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Sutra Rehearsals
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui rehearsing Sutra with the monks in Shaolin Temple, Henan Province, China during February - March 2008.
Jerwood Studio - Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Flemish/Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui worked with kuchipudi dancer Shantala Shivalingappa (they met through Pina Bausch) & flamenco artist Maria Pages. He performs with Shivalingappa in the Svapnagata Festival, Sadler’s Wells, November.
Jerwood Studio - Matthew Bourne
Choreographer Matthew Bourne used a week of research time as part of Jerwood Studio to explore whether he could make male love duets which would work. These duets influenced the development of his major show the following year, Dorian Gray.
Jerwood Studio - Hofesh Shechter
Choreographer Hofesh Shechter used Jerwood Studio research time in 2008 to explore his long held desire to work with a dozen snare drummers on his company, with some outstanding results in both sound and vision.
Jerwood Studio - Gauri Sharma Tripathi
Kathak dance artist and choreographer Gauri Sharma Tripathi used her research week as part of Jerwood Studio to work with lighting designer Michael Mannion, exploring the additional dimensions that lighting brings to performance.
Jerwood Studio - Kramer & Requardt
Theatre director Daniel Kramer and choreographer Frauke Requardt’s initial week of research as part of Jerwood Studio led to the successful production of Pictures from an Exhibition at the Young Vic in May 2009.
Jerwood Studio - Rosenberg & Requardt - Stage 1
Choreographer Frauke Requardt and Theatre Director David Rosenberg talk about the productive working relationship which emerged in their first period of research as part of Jerwood Studio. This led to a major off-site show called Electric Hotel.
Jerwood Studio - Rosenberg & Requardt - Stage 2
In their second period of reseach as part of Jerwood Studio, choreographer Frauke Requardt and director David Rosenberg build on their ideas from the first stage. The research has led to a major off-site show called Electric Hotel.
Jerwood Studio - Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre
Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan spent a week working on the music of Rameau and talking with conductor Marc Minkowski. The research has led to a Sadler’s Wells commission with Keegan-Dolan’s company Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre.
Jerwood Studio - Frantic Assembly
Directors Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett observe how two experienced choreographers generate dance vocabulary, before exploring some of their own material, as they develop plans for a full length, movement-led work.
Jerwood Studio - Russell Maliphant & Es Devlin
Russell Maliphant, Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells, tries out ideas for a new work with video artists onedotzero. The results led into the AfterLight, shown in the Diaghilev season autumn 2009.
Boy Blue Entertainment - Varmints
Boy Blue Entertainment research ideas for a new production based on the book Varmints by Helen Ward and Marc Craste, for 8 years plus.
Jerwood Studio - Martin Creed
Visual Artist Martin Creed puts himself in unchartered territory as he works with five classically trained dancers on ideas for a new work.
Danza Contemporanea de Cuba
Danza Contemporanea, founded in 1959, is famous for its hybrid, hothouse style, a pungent blend of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazzy American modernism and inflections from European ballet.
Jam Free
Jam Free is a London Youth Dance and Sadler's Wells dance development project for School Sports Partnerships based in outer London Boroughs.
Jerwood Studios - Jasmin Vardimon & Shezad Dawood
Sadler’s Wells Associate and visual artist Shezad Dawood work on early ideas for a project inspired by Buster Keaton.
Inside Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and 2
An exclusive look inside Inside Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and 2 with filming of the two companies rehearsing, plus interviews with some of the dancers.
Inside Dance: Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and 2
An exclusive look inside Inside Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and 2 with filming of the two companies rehearsing, plus interviews with some of the dancers.
