Press Release: Sadler’s Wells Launches Spring 2023 Season

[Jan McNulty]

Press Release: Tuesday 11 October 2022

 

 

Sadler’s Wells Launches Spring 2023 Season

 

Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Jules Cunningham collaborates with Melanie Chisholm – best known as Spice Girl Melanie C – and award-winning dancer Harry Alexander on an intimate evening of dance. Their production, how did we get here?, opens the Sadler’s Wells spring 2023 season.

 

Breakin’ Convention, Sadler’s Wells’ hip hop dance theatre festival, celebrates its 20th edition with a fantastic line-up of local and international breakdancing talent. National Youth Dance Company marks its 10th anniversary, with current Guest Artistic Director Wayne McGregor CBE making a new work with the young dancers.

 

Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant presents his new work, Vortex, inspired by the American abstract painter Jackson Pollock; and Associate Artist Akram Khan’s The Jungle Book reimagined visits Sadler’s Wells, as well as the return of his production, Creature for English National Ballet.

 

Nederlands Dans Theater presents a thrilling triple bill including a collaboration between Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Crystal Pite and Complicite’s Simon McBurney, alongside Jiří Kylián’s Gods and Dogs and La Ruta by Argentinian choreographer Gabriela Carrizo.

 

Seeta Patel presents her new interpretation of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring; while Dada Masilo’s The Sacrifice is a piece inspired by The Rite of Spring, set to a new score.

 

Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi present Broken Chord, which tells the story of a South African–based chorus whose tour through North America and England in the late 19th century was marred by racism.

 

Scottish Ballet presents a contemporary reworking of Coppélia. This thrilling new version of the ballet is choreographed and directed by UK-based duo Morgann Runacre-Temple and Jessica Wright. Northern Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel is brought to life, with a cinematic score played by a live orchestra.

The Peacock Theatre welcomes Feste by Familie Flöz, presented as part of London International Mime Festival, and London Children’s Ballet with a new interpretation of the much-loved fairy tale Snow White.

 

Before that, Ballo Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl comes to Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage this Christmas.

 

Tickets for newly announced events are on public sale from Monday 24 October at 10am via www.sadlerswells.com. Booking opens to members on Friday 21 October.

 

 

Julie Cunningham & Company      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE 

how did we get here? 

WORLD PREMIERE Thursday 19 - Sunday 29 January
Tickets: £25

 

Internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Jules Cunningham (Julie Cunningham & Company) premieres their latest Sadler’s Wells commission in collaboration with and starring Spice Girl Melanie C and award-winning dancer Harry Alexander. Set in the round with some seating on stage, they present an intimate evening of dance.

 

A Sadler’s Wells Commission
Jules Cunningham is a Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate.

British Sign Language Interpreted Post-Show Talk on Thursday 19 January. Relaxed performances on Saturday 21, Sunday 22, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 January.

Audio Described Performance on Wednesday 25 January at 7:30 pm with accompanying Touch Tour at 6:30 pm.

 

 

London International Mime Festival      PEACOCK THEATRE

Familie Flöz, Feste UK PREMIERE

Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 February
Tickets: £18 - 45

 

Familie Flöz returns to the London International Mime Festival for the first time since 2016, with Feste, bringing their trademark, wordless mix of sharp observation, sentiment and humour.

 

A wedding is due to take place in a mansion by the sea. As preparations are in progress, a storm blows in and ways must be found for this celebration of love to continue as planned. In the hands of Familie Flöz, this clever insight into the life of a town unfolds as the search for understanding and happiness begins.

Founded in 1994, Familie Flöz is an international company of physical theatre-makers based in Berlin.

British Sign Language Interpreted Post-show talk on Friday 3 February. 

 

 

Dance Consortium presents Dada Masilo      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE 

The Sacrifice UK PREMIERE
Friday 24 & Saturday 25 February
Tickets: £15 - 45

 

South African choreographer Dada Masilo and her award-winning company return with the UK premiere of The Sacrifice, performed to an original live score.

Heralding the advent of Spring, a young girl is chosen to dance herself to death as part of an ancient ceremony. Accompanied by live violin, percussion, piano and a gospel singer, Masilo and her dancers deliver an exhilarating performance mixing contemporary dance with the rhythmic and expressive movements of Tswana, Botswana's traditional dance.

 

This show contains partial nudity and is suitable for ages 12+
British Sign Language Interpreted Post-Show Talk on Friday 24 February.

Audio Described Performance on Saturday 25 February 7:30 pm with accompanying Touch Tour at 6pm.

 

 

Scottish Ballet      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE

Coppélia

Thursday 2 - Sunday 5 March Tickets: £15 - £65

 

Scottish Ballet presents a contemporary reimagining of Coppélia that premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2022. This new version of the ballet, which tells the story of Silicon Valley’s hottest new inventor Dr Coppelius and his latest AI creation ‘Coppélia’, is choreographed and directed by UK-based duo Morgann Runacre-Temple and Jessica Wright (Jess & Morgs).

 

Expect humour, with solos, pas de deux and full ensemble scenes paired with real-time filming on stage and cinematic projections. The original Delibes score is reimagined as part of a new composition by Mikael Karlsson and Michael P Atkinson, performed live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra. Breaking down the boundaries of dance, theatre and film, this pioneering new adaptation will warp audiences’ sense of reality.

Audio Described Performance on Saturday 4 March at 2:30 pm with accompanying Touch Tour and at 1pm.

 

 

Seeta Patel Dance      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE

The Rite Of Spring

Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 March

Tickets: £15 - 55

 

Seeta Patel has created a compelling interpretation of Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite Of Spring, with the classical South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam performed by a cast of 12 dancers in an ensemble piece, accompanied live by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

 

Unusually, this version subverts tradition by choosing a male as The Chosen One, elevating him to a deity to whom all sacrifice themselves.

 

The Rite Of Spring is co-commissioned by Sadler’s Wells.
British Sign Language Interpreted Post-Show Talk on Monday 13 March.

 

 

Gregory Maqoma | Thuthuka Sibisi      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE 

Broken Chord UK PREMIERE
Friday 17 & Saturday 18 March
Tickets: £15 - 45

 

Featuring four soloists and acclaimed UK choir Echo Vocal Ensemble, Gregory Maqoma’s work tells the story of a South African chorus whose tour through North America and England in the late 19th century was marred by the realities of racism. The piece lays bare the burden of the white gaze and what it feels like to move beyond its constraints.

 

Maqoma became interested in dance as a means to escape the political tensions growing in his place of birth, Soweto. Here he collaborates with Musical Director Thuthuka Sibisi, who himself started his career at the world-renowned Drakensberg Boys Choir School. Together they present a unique work about past and present issues concerning borders, migration and identity.

British Sign Language Interpreted Post-Show Talk on Friday 17 March

A Sadler’s Wells co-commission

 

 

English National Ballet      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE

Creature

Thursday 23 March - Saturday 1 April

Tickets: £15 - 75

 

Creature is Akram Khan’s third collaboration with Sadler’s Wells Associate Company, English National Ballet. An unearthly tale of exploitation and human frontiers, Creature is set in a derelict former Arctic research station and is inspired by Georg Büchner’s expressionist classic Woyzeck, with shadows of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Drawing on themes of abandonment, isolation and the fragility of the mind, Creature is the tale of an outsider and the search for belonging.

 

Khan is joined by a stellar creative team of Academy Award-winning designer Tim Yip, composer and sound designer Vincenzo Lamagna, lighting designer Michael Hulls and dramaturg Ruth Little. The haunting score is played live by English National Ballet Philharmonic.

 

English National Ballet is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Company

Akram Khan and Michael Hulls are Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists

Creature is a Sadler’s Wells co-production with English National Ballet and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

 

This performance contains haze effects, strobe, loud music, and themes of suicide, death and depictions of sexual violence and abuse

 

 

Akram Khan Company      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE

Jungle Book reimagined

Tuesday 4 - Saturday 15 April

Tickets: £15 - £55

 

In Akram Khan’s new dance-theatre production based on Rudyard Kipling’s family classic, Akram and his team reinvent the journey of Mowgli through the eyes of a climate refugee.

 

Featuring an original score, ten international dancers and state-of-the-art animation and visuals, Jungle Book reimagined tells a story about our intrinsic need to belong and bond with others, placing respecting our natural world at its heart.

 

The script is by Tariq Jordan, dramaturgy is by Sharon Clark, the original score is by Jocelyn Pook, sound design comes from Gareth Fry and lighting is by Michael Hulls. Visual stage design is by Miriam Buether and video design and animation comes from YeastCulture.

Akram Khan and Michael Hulls are Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists 

Relaxed performances on Friday 7 & Saturday 8 April at 2 pm.

Audio described performance on Saturday 8 April at 2pm with accompanying Touch Tour at 12.30 pm

Captioned Performance on Saturday 8 April at 2 pm Age guidance 8+

 

 

London Children’s Ballet     PEACOCK THEATRE

Snow White

Thursday 13 - Sunday 16 April Tickets: £25 - £55

 

London Children’s Ballet presents a fresh interpretation of the much-loved fairy tale Snow White, with glorious costumes, original music performed by a live orchestra, and a cast of 50 talented dancers, aged from nine to 16.

 

Told in two 40-minute acts, this is a perfect way to introduce young audiences to the joys of ballet and classical music.

 

This production is suitable for ages 3+ 

 

 

Nederlands Dans Theater NDT      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE

Gabriela Carrizo / Jiří Kylián / Crystal Pite & Simon McBurney UK PREMIERE Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 April

Tickets: £15 - £65

 

Across continents, Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite and British theatre director Simon McBurney reflect on their fears and cautious hopes for the age we are living in, with an extract from their new collaboration, Figures in Extinction. These world-renowned artists work together, drawing from materials such as the sound of icecaps melting, tree roots growing, and the protests of climate change deniers.

 

Gods and Dogs is the 100th choreography Jiří Kylián created for NDT. Gods and Dogs is called ‘an unfinished work’, referring to Kylián’s fascination for the beauty of what is left incomplete in life, and visualizes the line between normality and abnormality.

Argentinian choreographer Gabriela Carrizo combines modern dance with acrobatics and slapstick in La Ruta. On a dark, fog-shrouded stage, a street is at once a motorway, a lonely village lane and a forest path. Space and time are suspended, and it is up to the audience to create their own connections. With her experimental style, Carrizo takes us into a parallel dream world open to interpretation.

 

Crystal Pite is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist 

 

 

Breakin’ Convention 2023      SALDER’S WELLS THEATRE 

International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre WORLD PREMIERE

Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 April
Tickets: £15 - £40

 

Spanning the entire weekend, jaw-dropping and inspiring performances from internationally celebrated poppers, lockers, b-boys and b-girls breathe life in a festival that showcases local talents alongside critically acclaimed artists.

Hosted and curated by UK hip hop theatre legend and Breakin’ Convention Artistic Director Jonzi D, the festival also features DJs, graffiti artists and freestyle sessions across the entire building - in an ultimate celebration of hip hop culture.

 

British Sign Language Interpreted Performance on Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 April at 6 pm

 

 

Russell Maliphant Dance Company      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE

VORTEX

Thursday 4 - Saturday 6 May 

Tickets: £15 - £55

 

Influenced by the works and process of Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionism, Olivier Award-winning choreographer Russell Maliphant presents his new production, VORTEX.

 

Maliphant paints his own interpretation with movement, light, and shadow to create a visually rich journey, with the exceptional dancers of Russell Maliphant Dance Company. The production features elements of nature pouring to the floor and a large steel structure on stage.

 

VORTEX is co-commissioned by Sadler’s Wells.

Russell Maliphant is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist

British Sign Language Interpreted Post-Show Talk on Thursday 4 May.

 

 

Northern Ballet      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE

The Great Gatsby

Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 May

Tickets: £15 - £75

 

Northern Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with The Great Gatsby, following their hugely popular performances of Casanova.

 

Mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby has a penchant for lavish parties and beautiful women. As the sparkling façade of his world begins to slip, the loneliness and tragedy that lies beneath is revealed in one of Northern Ballet’s most treasured productions.

 

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel is brought to life as dancers glide across the floor in Chanel-inspired costumes to a cinematic score by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett CBE (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Murder on the Orient Express) played by a live orchestra.

 

This performance contains one gunshot.

Audio Described Performance on Saturday 20 May at 2:30 pm with accompanying Touch Tour at 12:30 pm

 

 

NYDC / Wayne McGregor.      SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE 

Saturday 3 June
Tickets: £15

 

For NYDC’s 10th anniversary year Guest Artistic Director Wayne McGregor CBE will create a new piece for the company, working with its intake of 37 young dancers. This commission will highlight the power and creativity of young people from all dance styles and backgrounds. McGregor continues NYDC’s legacy of ensuring opportunities to partake in dance are open to young people from all around England.

 

Over the last 10 years National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) has worked with more than 300 young dancers from across England to create and perform critically acclaimed productions and tour them around the country.

 

Since the company started, NYDC has worked with internationally renowned choreographers including Alesandra Seutin, Russell Maliphant, Botis Seva, Sharon Eyal, Damien Jalet, Michael Keegan Dolan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Akram Khan and Jasmin Vardimon.

Wayne McGregor CBE is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist NYDC’s 10th Anniversary Year is sponsored by Barclays

Audio Described Performance on Saturday 3 June at 7:30 pm

 

 

Ballo Arthur Pita’s      SADLER’S WELLS DIGITAL STAGE

The Little Match Girl

Available to rent from Tuesday 1 November 2022 - Sunday 15 January 2023 Price: £3.50

 

Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, this production was created for the stage and has been made into a film for everyone to enjoy on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage. The traditional tale is brought to life with music, dance and some unusual instruments.

 

A snowy stage sets the scene for an icy cold Christmas eve, where the little match girl paces the emptying streets, desperately trying to sell her matches. On her journey she encounters kindness and cruelty in a fable about family, friendship and hope. With a powerful message at its heart, The Little Match Girl reminds us of the importance of kindness and to consider those less fortunate than ourselves.

 

Available to rent from Tuesday 1 November 2022 –-Sunday 15 January 2023 for £3.50. It is available for free to schools alongside a resource pack.

Sign up for a reminder here: https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/ballo-arthur-pita- the-little-match-girl/

 

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Sadler’s Wells

Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance organisation. We strive to make and share dance that inspires us all. Our acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap.

We commission, produce and present more dance than any other organisation in the world. Since 2005, we have helped to bring close to 200 new dance works to the stage, embracing both the popular and the unknown.

 

Each year, over half a million people visit our three London theatres - Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Lilian Baylis Studio and Peacock Theatre. Millions more attend our touring productions nationally and internationally or explore our digital platforms, including Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage.

 

In 2023 we’re opening a fourth London venue in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Sadler’s Wells East will house a 550-seat mid-scale theatre, as well as facilities for the Choreographic School and Hip Hop Theatre Academy.

 

Supporting artists is at the heart of our work. We have associate artists and companies, which nurture some of the most exciting talent working in dance today. We host the National Youth Dance Company, which draws together some of the brightest young dancers from across the country. Sadler’s Wells Breakin' Convention runs professional development programmes to champion and develop the world’s best hip hop artists, as well as producing, programming and touring groundbreaking hip hop performances.

 

Around 30,000 people take part in our learning and engagement programmes every year. We support schools local to our theatres in Islington and Stratford, designing experiences for children and young people to watch, explore and critically engage with the arts. We also run Company of Elders, a resident performance company of dancers aged over 60 who rehearse with renowned artists to make new work for public performances locally, nationally and internationally. Young people aged 16 - 30 can access £10 tickets to our shows through Barclays Dance Pass.

 

Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

 

www.sadlerswells.com

 

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[Jan McNulty]

Press Release: Tuesday 11 October 2022

 

 

Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Jules Cunningham collaborates with Spice Girl Melanie C and Harry Alexander on World Premiere

 

Internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Jules Cunningham premieres their latest Sadler’s Wells commission in collaboration with and starring Spice Girl Melanie C and award-winning dancer Harry Alexander. how did we get here? opens Sadler’s Wells’ spring 2023 season from Thursday 19 - Sunday 29 January 2023. Tickets go on sale for the new season on Monday 24 October.

 

The work explores the unique physicality that these three performers bring to the creative process, stripping back familiarity and habit to reveal what’s written and held in the body through its rich movement history.

 

Cunningham became a Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate in 2018 having worked extensively with Merce Cunningham in New York and Michael Clark in the UK. Melanie Chisholm, a fellow Liverpudlian, has been a source of inspiration and fascination for Cunningham over many years.

 

Cunningham said: “As a young dancer from the north west, witnessing the Spice Girls explosion when I was 16 was pivotal. Particularly in Melanie C, I saw possibilities and ways of being myself that were outside of what was expected. Many years later, after all the experiences I've had, it's a real pleasure to be in the process of creation with Melanie and my long-time collaborator Harry Alexander. Together we are working through our shared dance histories and differences to explore what this moment of being together is.”

 

Sadler’s Wells Artistic Director and Chief Executive Sir Alistair Spalding CBE introduced Cunningham and Chisholm through his music world contacts. They began creating how did we get here? in summer 2022, collaborating with award-winning dancer Harry Alexander. Set in the round with some seating on stage, the trio will present an intimate evening of dance.

 

Sir Alistair Spalding CBE said: “Sadler’s Wells has a track record of bringing artists from different disciplines and backgrounds together to create fresh approaches to the making of dance. What comes out of this coming together of artists is a particularly exciting prospect, as Jules and Melanie come together at this point in both of their lives and careers.”

 

Melanie Chisholm said: “As a classically trained dancer, it’s a dream come true for me to perform at Sadler’s Wells and even more so on an adventurous and groundbreaking project like this. My mind is blown when I think about starting my career with the Spice Girls, in the crazy glare of popular culture and then 25 years later I’m coming to perform with artists of the calibre of Jules, on the stage at Sadler’s Wells. It’s a full circle cultural moment for me and I’m pinching myself!"

 

Harry Alexander said: “In the studio together, Jules, Melanie and I have discovering ways of working that feel unique to the three of us. Despite the differences in our bodies, there’s an easy dynamic that has allowed us to find similarities and shared qualities. Dancing allows us to bring these to the surface in a way that feels natural and very familiar.”

 

Post-show talk on Thursday 19 January.

Relaxed performances on Saturday 21, Sunday 22, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 January.

Audio Described Performance on Wednesday 25 January at 7:30 pm with accompanying Touch Tour at 6:30 pm.

 

Notes to editors

Julie Cunningham & Company

how did we get here?

Sadler’s Wells Theatre
Thursday 19 - Sunday 29 January Tickets: £25 www.sadlerswells.com

Tickets for newly announced events are on public sale from Monday 24 October at 10 am via www.sadlerswells.com. Booking opens to members on Friday 21 October.

 

About Jules Cunningham

Artistic Director of Julie Cunningham & Company, Jules Cunningham (they/them) performed for fifteen years with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Michael Clark Company and others, recognised for Outstanding Modern Performance by the Critics Circle National Dance Awards, 2014. As well as leading JCC, they continue to work as a performer most notably with Thick &Tight and with Berlin-based duo Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz.

 

Jules was the inaugural Leverhulme Choreography Fellow at Rambert and was part of the dance artist/curator mentorship program through Siobhan Davies Dance. In 2018 they became a New Wave Associate of Sadler’s Wells, Associate Artist with Dance East and an associate company of Rambert. Much in demand as a teacher, they have taught extensively across the UK and Europe.

 

About Melanie Chisholm

The start of Melanie’s career really needs no explanation at all, as it is rather well documented... After the iconic 1996 debut single ‘Wannabe’ topped the charts in 37 countries, Spice Girls’ debut album ’Spice’ went on to sell more than 31 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album of all time by a female group. The girls went on to sell more than 85 million records, releasing three studio albums, 13 singles and winning a host of awards including a BRIT for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

 

Melanie’s first solo venture was her featuring on the hit single ‘When You’re Gone’ with Bryan Adams. As a solo artist, Melanie has achieved over 3 million album sales, two Number 1 singles and six Top 10 singles, including the iconic hits ‘I Turn To You’ and ‘Never be the Same Again’ featuring the late Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopez. In 2005 her track ‘First Day Of My Life’ was to become one of her biggest hits to date, selling over 400,000 copies in Germany alone. It also went on to chart at Number 1 in Spain, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, and Portugal where it helped to propel the album ‘Beautiful Intentions’ to double-platinum status and kept it at Number 1 for 9 weeks.

 

In 2012, Melanie reunited with the Spice Girls for what she described as the highlight of their career as a group – performing at the Olympic Closing Ceremony in London. In one of the most anticipated appearances and in front of a global TV audience of billions, the world could never look at black cabs in the same way again!

2019 Saw the return of the Spice Girls on their sold-out Stadium tour, which served as a joyous reminder of the spell that ‘90s girl power still casts on pop.

 

Within days of waving goodbye with three nights at Wembley, Melanie was continent-hopping on a very different, if no less glamorous tour, performing at Pride parades with the LGBTQ+ club collective Sink The Pink. From hosting a float in Sao Paulo – the first international artist ever invited to do so – and performing in New York’s Times Square for World Pride’s closing party to storming everywhere from Stockholm, Santiago, Amsterdam, London, Cologne, Berlin, Brighton, Belfast and Dublin, the tour proved pivotal to Melanie’s future plans. “Being a Spice Girl again was like a fairytale and I loved every moment,” says Melanie, “but being on that float in Sao Paolo, with three million people out in the streets, was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. It was one of those highs you hope never to come down from.”

 

Melanie’s self-titled album was released on October 2nd, 2020, reaching #8 in the UK album charts, her best position for 17 years. In September 2022 Melanie became a Sunday Times best-selling author, with the release of her highly anticipated autobiography, "Who I Am".

 

About Harry Alexander

Harry Alexander trained at Bird College. He has been a member of Michael Clark Company since 2010, and became a member of Julie Cunningham & Company in 2016. Harry has also danced in work by Lea Anderson, Carlos Pons Guerra and Thick & Tight. He is represented by Kult London and has worked with photographers including Oliver Hadlee Pearch, Bruno Staub and Tim Walker. Harry was awarded ‘Best Emerging Artist’ at the Critics Circle National Dance Awards in 2017.

 

About Sadler’s Wells 
Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance organisation. We strive to make and share dance that inspires us all. Our acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. 

 

We commission, produce and present more dance than any other organisation in the world. Since 2005, we have helped to bring close to 200 new dance works to the stage, embracing both the popular and the unknown. 

Each year, over half a million people visit our three London theatres - Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Lilian Baylis Studio and Peacock Theatre. Millions more attend our touring productions nationally and internationally or explore our digital platforms, including Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage.

 

In 2023 we’re opening a fourth London venue in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Sadler’s Wells East will house a 550-seat mid-scale theatre, as well as facilities for the Choreographic School and Hip Hop Theatre Academy. 

Supporting artists is at the heart of our work. We have associate artists and companies, which nurture some of the most exciting talent working in dance today. We host the National Youth Dance Company, which draws together some of the brightest young dancers from across the country.

 

Sadler’s Wells Breakin' Convention runs professional development programmes to champion and develop the world’s best hip hop artists, as well as producing, programming and touring groundbreaking hip hop performances. 

 

Around 30,000 people take part in our learning and engagement programmes every year. We support schools local to our theatres in Islington and Stratford, designing experiences for children and young people to watch, explore and critically engage with the arts. We also run Company of Elders, a resident performance company of dancers aged over 60 who rehearse with renowned artists to make new work for public performances locally, nationally and internationally. Young people aged 16 - 30 can access £10 tickets to our shows through Barclays Dance Pass.

Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. 

 

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[Jan McNulty]

 

6 hours ago, Jan McNulty said:

Press Release: Tuesday 11 October 2022

 

 

Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate Jules Cunningham collaborates with Spice Girl Melanie C and Harry Alexander on World Premiere

 

Internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Jules Cunningham premieres their latest Sadler’s Wells commission in collaboration with and starring Spice Girl Melanie C and award-winning dancer Harry Alexander. how did we get here? opens Sadler’s Wells’ spring 2023 season from Thursday 19 - Sunday 29 January 2023. Tickets go on sale for the new season on Monday 24 October.

 

 

 

I'd love to see this show for the opportunity to see Harry Alexander dancing.  He was intensely moving in the eponymous role of Mariposa for DeNada Dance Theatre.