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Emanuel Gat Dance - Winter Voyage
Founded in Tel Aviv in 2004, and now based in France, Emanuel Gat Dance is renowned for creating visually alluring choreography, brimming with passion and drama. Winter Voyage (seen here) is a stunning duet set to Schubert's Winterreise.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Rosas - Steve Reich Evening
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has been a leading light in contemporary dance in Europe for more than 20 years. This is an extract from an eveing of work devoted to Steve Reich's music.
Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company
Christopher Wheeldon's new transatlantic ballet company return to their UK home Sadler's Wells after an acclaimed debut season last year.
Momix - Lunar Sea
Momix’s Lunar Sea is a “black and white ballet” in which dancers in fluorescent costumes float and fly magically, unbound by the laws of gravity. Momix return with Moses Pendleton's fascinating other-worldly dance creation Lunar Sea.
Richard Alston - Shuffle It Right
Richard Alston's Shuffle It Right is inspired by the idiosyncratic and jazzy songs of Hoagy Carmichael.
The Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre - Rites
Rites, set to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and choreographed by Bangarra’s Artistic Director Stephen Page, is a visually stunning production which pairs dancers from The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre.
Family Weekend - Tac Tac
A show created specially for babies, part of a weekend of performances, games and workshops from Spanish company Aracaladanza.
Havana Rakatan - Vox Pops
High-octane Cuban dance combines with an awe-inspiring Cuban band in this spectacular new show direct from the world's most soulful city.
The Snowman - Vox Pops
The stage version of Raymond Briggs' much-loved book continues to delight children at the Peacock Theatre this Christmas.
Breakin' Convention 07 Tour - Voxs Pops
Audience reactions from the Breakin' Convention 07 Tour
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
Sara Baras is one of Spain’s finest flamenco exports. Celebrated for her brilliant footwork and captivating stage presence, her shows capture perfectly all the emotion, drama and passion of traditional flamenco with a vibrant contemporary edge.
Jasmin Vardimon - Yesterday
A retrospective new work featuring some of the most breathtaking duets, striking solos and iconic moments selected from the company's repertoire.
Nuevo Ballet Español - Sangre Flamenca
Nuevo Ballet Español and its artistic directors Rojas and Rodriguez have garnered praise throughout the world for their unique mix of contemporary dance and traditional flamenco,
Rambert Dance Company - Eternal Light
Eternal Light is a powerfully beautiful and life-affirming celebration. Commissioned by Sadler's Wells, this brand new work is set to an elegiac and evocative score, by internationally-renowned composer Howard Goodall.
Sankai Juku - Kinkan Shonen
Kinkan Shonen, explores a boy's dream about life and death using mystic imagery as dancers’ bodies slowly transform into a series of almost non-human shapes, and a live peacock patrols the stage.
William Forsythe's Impressing the Czar
William Forsythe's Impressing the Czar is an intricate and surreal meditation on dance, civilisation and the human spirit, by turns both bitingly funny and deeply touching.
Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands
Matthew Bourne's delightful adaptation of the classic Tim Burton motion picture is a treat for all the family.
William Forsythe - Scattered Crowd
A beautiful, powerful site-specific work that explores our effect on the world around us.
Hofesh Shechter - The Choreographers Cut
This special collaboration between Sadler’s Wells and the Roundhouse brings together 16 dancers and 20 musicians for an intense music and dance experience that pitches In Your Rooms and Uprising against a mash-up of rock, electro and classical sounds
Les Ballets C. de la B. - Alain Platel's pitie!
Platel’s daring reinvention of Bach’s ‘untouchable’ masterpiece explores our ability to sympathise by approaching the central story of the crucifixion from the perspective of the mother.
Jasmin Vardimon Company - Justitia
A daring, sharp-edged piece of physical dance theatre from Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Jasmin Vardimon. Justitia is a powerful, politically-charged large-scale work.
Brilliant - Fevered Sleep
Combining movement, live music, light, and captivating imagery, this dazzling production for 3 to 5 year olds explores the deep emotions, the magical imaginings and the secret games that are conjured as we drift into sleep.
Dance United / Hofesh Shechter / Russell Maliphant - Destino
Destino features two new commissions from Sadler's Wells Associates Hofesh Shechter and Russell Maliphant with Adam Benjamin, which will introduce award-winning young Ethiopian dancers Junaid Jemal Sendi and Addisu Demissie to London.
Ivana Müller - While We Were Holding It Together
Ivana Müller's award-winning While We Were Holding It Together is a tribute to the power of the imagination. Philosophical, poetic and genuinely funny, the work has developed a cult audience throughout the world.
Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray
Bourne's 21st century makeover of Oscar Wilde's gothic fable was a sell out success. Set in the image-obsessed world of contemporary art and politics, this 'black fairy tale' tells the story of an exceptionally alluring young man.
