Crystal Pite, Simon McBurney and NDT collaborate in Figures in Extinction, a plea for the environment and humanity This article was first published on London Unattached Figures in Extinction is a massive work in three acts that blends dance, theatre, music,…
Making Moves is a project aimed at giving youngsters in England a chance to choreograph their own dances At a time when many schools up and down the country are drastically reducing their arts provision, Making Moves, a Sadler’s Wells…
London City Ballet Artistic Director Christopher Marney on his New York accolade and the company’s current season, Momentum The news was welcome, but not surprising: Christopher Marney, artistic director of London City Ballet, is to become Artist in Residence at…
Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet based on The Who’s eponymous rock opera arrived at Sadler’s Wells amid much hype Two full pages of credits attest to the amount of creative effort that went into turning The Who’s celebrated 1973 rock opera…
Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell brings the denizens of 1930s Soho to Sadler’s Wells in an evocative work There is a world of difference between 21st century Soho, being developed to within an inch of its life as a “clean…
Flamenco Festival 2025 continued at Sadler’s Wells with two contrasting shows from Compañías Manuel Liñan and Mercedes Ruiz Compañía Manuel Liñan, Muerta de Amor 3* London first met flamenco dancer Manuel Liñan in 2022, when he brought his all-conquering show…
Ballet BC brings a programme of cutting-edge contemporary dance by Crystal Pite and Johan Inger to Sadler’s Wells Vancouver-based Ballet BC (British Columbia) is Canada’s foremost contemporary dance company. Its stated aim is “to create dance at its most essential:…
Jane Eyre brings Charlotte Brontë’s novel to the ballet stage courtesy of choreographer Cathy Marston and Northern Ballet Charlotte Brontë’s 19th century Romantic novel, with its triumphant cry of “Reader, I married him!” is justly admired for the character of…
Breakin’ Convention, the annual hip hop festival, brings crews from the UK and continental Europe to Sadler’s Wells Breakin’ Convention is a three-day jamboree of everything that falls under the loose hip hop umbrella: dancing and creative workshops, demonstrations, DJ…
English National Ballet’s The Forsythe Programme brings superb artistry, virtuoso dancing and unalloyed joy to Sadler’s Wells Theatre Who says ballet can’t be fun? Certainly not the exhilarated Sadler’s Wells audience who rose as one to cheer and applaud the…