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage later this month. On Saturday 5 December from 7:30pm – 8:30pm Sadler’s Wells presents its first Global Gala, a specially curated online showcase of performances and messages from our global family of artists and ambassadors to celebrate and support dance. This hour-long programme will be free to access online with the opportunity for audience members to donate to Sadler’s Wells. All funds raised through the programme will be matched and will contribute to the reopening of our theatres and the return of artists and audiences to our physical spaces. Further information, including the artists, programme and how to watch, will be released soon. Sadler’s Wells Artistic Director and CEO, Alistair Spalding said: "We are so pleased to present this wide-ranging new programme of socially distanced performances and digital dance across this autumn and Christmas season. We've worked tirelessly with colleagues and partners across the sector to offer audiences world-class dance in new and innovative ways. Getting to the stage where we can welcome audiences, artists and colleagues back to our theatre feels like a huge achievement, in light of the continuing pandemic, and I'm cautiously optimistic that these socially distant performances are just the first steps on the path of reopening fully. Performance opportunities, like the ones we are announcing today, are critical for dancers and choreographers at all stages of their careers. It's vital that we at Sadler’s Wells keep innovating so that we can create opportunities for our community of artists, companies and colleagues during and after the pandemic so that we can all continue to serve our global audiences. Above all, we remain committed making and sharing dance on stage and online, with flexibility, determination and urgency." Images can be downloaded via the Sadler’s Wells media library or via this link. - ENDS - NOTES TO EDITORS Performance Listings English National Ballet An Evening with English National Ballet Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Performances Thu 19 October – Sat 21 November at 7:30pm, Sat 21 November at 2:30pm Press Night: Thursday 19 November, 7:30pm Tickets: £15-£40 Ticket Office: www.sadlerswells.com Alexander Whitley Dance Company Overflow Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Performances: Fri 27 November - Sat 28 November at 7.30pm, Sat 28 November at 2:30pm Press night: Friday 27 November at 7:30pm Tickets: £20-£25 Ticket Office: www.sadlerswells.com Breakin’ Convention Social DisDancing Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Performances: Fri 11 December – Sat 12 December at 7:30pm, Sat 12 December at 2:30pm Press night: Friday 11 December, 7:30pm Tickets: £15-£40 Ticket Office: www.sadlerswells.com Ballo Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Performances: Thu 17 December at 3pm and 7pm, Fri 18 December at 1pm and 5pm, Sat 19 December at 11am and 3pm, Sun 20 December at 11am and 3pm, Tue 22 December at 11am and 3pm, Wed 23 December at 11am and 3pm, Sat 26 December at 11am and 3pm, Sun 27 December at 11am and 3pm. Relaxed performances: Fri 18 December at 1pm, Tue 22 December at 11am, Wed 23 December at 11am Press night: Thursday 17 December, 7pm Tickets: £18-£24 Ticket Office: www.sadlerswells.com Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl is commissioned by DanceEast Tickets for all socially distanced performances are available from Monday 12 October when priority booking opens, with public booking available from Thursday 15 October: Monday 12 October: booking open for Sadler’s Wells Patrons Tuesday 13 October: booking open for Sadler’s Wells Rehearsal Members Wednesday 14 October: booking open for Sadler’s Wells Members Thursday 15 October: booking open for public sale. Tickets are available at www.sadlerswells.com. Further information about priority booking and members benefits can be found at https://www.sadlerswells.com/support-us/members/. Digital Stage In Focus Digital Stage In Focus is free for all and can be accessed via Sadler’s Wells website, Facebook page, YouTube and Instagram channels. All content is captioned, and full-length performances are audio described. Sadler’s Wells x ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company Monday 19 October – Friday 30 October Some Like It Hip Hop available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Thursday 22 October at 7pm BST and available for 7 days thereafter, with audio described version available. ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company’s Get Into Dance Workshop will be available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Monday 19 October Teardrop Dance Tutorial will be available on the Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel and IGTV from Monday 26 October Some Like It Hip Hop is a ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company and Sadler’s Wells production, supported by Arts Council England, with original support from Curve Leicester and Wales Millennium Centre. Sadler’s Wells x Candoco Monday 23 November – Friday 4 December Let’s Talk About Dis available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Thursday 26 November at 7pm BST and available for 7 days thereafter, with audio described version available. Candoco Dance Company's Get Into Dance Workshop will be available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Monday 23 November. The digital commission co-produced by Sadler’s Wells and Candoco Dance Company, in association with Alternative Limb Project will be available on the Sadler’s Wells Facebook page and YouTube channel from Monday 30 November. Let’s Talk About Dis is funded by Cockayne Foundation, Grants for the Arts and the London Community Foundation and co-commissioned by ArtsDepot.NYDC documentary film October 2020 The NYDC documentary film will be available to watch via the Sadler's Wells website. Sadler’s Wells Global Gala Saturday 5 December, 7:30pm – 8:30pm Free to access online Further information including the artists, programme and how to watch will be released soon. Sadler’s Wells About Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage Though our theatres remain dark, we will continue to connect with audiences through our Digital Stage. Since 27 March, our online programme of performances and workshops for people to watch at home has been enjoyed by audiences all over the world, with more than 5 million video views globally. All previously released workshops remain available online, including the full Company of Elders series - specially aimed at over 60s though anyone is welcome to join in - and ten themed family workshops for children aged 2 – 6 years old. All workshops are available to follow as playlists on Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel. Other dance films and documentaries featured on Digital Stage are made by Sadler’s Wells in partnership with others including BBC Arts, BBC Films, Academy Films, Artangel, Financial Times, and Clearstory Productions. Details of further new content for Digital Stage audiences will be announced soon with programme updates available on our website and social media channels. About Sadler’s Wells Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance organisation, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best domestic and international dance to UK 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. Audiences of over half a million come to Sadler’s Wells’ three London theatres each year, with many more enjoying its touring productions at venues across the UK and around the world and accessing its content through its Digital Stage. Sadler's Wells commissions, produces and presents more dance than any other theatre in the world, embracing the popular and the unknown. Since 2005, it has helped to bring over 180 new dance works to the stage, many of them involving its 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies and four Associate Companies – the most exciting talents working in dance today. Sadler’s Wells own productions have toured to some of the most prestigious theatres and festivals around the world, such as the Sydney Opera House, the Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival in New York, and the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing. Sadler’s Wells also nurtures the next generation of talent through a range of artist development initiatives including its New Wave Associates programmes, its Wild Card initiative and the National Youth Dance Company. A further 30,000 individuals take part in its learning and engagement programmes each year. During the Covid-19 crisis, Sadler’s Wells has continued to connect with global audiences through its Digital Stage, an online programme of performances and workshops for people to watch at home. Since 27 March 2020, the programme has been enjoyed by audiences all over the world, generating over 2.7 million video views globally. Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 10% of its revenue from Arts Council England. www.sadlerswells.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynette H Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 19 to 29 Oct Kate Prince ZooNation Some Like it Hip Hop https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2020/digital-stage-in-focus-sadlers-wells-x-zoonation-the-kate-prince-company/ "Some Like It Hip Hop is a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. It tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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