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Tag: Sadler’s Wells

Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring at Sadler’s Wells

11th June 202213th June 2022  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

In collaboration with École des Sables, Sadler’s Wells and Tanztheater Wuppertal, this new production of Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring is brilliant, brutal and now more relevant than ever, writes Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Contemporary dance, Dance, dance review, Germaine Acogny, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Igor Stravinsky, Pina Bausch, Review, Sadler's Wells, Tanztheater Wuppertal, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, The Rite of Spring

Love is blood on the dance floor: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof at Sadler’s Wells

5th February 20225th February 2022  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Desires rage and sexual tensions are let loose in Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch’s sublimely smart and ever-relevant classic, Kontakthof, at Sadler’s Wells.

Read More “Love is blood on the dance floor: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof at Sadler’s Wells”
Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: arts criticism, Contemporary dance, Dance, dance review, dating, Gender, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Pina Bausch, Sadler's Wells, Tanztheater Wuppertal

Russell Maliphant Dance Company’s Silent Lines at Sadler’s Wells

21st October 201925th April 2020  Eirini Diamantouli

Russell Maliphant’s latest work, Silent Lines, is an immersive and profoundly powerful exploration of internal and external realities, mind and body, writes Eirini Diamantouli.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Alethia Antonia, ballet, body work, break-dance, capoeira, Chopin, Contemporary dance, Dana Fouras, Edd Arnold, Grace Jabbari, Moronfoluwa Odimayo, Panagiotis Tomaras, Russell Maliphant, Russell Maliphant Dance Company, Sadler's Wells, Silent Lines, Will Thompson

Interview with internationally acclaimed choreographer Russell Maliphant – ‘I’m interested in creating abstract work that deals with our internal world and body’

13th October 201915th October 2019  Eirini Diamantouli

Award-winning choreographer Russell Maliphant talks to Eirini Diamantouli about his creative process, collaborating with renowned composer Vangelis and his latest work, Silent Lines, soon to be performed at Sadler’s Wells.

Read More “Interview with internationally acclaimed choreographer Russell Maliphant – ‘I’m interested in creating abstract work that deals with our internal world and body’”
Posted in Arts, Dance, InterviewsTagged: Alexander McQueen, DV8 Physical Theatre, Epidavrus, Jonathan Messum, lloyd Newson, Lucie Booth, Michael Clark, Michael Hulls, Robert Lepage, Russell Maliphant, Russell Maliphant Dance Company, Sadler's Wells, Silent Lines, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, The Thread, Vangelis

Dada Masilo’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells

9th October 201910th October 2019  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Dada Masilo gives us a Giselle for the twenty-first century; a heroine we identify with and a phenomenal production that makes us feel, writes Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Adolphe Adam, ballet, Contemporary dance, Dada Masilo, Dance Consortium, Giselle, Homi K. Bhabha, Llewellyn Mnguni, Lwando Dutyulwa, Nonofo Olekeng, Philip Miller, Sadler's Wells, Songezo Mcilizeli, South African, The Refusal of Time, Théophile Gautier, Tswana, Tswana Dance, William Kentridge

Breakin’ Convention Presents Yaman Okur and Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven’s 1mm Au Dessus Du Sol at the Lilian Baylis Theatre

4th October 20194th November 2019  Caity Mayall

Inspired by a real-life earthquake experience, French b-boy Yaman Okur presents 1mm Au Dessus Du Sol, a high-energy piece mixing skilful breaking moves with elements of traditional theatre.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: B-boying, Breakin' Convention, Breakin' Convention Presents, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Dance Theatre, Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven, Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells, Yaman Okur

Interview with acclaimed Dancer & Choreographer Dada Masilo: ‘I want the viewer to feel everything – the joy, the pain, the sadness, the grief. But it starts with me’

22nd September 201914th October 2019  Shirley Ahura

In the run up to her bold and brilliant reimagining of Giselle, dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo talks to Shirley Ahura about retelling the classics of ballet, empowering women and using dance to break down cultural barriers.

Read More “Interview with acclaimed Dancer & Choreographer Dada Masilo: ‘I want the viewer to feel everything – the joy, the pain, the sadness, the grief. But it starts with me’”
Posted in Arts, Dance, InterviewsTagged: ballet, choreographer, Contemporary dance, Dada Masilo, Dance Consortium, Giselle, Philip Miller, Sadler's Wells, William Kentridge

National Youth Dance Company’s MADHEAD by Botis Seva: Dance that thrillingly breaks every rule in the school book and leaves you shouting for more

8th August 201921st April 2020  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

MADHEAD is the latest phenomenal dance production to come from Olivier Award-winning choreographer, Botis Seva, in collaboration with dancers from the National Youth Dance Company. Here, Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou discusses its themes of generational (dis-)connection, inner conflict and the power of young people.

Read More “National Youth Dance Company’s MADHEAD by Botis Seva: Dance that thrillingly breaks every rule in the school book and leaves you shouting for more”
Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Adam Carré, Ben Williams, Black Mirror, BLKDOG, Botis Seva, Dance, Ezra Owen, Far From The Norm, Greta Thunberg, Hip Hop Dance Theatre, James Hall, Jordan Douglas, Joshua Nash, MADHEAD, Malala Yousafzai, National Youth Dance Company, Ryan Dawson-Laight, Sadler's Wells, Sekou Diaby, Selako Jade Ackuaku, Torben Lars Sylvest, Victoria Shulungu

Patricia Guerrero’s Catedral at Sadler’s Wells

19th July 201919th July 2019  Victoria Smith

Dancers move from the restrictive confines of seventeenth-century-inspired Catholicism to the liberating, empowering passion of flamenco in Patricia Guerrero’s scintillating piece, Catedral.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Catedral, Dance, Flamenco, Flamenco Festival London, Patricia Guerrero, Sadler's Wells

Phoenix Dance Theatre’s The Rite of Spring & Left Unseen at the Peacock Theatre

11th July 201911th July 2019  Eirini Diamantouli

Haitian vodou rituals and an exploration of sensory experiences and emplacement come together in Phoenix Dance Theatre’s innovative double bill at the Peacock Theatre.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Amaury Lebrun, Ballet Russes, Diaghilev, Emma Louise James, Jeanguy Saintus, Left Unseen, Melissa Parry, Peacock Theatre, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Sadler's Wells, Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Vanessa Vince-Pang, Vaslav Nijinsky, Yann Seabra

Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’ ‘Sombras’ at Sadler’s Wells’ Flamenco Festival London 2019

8th July 201910th July 2019  Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou

Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras opens this year’s Flamenco Festival London at Sadler’s Wells to well-deserved uproarious applause with their enthrallingly innovative and spectacular show, Sombras.

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Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Andalusia, Ballet Flamenco, Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Dance, Duende, Federico Garcia Lorca, Flamenco, Flamenco Festival London, Israel Fernàndez, Keko Baldomero, La farruca, Lorca, Rubio de Pruna, Sadler's Wells, Sara Baras, Sombras, Southern Spain, Spain

San Francisco Ballet’s Triple Bill: McIntyre / Wheeldon / Dawson, at Sadler’s Wells

8th June 201910th June 2019  Victoria Smith

The perils of electronic technology, the stylistic beauty of modernism and the possibilities a solar eclipse affords are all explored in San Francisco Ballet’s terrific triple bill at Sadler’s Wells.

Read More “San Francisco Ballet’s Triple Bill: McIntyre / Wheeldon / Dawson, at Sadler’s Wells”
Posted in Arts, DanceTagged: Christopher Garneau, Christopher Wheeldon, David Dawson, Ezio Bosso, Ezra Pound, Gene Kelly, Karl Jung, Keaton Heston, Picasso, Rufus Wainwright, Sadler's Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Stravinsky, T. S. Eliot, Trey McIntyre

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