Sadler's Wells Launches 2015 Season with Christopher Wheeldon's CINDERELLA Tonight

The Autumn / Winter 2015 Season at Sadler's Wells launches tonight.

For tickets, contact Sadler's Wells and Lilian Baylis Studio Ticket Office by calling 0844 412 4300, or The Peacock Ticket Office at 0844 412 4322, or online at sadlerswells.com.

Check out the Autumn / Winter 2015 Season brochure and guide and scroll down for details!

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The Autumn / Winter 2015 Season at Sadler's Wells in detail:

Dutch National Ballet
Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella
TONIGHT 8 - Saturday 11 July
Tickets: £10 - £80
LONDON COLISEUM UK PREMIERE

Dutch National Ballet presents a new interpretation of Cinderella, choreographed by Sadler's Wells' Associate Artist Christopher Wheeldon. Premiered at Dutch National Opera & Ballet in December 2012 to great public and critical acclaim, Wheeldon's ballet is set to Prokofiev's score with sets and costumes by British designer Julian Crouch.

Wheeldon is one of the most sought-after choreographers in the dance world today. His Cinderella, influenced by The Brothers Grimm story, shows a kind-hearted heroine making the best of life without her beloved mother, while at the palace Prince Guillaume is struggling against the restrictions of royal protocol and princely duty. Elaborating on the traditional narrative, Cinderella is choreographed with lyricism, elegance and wit.

Press night: Wednesday 8 July at 7.30pm

New Adventures
Matthew Bourne's The Car Man
Tuesday 14 July - Sunday 9 August
Tickets: £12 - £55

For the first time since 2007, Matthew Bourne's internationally acclaimed award-winning dance thriller is back. The Car Man is loosely based on Bizet's popular opera and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures' repertoire. The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960s America, where the dreams and passions of a small town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge.

Featuring Lez Brotherston's epic design and Matthew Bourne's vivid storytelling with music from Terry Davies and Rodion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite (after Bizet's Carmen), The Car Man is another spectacular production from the UK's most popular dance theatre company.

Age guidance: 12+
Matthew Bourne is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist and New Adventures is a Resident Company

Touch Tour: Saturday 8 August at 1pm
Audio-described performance: Saturday 8 August at 2.30pm

Press night: Friday 17 July at 7.30pm

Latitude
WATERFRONT STAGE, HENHAM PARK, SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK
Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 July

Since 2008 Sadler's Wells has presented dance at Latitude festival to audiences in excess of 40,000 people across the years. This summer the theatre returns for the eighth consecutive year, presenting a diverse programme on the Waterfront Stage.

This year's programme includes the National Youth Dance Company (NYDC), which consists of 38 talented young dancers (aged 15-19) from all over the country who perform a new dance work called Frame[d] created by internationally renowned contemporary choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. The company has established a reputation for innovative, high quality work and for developing dancers that are open-minded, curious and brave. This year's programme also includes Rambert, the national company for contemporary dance. Featuring some of the most distinctive and creative dancers working in Britain today, the company returns to Latitude with Christopher Bruce's iconic production Rooster - a celebration of the swinging Sixties set to music by the Rolling Stones.

Check www.sadlerswells.com and latitudefestival.com for updates.

Press performances: Thursday 16, Friday 17, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July

Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Into the Night: three works by Nacera Belaza
UK PREMIERE
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 July
Tickets: £17

Algerian choreographer Nacera Belaza returns to London in partnership with Shubbak, the UK's premiere festival of contemporary Arab culture.

Composed of three recent works, Les Oiseaux, La Nuit and La Traverse?e, this programme offers a chance to witness physical ideas unfold over a long encounter. Belaza's company, based in France, is critically acclaimed. The dancers, including Belaza in the solo La Nuit, create poetry in motion, combining Sufi- inspired sensuality with an acute sense of the now.

Press night: Thursday 23 July at 8pm

New Art Club THE PEACOCK
Hercules
Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July
Tickets: £8 - £16
Family Ticket: £38 (2 adults and 2 children)

New Art Club are pioneering artists, comedy theatre makers and choreographers Pete Shenton and Tom Roden. The duo won the Edinburgh Spotlight Best Comedy Award in 2010 and regularly perform at Soho Theatre and at comedy and dance festivals around the UK.

Hercules is a new family production combining elements of pantomime, dance, cabaret and comedy. This unique take on the Hercules story is based on the 12 Labours and features a choreographed wrestling match; a Paso Doble bullfight; a battle with a multi-headed dancing monster; a hula-hooping queen of the Amazon and much more.

Co-produced by Dance4 and Nottingham Playhouse, and presented at The Peacock, in association with Greenwich Dance.

Under 5s admitted
Hula Workshop: Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July at 4pm, £4

Press night: Friday 24 July at 7pm

Sylvie Guillem
Life in Progress
Tuesday 28 July - Sunday 2 August Tickets: £15 - £90
LONDON COLISEUM

After an unparalleled career that has spanned almost 35 years, Sylvie Guillem presents her final dance programme. A world famous dancer with an extensive career at the Paris Opera Ballet and as a Principal Guest Artist at The Royal Ballet and Tokyo Ballet, Guillem has played iconic roles including MacMillan's Manon and Be?jart's Bolero. A Sadler's Wells Associate Artist since 2005, she has diversified into contemporary dance, performing acclaimed works such as PUSH, Sacred Monsters and 6000 miles away.

For this very special programme, Guillem performs new and existing work by choreographers who have influenced her contemporary career.

A Sadler's Wells production
The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells Supported by Radisson, official hotel sponsor of Sadler's Wells

National Youth Dance Company
Apex Rising
Friday 4 and Saturday 5 September
Tickets: £12 (£6 concessions)

Apex Rising is National Youth Dance Company's new annual festival presenting highlights of the most innovative and exciting dance being performed and created by young dancers today. The festival is comprised of two different programmes that capture the power young dancers have to shape the future of dance.

Programme A, on Friday 4 September, features the work of leading choreographers Jasmin Vardimon, Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui; the vibrant National Youth Dance Company perform extracts from their repertoire from the last three years.

Programme B on Saturday 5 September is an evening featuring a confluence of styles and energy, with influential work from the National Youth Dance Companies of England, Scotland and Wales, complemented by repertoire from international guests.

Under 5s admitted
A Sadler's Wells production

Press night: Friday 4 September at 7.30pm

English National Ballet
Lest We Forget
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 September
Tickets: £12 - £45

A poignant reflection on World War 1, South Bank Sky Arts Award-nominated Lest We Forget features three works by British choreographers Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant, and Liam Scarlett, based on the experiences of those who fought in the war, and those who stayed behind.

Winner of Best Modern Choreography at the 2014 Critics' Circle National Dance Awards Dust, by Sadler's Wells' Associate Artist Akram Khan, looks at the empowerment of women in war and how women became the main workforce in the country; Sadler's Wells' Associate Artist Russell Maliphant's Second Breath is about the sacrifice of men in war; and No Man's Land by Liam Scarlett explores relationships in war and the loss and longing felt by women left behind by their partners.

"...a brave and brilliant move from artistic director Tamara Rojo" Evening Standard English National Ballet is a Sadler's Wells Associate Company

Press night: Tuesday 8 September at 7.30pm

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Tuesday 15 - Saturday 26 September
Tickets: £15 - £38
THE PEACOCK

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), storm back into London... in size 12 pointe shoes. Hurtling through the classical ballet repertoire with skill, grace and a wit as sharp as scissors en pointe, The Trocks have been a global phenomenon since they formed in New York in 1974, combining a genuine love of ballet with parody and preening.

For this visit the company presents two programmes that display their startling technical prowess and their no-less extraordinary make-up skills. Programme One features Swan Lake (Act II), Pas de deux, Paquita and Esmeralda. Programme Two includes Merce Cunningham-inspired Patterns in Space, Go For Barocco (a satire on Balanchine's choreography), Les Sylphides and Don Quixote; a UK premiere for the Trocks.

Part of a Dance Consortium tour
A full tour schedule can be found at www.danceconsortium.com

Press nights: Programme One, Wednesday 16 September at 7.30pm; Programme Two, Wednesday 23 September at 7.30pm

Hofesh Shechter Company
barbarians
Friday 18 - Friday 25 September
Tickets: £12 - £29
PART OF #HOFEST UK PREMIERE

Hofesh Shechter's brand new evening, featuring the world-class dancers of his internationally celebrated company, brings together the barbarians trilogy in the UK for the first time. For this evening Shechter presents a sparse world for three wildly different takes on intimacy, passion and the banality of love.

Revealing his choreography at its most elegant and intimate, the highly-acclaimed and perturbing
the barbarians in love opens the evening. Trembling with emotion residing within order, an ecclesiastic baroque score accompanies a contemporary confession. What follows, as two more new works unfold, is a volatile explosion of dubstep grooves for an almost urban choreography and a quirky duet, which together complete an evening showcasing the singular and wry voice of their creator and the versatility and talent of his individual dancers.

"Superb stuff: juicy, nervy ensembles and a wittily unsettling commentary" The Guardian on barbarians in love

Contains nudity

Free post-show talk: Monday 21 September

A Sadler's Wells co-production

Hofesh Shechter is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press night: Friday 18 September 2015 at 7.30pm

Wild Card

Wild Card returns with more specially curated evenings from a new generation of dance makers, bringing fresh perspectives to the stage. For each Wild Card, an emerging artist or producer is given the opportunity to present work they admire alongside their own work. Wild Card is part of Sadler's Wells' programme of support for young and emerging dance talent, alongside hosting the National Youth Dance Company, the Sadler's Wells Summer University and the New Wave Associates initiative.

Wild Card
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Botis Seva: InNoForm
Thursday 24 September
Tickets: £17

Hip hop dancer and choreographer Botis Seva has made performance pieces across theatre, film and local community work with his company Far From The Norm since 2010. He is concerned with tackling social and political issues and uses different physical foundations to create hip hop theatre with a contemporary sensibility. Seva has performed at Breakin' Convention and other international showcases.

For his Wild Card show, Seva curates a rebellious evening that reveals hip hop theatre in a new light, bringing the audience an immersive experience that invites them to question the commercialised products we have become entrenched in.

Presented in partnership with Breakin' Convention
Pre-show activities from 7pm and extra content to be announced. See sadlerswells.com for details

Free post-show talk (BSL-interpreted): Thursday 24 September

Wild Card is supported by The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and The Garrick Charitable Trust

Press night: Thursday 24 September at 8pm

Yabin Studio & Eastman / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
GENESIS??
Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 September
Tickets: £12 - £38
UK PREMIERE

Commissioned by Yabin Studio, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and produced by Yabin Studio and Eastman

Renowned for his ground-breaking and award-winning productions such as Sutra and Babel(words), Cherkaoui considers the idea of life and death and the constant testing and estrangement from nature that happens in between. GENESIS?? translates philosophical ideas about life and the pressures imposed on us by society to perform and conform, into sequences of movement in which east and west, life and death, come together. Set to live music with roots in Africa, India, Japan, China and Poland, the production is created by Cherkaoui and Chinese dance artist Yabin Wang, known for her dancing in the feature film House of Flying Daggers.

A Sadler's Wells co-production

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press night: Monday 28 September at 7.30pm

Shaolin Monks
SHAOLIN THE PEACOCK
Tuesday 29 September - Saturday 17 October
Tickets: £15 - £38 (Under 16s half price)

The ultimate Shaolin Kung Fu masters return to the UK for the first time in seven years with a new show. Packed with incredible feats of strength and skill, Shaolin combines traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, inch- perfect choreography and dramatic lighting and sound that evokes the spirit of their traditions in one stunning performance.

Taking audiences on a journey through the history of this ancient martial art and demonstrating the movements of Chi Gong with astonishing weapons and combat demonstrations, Shaolin is an authentic and awe-inspiring performance.

Press night: Wednesday 30 September at 7.30pm

Jefta van Dinther
PLATFORM THEATRE As It Empties Out
UK PREMIERE
Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October
Tickets: £17

Following the UK premiere of his work Plateau Effect with Cullberg Ballet as part of Sadler's Wells' Northern Light season in 2014, Jefta van Dinther returns with the UK premiere of As It Empties Out.

As It Empties Out plays with scale, dimension and time in order to confuse the senses and create an uncanny, beguiling world. Van Dinther creates sophisticated environments of light, sound and voice, using heavy electronic soundscapes. For this piece, he returns to long term collaborators: lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen, Sound Designer David Kiers and the set design duo SIMKA.

Co-commissioned by Sadler's Wells, presented in partnership with Platform Theatre at Central Saint Martins.

Free post-show talk: Thursday 1 October

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press night: Thursday 1 October at 8pm

Sébastian Ramirez & Honji Wang Breakin' Convention presents Borderline
Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October
Tickets: £12 - £27

Sébastien Ramirez is a French hip hop choreographer and b-boy known for the finesse of his dance style. Honji Wang is a choreographer and dancer born and raised in Germany by Korean parents, whose style is rooted in hip hop with influences of martial arts and ballet. The duo's choreographic language is often called urban Tanztheater and has won many accolades, including the Outstanding Performers Award at the Bessies for their appearance at Breakin' Convention at the Apollo Theater, New York.

Borderline, a choreography for six performers, features b-boying alongside elements of contemporary dance and a subtle use of rigging to create a fluid and energetic exploration of what defines people as individuals and what ties them together as a group. Using lengths of rope and elastic, the performers unfurl themes of constraint, freedom and manipulation.

Press night: Friday 2 October at 7.30pm

BalletBoyz
Young Men
Monday 5 - Saturday 10 October
Tickets £12 - £38

Following a hugely successful sell-out run at Sadler's Wells in January, BalletBoyz returns with Young Men, an intensely moving portrayal of love, friendship, loss and survival, exploring the theme of war and the bonds that develop between the men consumed by it.

Choreographed by rising star Iva?n Pe?rez (Nederlands Dans Theater I and II, Ballet Moscow, National Ballet of Cuba) and with an original score from the cult singer songwriter Keaton Henson (albums Dear... and Birthdays) performed live, Young Men features the ten award-winning dancers of theTALENT in a co- production with Sadler's Wells and WW1 Centenary Arts Commissions, 14-18 NOW.

A Sadler's Wells co-production

BalletBoyz is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press night: Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 October at 7.30pm

Caroline Bowditch
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Falling in Love with Frida
Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October
Tickets: £17 (£8.50 concessions)

After a sell-out run and a Herald Angel Award at the 2014 Fringe, Caroline Bowditch presents Falling in Love with Frida, exploring the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo. The work is a reclaiming of a disabled artist, a love like-obsession and an enquiry into how we shape what we are remembered for and how much we can really control others' memories of us.

Following on from the success of the =dance strand, Sadler's Wells continues its commitment to presenting dance by deaf and disabled dance artists.

Age Guidance 16+ (contains themes of an adult nature) Free post-show talk: All performances

All performances and talks are BSL-interpreted Audio-described performance: Tuesday 6 October at 8pm Touch Tour: Tuesday 6 October at 6.30pm

Press night: Monday 5 October at 8pm

Hofesh Shechter Company
PART OF #HOFEST
Political Mother: The Choreographer's Cut
O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON
Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 October
Tickets: £22 - £35

Hofesh Shechter's Political Mother was declared an 'audio visual marvel' after its premiere in 2010. Shechter revamped and reworked it into a larger-scale, more amplified work for 40 dancers and musicians and it is this version, Political Mother: The Choreographer's Cut, which the company now presents at O2 Academy Brixton for the first time.

Creating the atmosphere of a rock gig, and brimming with gritty and emotional complexity, this extraordinary dance work is performed with a live band of guitarists, drummers and strings alongside the dancers of Hofesh Shechter Company in one of London's most iconic music venues.

A Sadler's Wells co-production
Hofesh Shechter is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist
The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press night: Wednesday 7 October. Doors open at 7pm

Robin Dingemans & Nick Bryson
The Point At Which It Last Made Sense
Friday 9 October
Tickets: £17 (£8.50 concessions)
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO

The Point At Which It Last Made Sense combines the skills and sensitivity of dancer and Paralympic athlete James O'Shea and the Netherlands-based dancer Rosa Vreeling, choreographed by Robin Dingemans and Nick Bryson. The collaboration shows beauty in all its aspects, from the profound to the superficial and everything in between.

Following on from the success of the =dance strand, Sadler's Wells continues its commitment to presenting dance by deaf and disabled dance artists.

Free post-show talk (BSL-interpreted)

Press night: Friday 9 October at 8pm

Birmingham Royal Ballet
Swan Lake / Triple Bill
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 October
Tickets £12 - £45

Birmingham Royal Ballet returns to Sadler's Wells with two programmes of work. The company opens with their production of the timeless classic Swan Lake. This romantic fable of ill-fated passion, powerfully illuminated by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's legendary score, has bewitched audiences for generations. In the Triple Bill, Director David Bintley marks his 20th year with the company by presenting his new work The King Dances, a re-imagining of the very beginnings of ballet when men were, quite literally, The Kings Of dance. Enigma Variations was composer Edward Elgar's springboard to fame, containing famous pieces, such as Nimrod. The piece is a series of musical sketches inspired by Elgar's friends, with Frederick Ashton's choreography giving new life to each character. Completing the triple bill is George Balanchine's Theme and Variations performed to the final movement of Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 3, which has delighted audiences all over the world.

Free pre-show talk: Saturday 17 October at 6.30pm
Open class: Saturday 17 October at 11.45am. £10 inc transaction fee

Press night: Swan Lake, Tuesday 13 October at 7.30pm; Triple Bill, Friday 16 October at 7.30pm

Claire Cunningham and Idan Sharabi
PART OF DANCE UMBRELLA
Double Bill
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Friday 16 & Saturday 17 October
Tickets: £17

Inspired by the work of medieval Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, Give Me A Reason To Live is a statement on our judgement of the human body; a study in the notion of empathy. The piece is performed and choreographed by Claire Cunningham and includes her haunting singing of one of J.S. Bach's chorale cantatas, featuring a sound score crafted by Zoe? Irvine.

The evening also features work from international artist Idan Sharabi, former dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Dance Company, marking his first UK visit with the prize winning duet Ours.

Talking Amongst Ourselves post-show discussion (BSL-interpreted): Saturday 17 October Press night: Saturday 17 October at 8pm

La Veronal
PART OF DANCE UMBRELLA
Voronia
UK PREMIERE
Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 October
Tickets: £20

Marcos Morau, founder and choreographer for La Veronal, is considered one of the most intelligent dance makers to have emerged in Europe in recent years. Morau's latest work, Voronia, is an exploration of evil, religion and the deepest cave in the world, 'Krubera Voronia' in the western Caucasus region of Georgia. The piece is filled with visual images that are almost immediately destroyed and replaced, constantly producing the unexpected.

Talking Amongst Ourselves post-show discussion (BSL-interpreted): Tuesday 20 October Press night: Monday 19 October at 7.30pm

ZooNation Dance Company
Into the Hoods: REMIXED
Friday 23 October - Saturday 14 November
Tickets: £15 - £38 (Under 16s half price)
THE PEACOCK

Into the Hoods: REMIXED is the newly revamped version of the award-winning production that stormed the West End in 2008. Under the direction of Sadler's Wells' Associate Artist Kate Prince, the much-loved show returns to the stage, updated for 2015 with new choreography, a remixed soundtrack and fresh designs.

ZooNation use their trademark narrative streetdance theatre style, telling the story of two children lost in the 'hood' and the world of surprises they meet along their way in this witty and humorous contemporary fairytale.

These performances are on sale from Monday 18 May

Kate Prince is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist and ZooNation Dance Company is a Sadler's Wells Resident Company

Press night: Tuesday 27 October at 7.30pm

Barrowland Ballet
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Tiger Tale
Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October
Tickets: Children - £7, Adults - £12

Following an international tour, the London premiere of Tiger Tale features live music, theatre and dance to create a moving, intimate performance of a family whose world is turned upside down when a tiger invades. With captivating dancers and live music, this insightful story of family relationships offers the audience the chance to sit up close to the action, surrounding the performers on all four sides, with the opportunity to explore the set at the end.

Age Guidance: 5+

Press night: Saturday 24 October at 3pm

Hussein Chalayan
Gravity Fatigue
Wednesday 28 - Saturday 31 October
Tickets: £12 - £38
WORLD PREMIERE

Hussein Chalayan is an internationally renowned fashion designer and artist whose collections are acclaimed for innovative design, bold use of technology and elegant minimalism. He was named British Designer of the Year in 1999 and 2000 and has designed costumes for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Faun, Michael Clark's current/SEE and Sasha Waltz & Guests' Passion with Pascal Dusapin. In his practice as a visual artist, his work is regularly shown in major galleries including Muse?e Des Arts De?coratifs at the Louvre in Paris, London Design Museum and National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

In his first theatrical work, Chalayan combines the visual creativity of his designs and concepts with contemporary dance to bring to life a transformational imaginary world. Working with award-winning choreographer Damien Jalet, the production takes its inspiration from themes of identity and displacement.

A Sadler's Wells Production

Pre-show Director's Conversation (BLS-interpreted): Thursday 29 October at 6 - 6.45pm, £4

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Research supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation as part of Jerwood Studio at Sadler's Wells

Press night: Thursday 29 October at 7.30pm

Akram Khan Company and MOKO Dance
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Chotto Desh
Friday 30 & Saturday 31 October
Tickets: Children £7, Adults £12

Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Akram Khan's DESH was an instant hit with both audiences and critics alike when it was first performed on the main stage in 2011. Now, Akram Khan Company and Theatre-Rites director Sue Buckmaster have adapted this much-loved production for children aged 7+ and their families.

Chotto Desh, meaning 'small homeland', draws on Khan's unique quality of cross-cultural storytelling, creating a compelling tale of a young man's dreams and memories of Britain and Bangladesh. Using a magical mix of dance, text, visuals and sound, Chotto Desh celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the modern world.

Chotto Desh is co-commissioned by MOKO Dance, Sadler's Wells, DanceEast, Stratford Circus Arts, Maison de la Danse/Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Mercat de les Flors Barcelona and Akram Khan Company.

Supported by Arts Council England, MOKO Dance is a national dance partnership dedicated to opening the eyes of children and their families to the power of dance.

A Sadler's Wells co-production

MOKO Dance workshops and foyer activities to be announced. See sadlerswells.com for details

Age Guidance: 7+

BSL-interpreted performance: Saturday 31 October at 11am

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press performance: Friday 30 October at 5pm

Rambert
Love, art & rock n roll
Kim Brandstrup / Didy Veldman / Christopher Bruce
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 November
Tickets: £8 - £40
Family ticket for matinees £40 (four tickets inc. at least one child)

Rambert's autumn programme sees new works from Kim Brandstrup, Didy Veldman and classic repertoire from Christopher Bruce, in a triple bill that showcases the diversity and creativity of the company.

Two lovers meet by moonlight in Transfigured Night; we see their confrontation from the woman's point of view, then from the man's, revealing their hopes, fears and secrets. Created by Olivier award-winning choreographer Kim Brandstrup and set to Arnold Schoenberg's iconic score, Transfigured Night is Brandstrup's first work for the Company since 2004. The 3 Dancers is based on one of Picasso's greatest paintings, and the tragic love triangle that inspired it. Choreographer Didy Veldman and composer Elena Kats-Chernin bring to life Picasso's vivid Cubist imagery and the themes of love, desire and doom that haunt his work. Completing the programme is Rooster, Christopher Bruce's celebration of the 1960s, set to music by the Rolling Stones. This is a final chance for audiences to see this enduring classic.

Sign language interpreted show: Wednesday 4 November

Free pre-show talk with Artistic Director Mark Baldwin, (BSL-interpreted) Wednesday 4 November at 6.30pm

Free pre-show talk with Music Director Paul Hoskins, Friday 6 November at 6.30pm

Insight Matinee - Rooster and Transfigured Night, plus special introduction, £8 - £20: Saturday 7 November at 2.30pm

Press night: Tuesday 3 November at 7.30pm

Sasha Waltz & Guests
Sacre
UK PREMIERE
Wednesday 11 - Friday 13 November
Tickets: £12 - £29

To mark the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Sasha Waltz premiered her own vision of the piece in 2013. The tension-charged and angular composition is characterised by a strong rhythm and a layering of constantly repeating musical motifs.

Earlier large-scale pieces of Waltz', including Medea (2007) and Continu (2010) lay the foundations for this new work and showcased elements of Waltz' research into rites and group dynamics, which now culminate in Sacre.

Sacre is presented at Sadler's Wells as part of a mixed bill evening, together with Sce?ne d'Amour (from Romeo and Juliet) with music by Berlioz, and Debussy's L'Apre?s-midi d'un faune.

Contains nudity

Press night: Wednesday 11 November at 7.30pm

Christian Rizzo
d'apre?s une histoire vraie
Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November
Tickets: £20
UK PREMIERE

Christian Rizzo is a French choreographer, set designer, director and visual artist. This autumn he presents the UK premiere of d'apre?s une histoire vraie (Based on a true story). Although Rizzo is known for his thoughtful and introspective approach to choreography, d'apre?s une histoire vraie breaks away from his established canon, stripping back his usually detailed set in favour of an explosive, expressive choreography for eight male dancers.

Rizzo takes inspiration from his memories of a folk dance performance at a festival in Istanbul in 2004. Rizzo stowed this away in his memory and has created this piece using the feelings evoked by the masculine, Turkish folklore dancing. Channeling these emotions into d'apre?s une histoire vraie, Rizzo explores dance as it relates to communities, and how movement ties individuals together.

Press night: Monday 16 November at 7.30pm

The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Production of
The Snowman
Wednesday 25 November 2015 - Sunday 3 January 2016
Tickets: £15 - £35
Family Ticket: £110 (four tickets inc at least one child)
THE PEACOCK

The stage show based on the book by Raymond Briggs and the subsequent film has become a much- loved festive tradition at The Peacock. The production features music and lyrics by Howard Blake, including Walking In the Air, performed by a live orchestra with choreography by Robert North and directed by Bill Alexander along with Ruari Murchison's design and Tim Mitchell's lighting.

Created by The Birmingham Repertory Theatre 21 years ago, The Snowman has been delighting young and adult audiences alike for 18 years at The Peacock with its wonderful mix of storytelling, spectacle and magic.

Suitable for all ages

Audio-described performance: Saturday 12 December at 2.30pm Touch Tour: Saturday 12 December at 1pm

Press performance: Saturday 28 November at 11am

Russell Maliphant Company
Conceal | Reveal
Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 November
Tickets: £12 - £29

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the collaboration between choreographer Russell Maliphant and lighting designer Michael Hulls. Together they have developed a unique and unparalleled language between light and movement that is revered the world over.

During his career Maliphant has received many of the highest theatrical accolades including an Olivier Award, two South Bank Show Awards and three Critics' Circle Awards. Similarly, Michael Hulls has won several awards including an Olivier for Outstanding Achievement in Dance and a Knight of Illumination award.

For this special occasion, Russell Maliphant Company presents both new and classic work, including the iconic Broken Fall with music by Barry Adamson, originally performed by Sylvie Guillem and BalletBoyz. It is presented in this programme by Maliphant's own company of exceptional dancers who also perform new creations, including a quintet and a solo for former Royal Ballet dancer Dana Fouras. The production features a commissioned score by Mukul and costumes by Stevie Stewart.

A Sadler's Wells co-production

Russell Maliphant and Michael Hulls are Sadler's Wells Associate Artists

Pre-show Director's Conversation with Russell Maliphant: Saturday 28 November at 6 - 6.45pm, £4

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press night: Thursday 26 November at 7.30pm

Nora
LILAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Nora invites Burrows, Fargion and Tanguy
WORLD PREMIERE
Thursday 26 and Friday 27 November
Tickets: £17

Nora is the coming together of dancers Eleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley Wesley. In their first collaborative endeavor, they perform an evening of new works by acclaimed duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion, and French choreographer Simon Tanguy.

With Burrows and Fargion, Nora have created a new translation of composer Morton Feldman's For John Cage, the source of their iconic Both Sitting Duet (2002). This new piece, entitled Eleanor And Flora Music, reimagines the earlier work as a standing performance, building silent music from a gestural landscape of touch. Up and coming choreographer Tanguy has worked with Nora to develop a complex score of movement and text, creating a unique and intricate portrait of the two women and the political world they live in. The evening also includes a third work, to be revealed closer to the date.

Free post-show talk: Thursday 26 November

Press night: Friday 27 November at 8pm

New Adventures
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Tuesday 1 December 2015 - Sunday 24 January 2016
Tickets: £12 - £65
Early Bird mini-group ticket: £180 (4 tickets. Available on selected performances until 31 Oct)

Family Ticket: £170 (4 tickets inc at least 1 child. Available on £55 & £45 tickets on selected performances)

Since its premiere in 2012 Matthew Bourne's dazzling production of Sleeping Beauty has won the hearts of audiences around the world. It returns this year, by popular demand, for an eight-week Christmas season. Matthew Bourne's haunting scenario is a gothic romance for all ages; the traditional tale of good versus evil and rebirth is turned upside-down, creating a supernatural love story that even the passing of time cannot hinder.

Featuring spectacular designs by Olivier Award winners Lez Brotherston (set and costumes) and Paule Constable (lighting). The sound design by Paul Groothuis takes the audience into the heart of Tchaikovsky's magnificent score in specially recorded surround sound.

Matthew Bourne is a Sadler's Wells Associate Artist and New Adventures is a Sadler's Wells

Resident Company

Audio-described performance: Saturday 16 January 2016 at 2.30pm Touch tour: Saturday 16 January 2016 at 1pm

Press night: Wednesday 9 December 2015 at 7.30pm

Wild Card
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Leila McMillan
UK PREMIERE
Thursday 3 December
Tickets: £17

Sadler's Wells' increasingly popular Wild Card series returns with more specially curated evenings from a new generation of dance makers bringing fresh perspectives to the stage.

Leila McMillan is a California-born, London-based choreographer, teacher and performer, who has worked with artists such as Crystal Pite and Wendy Houstoun. This Wild Card evening focuses on a new dance technique, founded by Venezuelan dance artist David Zambrano, called Flying Low, now widely used by international companies such as Ultima Vez and Rosas. Flying Low focuses on the dancers' relationship with the floor but also uses speed with charged movement, making it compelling to watch.

Among other pieces, the evening features International Artists using the Flying Low technique and includes an extract from McMillan's new work Family Portrait, a constellation of family members dealing with love, humour, dysfunction and harmony.

Pre-show activities from 7pm and extra content to be announced. See sadlerswells.com for details

Wild Card is supported by The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and The Garrick Charitable Trust

Press night: Thursday 3 December at 8pm

Arthur Pita
The Little Match Girl
LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Saturday 12 December 2015 - Sunday 3 January 2016
Tickets: Children £12, Adults £18

Following a sell-out season last year, celebrated director and choreographer Arthur Pita brings his magical dance theatre show The Little Match Girl back to Sadler's Wells this Christmas. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic story, this tale of a young street girl's hopes and dreams is beautifully told through dance, song and original live music.

A snowy stage sets the scene for an icy cold Christmas Eve, where the little match girl paces the emptying streets, trying to sell her matches. Cold, hungry and with just one final match flame to keep her warm, she sees a vision of her beloved grandmother. Leaving her troubled life behind, she is guided up into the night sky by her grandmother, who takes her to the moon.

Award-winning choreographer Arthur Pita returns to Sadler's Wells following recent successes Mischief and The Metamorphosis at ROH2, winner of Olivier, Southbank Sky Arts and Critics Circle National Dance Awards.

Age Guidance: 5+
Relaxed Performance: Tuesday 15 December at 1pm

Press night: Tuesday 15 December at 7pm

Akram Khan Company
Until the Lions
Saturday 9 - Sunday 24 January
Tickets: £15 - £39
Preview tickets: £10 - £34 (Saturday 9 & Monday 11 January only)
ROUNDHOUSE WORLD PREMIERE

Until the Lions is a brand new, full-length production from award-winning choreographer and dancer Akram Khan. Until the Lions sees Khan make his debut on the Roundhouse stage in what is set to be one of his most spectacular works.

Inspired by the epic Mahabharata, Khan uses kathak to tell the tale of Amba, a princess abducted on her wedding day and stripped of her honour, who invokes the gods to seek revenge. This dramatic new work explores themes of gender and sexuality, and the changes that time forces on the body.

For this very special piece, Khan reunites with some of the artistic collaborators behind his hugely successful production DESH, including writer Karthika Nai?r, visual artist Tim Yip, lighting designer Michael Hulls and dramaturge Ruth Little.

A Sadler's Wells co-production

The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells

Press night: To be confirmed

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