Press Release: Sadler's Wells East Announces New Programme

[oncnp]

From "The Stage" (paywalled) Sadler's Wells East unveils opening programme in 'milestone' for dance (thestage.co.uk). Articles also in the Times and Evening Standard which will likely  be in tomorrow's links.

 

Spanning dance styles from hip-hop to vogue, the "kaleidoscopic" season includes eight UK premieres and will see the new auditorium transformed into a skatepark, a club dance floor, a photography studio and an "immersive rave".

 

What's On - Sadler's Wells (sadlerswells.com)

 

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Edited September 10 by oncnp

[AnneL]

Including BRB2’s new Diaghilev programme next May! I am very excited about that.

[SheilaC]

I don't think that the SWT's information is as clear as it could be. The BRB2 programme opens in Birmingham on 6 May- I booked 2 weeks ago. But the information for Birmingham indicates that they will not be showing the entire ballets but  'highlights' ie excerpts.  The Birmingham information also mentions Nijinska's wonderful Les Biches which SWT doesn't refer to- obviously it may be that there has been a change in the programme in the last 2 weeks. But it is surprising and wonderful news that we will have a chance to see some of the Diaghilev rep- even if it is only excerpts.

[Jan McNulty]

And the official press release:

 

For immediate release: Tuesday 10 September 2024 Sadler’s Wells East, a new powerhouse for dance, unveils its opening programme Download pictures here Today, Sadler’s Wells announces its opening programme for Sadler’s Wells East, a new powerhouse for dance. Situated in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Sadler’s Wells East forms part of East Bank, the UK’s newest cultural and educational quarter, alongside the BBC Music Studios, London College of Fashion, UAL, V&A East and UCL East (University College London).   - Inaugural season features over 20 productions, including eight UK premieres and ten Sadler’s Wells co-productions and commissions. - Sadler’s Wells East opens in February 2025 with Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu's Our Mighty Groove  featuring a community cast from east London alongside professional dancers. London-based artists championed throughout opening season, which culminates in new collaboration with Stratford East. - Season also showcases the best work being created across the country with artists from Manchester, Birmingham, Ashford, Leeds, Newcastle, Leicester, Cardiff all featured. - Trajal Harrell, Mythili Prakash, and Emma Martin make their Sadler’s Wells debuts as programme spotlights leading international choreographic voices. - Audiences can expect a range of styles: everything from hip hop to bharatanatyam, ballet to dance theatre, vogue, house and waacking. - Flexible auditorium to be transformed at various points into a skatepark, a club dance floor, a photography studio and an immersive rave experience. - 20,000 tickets available for £25 or under and £10 Barclays Dance Pass tickets for 16 – 30 year olds for every single performance. Sir Alistair Spalding CBE, Artistic Director and Co-Chief Executive of Sadler’s Wells, said:  “We are so pleased to be able to share the opening programme for Sadler’s Wells East today. It reflects our vision for what we hope Sadler’s Wells East will be for many years: a cultural hub that has deep local roots, one that makes tangible national impact and has an international outlook. The season offers a kaleidoscope of dance styles, and there will be something for everyone. Whether you've visited one of our theatres many times before, or if this is your first introduction to Sadler’s Wells - you’ll get dance from every angle. Crucially, this is a space where dance can be created and shared, a space for the community to come and join in, and for dance artists to experiment and inspire the next generation."    Britannia Morton, Executive Director and Co-Chief Executive of Sadler's Wells, said:  “Sadler’s Wells East is purpose built for dance and dance makers, we think it’s going to make such a difference. The building will contribute to a thriving local creative scene and the ecology of east London, we have committed to 50% of new roles going to residents from four local boroughs. We’re delighted to be collaborating with existing partners in the local area, including Stratford East, and our many community partners for the opening season. Accessibility is key to us, so we’re ensuring that 50% of all tickets across this season will be priced at £25 or less, with £10 tickets available to under 30s. Everyone is welcome, so please do come and join us in Stratford.”    Rob Jones, Associate Artistic Director of Sadler’s Wells, said:   “My hope is that this theatre will become a really vital part of the dance ecology: a place where the community, the professional and the social all collide together in one big, beautiful cocktail that ultimately brings  people into dance and act as a catalyst for developing choreographers. This first season is a fantastic mix of work, and we're really excited that many artists from across the UK and around the world will be making their Sadler's Wells debuts with us in our new building – this is an extremely special moment and I’m proud to be a part of it.”   The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said:  “The announcement of Sadler’s Wells East’s opening programme is another huge milestone in the East Bank story. It will give dance in the capital a huge boost, with a wide range of productions to enjoy and fantastic opportunities for local performers to work alongside professional dancers. We are creating a powerhouse for innovation, creativity and learning at East Bank, and Sadler’s Wells East is a fantastic example of what it will achieve as we build a better London for everyone.” Sadler’s Wells East programme Championing local artists Showcasing the work of local artists is a key pillar of Sadler’s Wells East’s programming, and its first season is bookended by shows championing the east London community, and is punctuated throughout with productions from London-based artists.  The season opens in February 2025 with Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu’s Our Mighty Groove, a celebration of community and the power of the dance floor. The Sadler’s Wells production sees dancers from the local area join Uchenna Dance. Igbokwe-Ozoagu worked as a Mass Movement Choreographer at the London 2012 Olympics and has a longstanding relationship with Sadler’s Wells.  In June, Sadler’s Wells collaborates with Stratford East for the first time on an ambitious production of Romeo & Juliet adapted by Kwame Owusu. The production is co-directed by Emily Ling Williams and Malik Nashad Sharpe (marikiscrycrycry) and features community casts of actors and dancers from the local area, assembled by Stratford East and Sadler’s Wells respectively. Romeo and Juliet forms part of Stratford East’s 140th anniversary celebrations. Dagenham-born Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Botis Seva presents Until We Sleep the latest work created for his company Far From the Norm. The Sadler’s Wells co-production sees a lone warrior lead a wandering community through shifting passages of time.  Multi-award-winning dance artist and cultural innovator Ivan Michael Blackstock from South London presents TRAPLORD, a Sadler’s Wells co-production, which ruminates on life, death and rebirth and questioning the stereotyping of Black men in contemporary western society. Candoco Dance Company has commissioned Dan Daw Creative Projects to create Over and Over (and over again), a show inspired by rave culture, which looks at what happens when we dare to colour outside the lines to create our own dance floor utopia. Alexander Whitley, whose company is based on Fish Island, adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, presents a double bill featuring his radical interpretation of The Rite of Spring using digital technology alongside new work made in collaboration with Australian avant-garde musician, sound designer and composer Ben Frost. Platforming UK talent Sadler’s Wells East provides a home for some of the most exciting dance being produced across the country, and its opening season includes work by artists and companies from Manchester, Birmingham, Ashford, Leeds, Newcastle, Leicester, Cardiff, as well as a showcase of new choreographic creations from young people across the country. BRB2, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s company of some of the best young ballet dancers from across the globe, makes its Sadler’s Wells debut with a Carlos Acosta’s Ballet Celebration, a repertoire that includes The Firebird, Spectre de la Rose, Les Sylphides andScheherazade.  Birmingham-based HUMANHOOD presents ∞ {Infinite}, a dance theatre meditation guiding audiences through a mystical journey within the elements of water, fire, air and earth. From Manchester, hip hop theatre pioneer turned award-winning photographer Benji Reid draws from his life experiences in Find Your Eyes, a unique show exploring vulnerability, tragedy and triumph in which the stage becomes a photography studio.  Artist and performance maker Eve Stainton shares their new choreographic work, Impact Driver, a Sadler’s Wells co-commission, which features live welding, movement and sound to explore the methodologies behind constructing thriller-like suspense. Manchester-based Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Dan Daw presents The Dan Daw Show, a peep into the shiny and sweaty push pull of living with shame while bursting with pride. This is a show about care, intimacy and resilience, about letting go and reclaiming yourself.  Phoenix Dance Theatre from Leeds, now headed up by Marcus Jarrell Willis, transpose a seminal work by James Baldwin to the stage in Inside Giovanni’s Room, tackling themes of love, sexuality, guilt and self-acceptance. Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Jasmin Vardimon revisits iconic moments from her company’s 25-year history in NOW. The Kent-based company thread highlights from hits including Park, Yesterday, ALiCE and more into a new narrative work. Celebrated dancer and choreographer Aakash Odedra from Leicester interprets an ancient Sufi story about a captured bulbul, a common songbird throughout Africa and Asia, in an exchange between the Indian classical dance Sufi kathak and Islamic poetry. Dance theatre company balletLORENT from Newcastle brings two takes on the classic tale of Snow White to Sadler’s Wells East over Easter: a family-friendly version performed during the day, and for one evening only, The Sacrifice, a reimagined version for older audiences that delves into the psyche of the Queen. Both are adapted by Carol Ann Duffy. Brothers Anthony and Kel Matsena of Cardiff-based Matsena Productions bring a reimagined telling of Cain and Abel, a sibling rivalry that has rippled through time and imaginations. KABEL potently mixes text and movement, delving into feelings of jealousy, rage and redemption. Celebrating international perspectives The new building will also spotlight some of the most interesting and unique international choreographic voices creating work today. Internationally acclaimed US choreographer Trajal Harrell presents his latest work, a collaboration with Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble set to Keith Jarrett’s Köln Concert, the most successful piano solo recording of all time, and the music of Joni Mitchell. Harrell is also an artistic advisor on the Rose Choreographic School. Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen, who is based in The Netherlands, presents Skatepark. Together with a group of skateboarders and dancers, Ingvartsen explores the speed and energy of movement on wheels – a passion from her youth. Prior to the performances, there will be a prelude from the local skate community. Celebrated Los Angeles-based bharatanatyam artist Mythili Prakash assembles an all-female cast for She’s Auspicious, a production that blurs the line between Goddess and Woman to explore the intricate interplay between the worship and treatment of women in society. The ever-inventive choreographer Sharon Eyal, a Sadler’s Wells Associate, and long-term collaborator Gai Behar from Israel join London based multi-arts company and record label Young for a night of dance and music in R.O.S.E, as the auditorium is transformed into an immersive club setting. Birdboy from Irish choreographer Emma Martin is a tribute to all the weird kids left on the sidelines, which burrows inside the chaotic and vivid inner world of someone who doesn’t fit in. Featuring dancer Kévin Coquelard, the production presents an otherworldly landscape of isolation, fantasy and letting go. Tickets for the opening season go on sale to Sadler’s Wells Patrons on Wednesday 18 September, to Rehearsal Members on Friday 20 September, to Members on Monday 23 September, and on general sale on Wednesday 25 September 2024. Sadler’s Wells East is home to two educational facilities. Academy Breakin’ Convention, the UK’s first free Level 3 Extended Diploma in Performance and Production Arts specific to Hip Hop Theatre for 16 – 19 year-olds, which welcomes its first intake of students in 2025. The Rose Choreographic School is an experimental research project; its first cohort of 13 dance artists have already embarked on an intensive two-year course to develop their own choreographic practice. The building, which will be open to the public throughout the day, features two catering spaces and The Dance Floor, a public performance space in our wrap-around foyer which gives a platform for community groups, guest artists and more. Six state-of-the-art studios will enable dance artists to develop their practice and create new work. The theatre will also be a new production base and opening venue for some of Sadler’s Wells’ own productions, many of which will be seen on the road, as Sadler’s Wells continues to grow its UK and global touring output. Sadler's Wells will host YFX Youth Festival in summer 2025 across Sadler's Wells East and Sadler's Wells in Angel. The two-week festival will include the national platform of Making Moves, a choreography and performance project that invites school and youth groups from across England to showcase their own choreography, a collaboration with One Dance UK on the U.Dance National Showcase, and the London premiere of National Youth Dance Company's latest work, choreographed by Boy Blue. Sadler’s Wells East and East Bank is generously supported by the Mayor of London, UK Government and the London Legacy Development Corporation. Sadler’s Wells East is also supported by private donors, including Humphrey Battcock, the Blavatnik Family Foundation, The Dorfman Foundation, Brenda Leff, and two anonymous major donors, and organisations including Backstage Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, and the Wolfson Foundation.  Major funding from headline sponsor Barclays, and the Mohn Westlake Foundation will help to bring these new spaces to life. The Foyle Foundation is the Lead Donor of the Sadler’s Wells Creative Development Fund, which will support adventurous creative projects at Sadler’s Wells East.    Sadler’s Wells is also today launching a public name-a-seat opportunity to help support the work it presents across its venues. Listings information Our Mighty Groove                                                                                                                 Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu with Uchenna Dance  Featuring young dancers from east London Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 February 2025 Tickets from £15 Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu's Our Mighty Groove opens Sadler’s Wells East with a celebration of community and the power of the dance floor. The Sadler’s Wells production sees young dancers from east London join Uchenna Dance for this immersive show in a club setting.  Our Mighty Groove incorporates Igbokwe-Ozoagu’s signature blend of club styles – house, waacking and vogue – fused with African and contemporary dance and is a remixed take on a Uchenna classic. Following the show, the Club Groove after party takes over the dancefloor. Igbokwe-Ozoagu’s worked as a Mass Movement Choreographer at the London 2012 Olympics and has a longstanding relationship with Sadler’s Wells. Our Mighty Groove is a Sadler’s Wells production with Uchenna Dance ∞ {Infinite}                        HUMANHOOD                                                                                                                          UK PREMIERE         Wednesday 12 – Saturday 15 February 2025 Tickets from £15 HUMANHOOD presents ∞ {Infinite}, a production that brings together the company’s signature choreography with a spiritual calling. Julia Robert and Rudi Cole’s latest work features rhythmic movements and a fluidity together with spoken word, inviting the audience to tap into their own infinite potential. HUMANHOOD returns to Sadler’s Wells after 2018’s Wild Card and 2021’s Dancing Nation with BBC Arts after it has toured ∞ {Infinite}around the world including to Venice Biennale and CINARS.   ∞ {Infinite} is a Sadler’s Wells co-commission BSL interpreted post-show talk on Wednesday 12 February 2025   Birdboy                                                                                                                                       Emma Martin/United Fall Thursday 20 – Saturday 22 February 2025 Tickets from £18 Irish choreographer Emma Martin makes her London debut with Birdboy, a solo performance bringing audiences into a frenzied, absurd and sometimes otherworldly landscape of isolation, fantasy and letting go.    Birdboy is a trip into the chaotic and vivid inner world of someone who doesn’t fit in, with a highly physical performance by dancer Kévin Coquelard.    This visually arresting work, Martin’s first piece for all-age audiences, incorporates her raw style of movement and theatrical magic.   Recommended for ages 7+   She’s Auspicious Mythili Prakash                                                                                                                        UK PREMIERE Friday 28 February – Sunday 2 March 2025 Tickets from £15 Los Angeles-based bharatanatyam artist Mythili Prakash assembles an all-female cast for She’s Auspicious, a production that blurs the line between Goddess and Woman. The production explores the relationship between notions of femininity and purity through mythical narratives surrounding the Goddess Devi, the woman, the dancing body, and the social and performative constructs of bharatanatyam.     A second generation Indian and American artist, Prakash belongs to a new generation of classical Indian dancers. A regular collaborator of Akram Khan, she is one of the most celebrated and respected bharatanatyam choreographers and dancers today. BSL interpreted post-show talk on Friday 28 February 2025 NOW Jasmin Vardimon  Wednesday 5 – Saturday 8 March 2025 Tickets from £15 Jasmin Vardimon Company revisits iconic moments from its 25-year history with NOW, a celebration as much as a reflection on our ever-changing world, this new production examines the beauty of imagination and art.   With an international cast, NOW is a journey through Vardimon’s distinctive dance theatre and repertoire that includes Park, Yesterdayand ALiCE.   NOW is a Sadler’s Wells co-commission BSL interpreted post-show talk on Wednesday 5 March 2025 Audio described performance and accompanying touch tour on Thursday 6 March 2025 Jasmin Vardimon is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist The Köln Concert                                                                                                                   UK PREMIERE Trajal Harrell Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble                                                                       Friday 4 – Saturday 5 April 2025 Tickets from £15 Arriving at the Cologne Opera in 1975, pianist Keith Jarrett embarked upon an hour-long improvisation, the recording of which became one of the highest-selling albums in the history of classical music and jazz: ‘The Köln Concert’.   American choreographer Trajal Harrell now puts this iconic recording to movement, pairing it with four bittersweet songs by Joni Mitchell.  Onstage there are seven piano stools, one for each performer. Draped in black, tip-toeing, Harrell and his six fellow performers create a dance form that crosses genres, where voguing meets influences from Ancient Greek to Japanese Noh theatre.   BSL interpreted post-show talk on Friday 4 April 2025 Skatepark                                                                                                                                  UK PREMIERE Mette Ingvartsen                                                                                                                      Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 April 2025 Tickets from £15 Together with a group of skaters and dancers, Mette Ingvartsen explores the speed and energy of movement on wheels; a passion from her youth.  Skatepark marks the emergence of a community defined by persistence and hard work, pushing the limits of what’s possible.  As you enter the auditorium, look out for a prelude where the local skate community showcase their skills on the ramp. Snow White balletLORENT Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 April 2025 Tickets from £15 balletLORENT presents two takes on Snow White: a family friendly version during the day, and for one-night only a darker adaptation for older audiences.  Directed by Liv Lorent and retold by Carol Ann Duffy, the classic tale of Snow White has been reimagined for all ages with this family friendly dance-theatre production.  In this version, seven courageous miners graft for a world of opulence enjoyed by the Queen and her beautiful daughter, Snow White. The Queen’s quest for eternal beauty leads her into darkness, driven by her need to be the most desired at any cost. Snow White is recommended for ages 5+ Snow White The Sacrifice balletLORENT Friday 18 April 2025 Tickets from £15 In this darker adaptation, Liv Lorent and Carol Ann Duffy delve into the psyche of a desperate Queen enslaved by her own reflection, a tragic story unfolds with cruelty, envy, and acts of heroism.   Snow White The Sacrifice is recommended for ages 16+ Impact Driver Eve Stainton Thursday 24 – Saturday 26 April 2025 Tickets from £25 Eve Stainton’s Impact Driver crafts tension and suspense as a state of continuous transformation. This large-scale, multidisciplinary performance work interrogates stereotypes and gender through the language of fabrication, disruption and absurdity.  The performers undertake a series of movements requiring live negotiation and decision-making, with live welding layered with sound, movement, and sculpture. Stainton works with notions of ‘being on tenterhooks’ and ‘caught in the act’. Revelling in playing with tropes, industrial activity and shared labour, Impact Driver celebrates gender non-conforming lesbian and trans-masc experiences. With live sound scored by Leisha Thomas and Mica Levi, Impact Driver is performed by Tink Flaherty, Imani Mason Jordan Romeo Roxman Gatt, and Eve Stainton. The work evolved through Stainton working alongside non-movement trained creatives; being inspired by their backgrounds, different histories and research concerns in the rehearsal room. Impact Driver is a Sadler’s Wells, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Take Me Somewhere, Wysing Arts Centre and Dansehallerne co-commission Audio-described performance on Friday 25 April 2025 Recommended for ages 14+ The Dan Daw Show Dan Daw Creative Projects Wednesday 30 April – Friday 2 May 2025 Tickets from £15 Dan Daw takes back the power by being dominated on his own terms in The Dan Daw Show, an intimate evening of play. Performed with collaborator Christopher Owen, The Dan Daw Show is a peep into the push and pull of living with shame while bursting with pride. This is a show about care, intimacy and resilience; about letting go and reclaiming yourself. Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Dan Daw is a performer and producer who continues to work at the forefront of disability-led performance. Recommended for ages 16+ Dan Daw is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist KABEL                                                                                                                                        UK PREMIERE Matsena  Monday 5 – Wednesday 7 May 2025 Tickets from £15 Brothers Anthony and Kel Matsena reimagine the tale of Cain and Abel, a sibling rivalry that has rippled across time. Through a potent mix of movement and text, KABEL is a duet that delves deep into the primal emotions of love, jealousy, joy and rage. Bodies become the battlefield for a bond shattered, with every action and reaction echoing the ancient conflict.   Following on from Matsena’s acclaimed Shades of Blue, KABEL looks at the gripping resonance the first murder in human history has in our lives today. KABEL is a Sadler’s Wells co-commission BSL interpreted post-show talk on Monday 5 May 2025     Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration Birmingham Royal Ballet: BRB2 Friday 9 & Saturday 10 May 2025 Tickets from £15   Coming to Sadler’s Wells for the first time, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s younger sibling BRB2 puts the spotlight on some of the best ballet dancers from across the globe aged 18–22.    The company performs works from Serge Diaghilev, whose troupe of rebel dancers, musicians and designers fled Russia over 100 years ago to set a new standard of creativity in dance across Europe.    The repertoire of this next generation of ballet includes The Firebird, Spectre de la Rose, Les Sylphides and Scheherazade. TRAPLORD Ivan Michael Blackstock Wednesday 28 – Saturday 31 May 2025 Tickets from £15 From award-winning dance artist and cultural innovator Ivan Michael Blackstock comes the return of TRAPLORD, a dance performance meditating on life, death and rebirth. Winner of the 2023 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, TRAPLORD played to sell-out crowds at 180 Studios, and now comes to Sadler’s Wells East.  Using dance, theatre and spoken word to explore raw and confrontational themes of mental health and masculinity, TRAPLORD is an invitation to question the stereotyping of Black men in contemporary western society. TRAPLORD is a Sadler’s Wells co-production Recommended for ages 16+  BSL interpreted post-show talk on Thursday 29 May 2025   Find Your Eyes Benji Reid/ MIF Wednesday 4 – Saturday 7 June 2025 Tickets from £15   Pioneer of hip hop theatre turned award-winning photographer Benji Reid draws from his experiences – exploring vulnerability, tragedy and triumph through the photographer’s lens.  In Find Your Eyes, conflict meets beauty and the stage becomes his studio as he opens up on the most moving episodes of his life.    Extraordinary performers from a range of discipline including choreography and theatre – and photography – come together to create images in real time in front of the audience.  Benji’s Afro-futurist imagery reveals behind-the-scenes emotional rollercoasters, exploring how we make sense of the world through our stories and our art.  Recommended for ages 16+ BSL interpreted post-show talk on Wednesday 4 June 2025 Inside Giovanni’s Room Phoenix Dance Theatre Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 June 2025 Tickets from £15 Phoenix Dance Theatre presents Inside Giovanni’s Room, a production based on James Baldwin’s iconic novel which tackles themes of love, sexuality, guilt and self-acceptance.         Choreographer Marcus Jarrell Willis unpacks the thought-provoking literary work, transposing it onto stage in a narrative dance piece that reflects on the timeless themes.       Phoenix Dance Theatre was founded 40 years ago by three young Black British men who created a platform to share their lived experiences through dance, this new production continues that mission.   Recommended for ages 10+  BSL interpreted post-show talk on Wednesday 11 June 2025 Audio described performance and accompanying touch tour on Saturday 14 June 2025 Rite of Spring/ New Work                                                                                 WORLD PREMIERE         Alexander Whitley Dance Company Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 June 2025 Tickets from £15   For over a hundred years, choreographers have been bringing their own interpretations to the timeless themes in The Rite of Spring. Now Alexander Whitley offers a radical new perspective of Stravinsky’s masterpiece using digital technology.    Whitley is known for his pioneering work with digital technology that redefines the boundaries of dance. Using live motion capture and digitally generated scenes, he draws striking parallels between a world of interconnected nature and hyper-connected technology.    The second half of this double bill is a new work made in collaboration with renowned avant-garde sound designer and composer Ben Frost.   Both works examine the intricate relationships between humanity, nature, technology and spirituality.    Recommended for ages 11+   The Rite of Spring/New Work is a Sadler’s Wells co-commission     Until We Sleep Botis Seva / Far From The Norm Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 June 2025 Tickets from £15   East London raised and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Botis Seva returns after the success of BLKDOG, with Until We Sleep.  A lone warrior with an acute resistance to change journeys through time, with their every step carrying significance as they battle between hope and responsibility.  Warriors in feathered costumes form a wandering community as the stage becomes a pitiless testing ground. Can they deviate from the path a higher power has carved for them?  Seva and his company Far From The Norm cement their distinctive style of hip hop theatre to a celestial soundtrack of percussion and guttural sounds. Until We Sleep is a Sadler’s Wells co-production   Botis Seva is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist   Recommended for ages 12+   BSL interpreted post-show talk on Tuesday 24 June 2025         Over and Over (and over again)                                                                                        UK PREMIERE Candoco Dance Company/ Dan Daw Creative Projects Wednesday 2 – Friday 4 July 2025 Tickets from £15   Candoco Dance Company has commissioned Dan Daw Creative Projects to create Over and Over (and over again) – a beat-driven, joyful journey to the perfect rave, where everyone is welcome and where you love doing something so much that you never want to stop. Time stretches. The dance floor is a paradise. This moment is all there is. We are lifted by the lights, held by the music. Our hard edges soften and our hearts swell – finding place, finding ground, finding home. Told through Dan Daw’s unique blend of dance, narrative and iconography and co-directed by storytelling raver Stef O’Driscoll, the piece explores what happens when a beat takes hold, and we dare to colour outside the lines to create our own dance floor utopia. All 3 performances are relaxed and captioned with a projector BSL interpreted post-show talk on Wednesday 2 July 2025 Audio described performance and accompanying touch tour on Thursday 3 July 2025 BSL interpreted performance Friday 4 July 2025     R.O.S.E   Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Young Thursday 10 – Sunday 13 July 2025 Tickets from £25      R.O.S.E is an experience for the ages. Award-winning choreographer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Sharon Eyal, and long-term collaborator Gai Behar join London-based music and arts organisation Young for nights of club culture, dance and new music.      The dark hedonism of Eyal’s choreography and artistry swathe the space: find the auditorium seats rolled away and the theatre transformed as R.O.S.E dissolves the boundaries between stage, dancer and spectator, inviting audiences to experience dance in its rawest form.      At R.O.S.E, the freedom, energy and intimacy of club culture and dance is made visceral through Eyal’s magic and the up-close nature of performers on the dance floor.   R.O.S.E. is a Factory International, Sadler’s Wells and Park Avenue Armory co-commission. Produced by Factory International for Manchester International Festival     Sharon Eyal is a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist      Recommended for ages 14+     Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+   Songs of the Bulbul Aakash Odedra Company Thursday 17 – Saturday 19 July 2025 Tickets from £15   Returning after his spellbinding Samsara in 2022, this spiritual and captivating new work from Aakash Odedra, Songs of the Bulbul,brings the myth of the bulbul to life in a mediative exchange between the Indian classical dance Sufi kathak and Islamic poetry.    A common songbird throughout Africa and Asia, bulbuls symbolise the beauty of the natural world and the pursuit of religious enlightenment.    Odedra interprets an ancient Sufi story about a captured bulbul, which sings an exquisite tune before perishing from despair. In this piece, the bulbul myth becomes a metaphor for the fleeting nature of dance and life itself.     Developed with choreographer Rani Khanam and composer Rushil Ranjan, Odedra combines Ranjan’s new score with the music, dance and poetry traditions of Sufism to create an ambitious work that is both ferocious and contemplative.   BSL interpreted post-show talk on Thursday 17 July 2025 Stratford East and Sadler’s Wells present                                                                    UK PREMIERE ROMEO & JULIET  Thursday 7 – Saturday 9 August 2025    A thrilling tale of young love, family and loyalty. Weaving together Shakespeare's timeless words with music and dance, set against the east London skyline, this contemporary twist on the classic tale promises to be an unforgettable summer's night out.     In partnership with Stratford East, this large-scale production features young artists and our local community alongside two professional performers. Romeo & Juliet is adapted by Kwame Owusu and co-directed by Emily Ling Williams and Malik Nashad Sharpe.   NOTES TO EDITORS    About Sadler’s Wells         Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance organisation. We strive to make and share dance that inspires us all. Our acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap.        We commission, produce and present more dance than any other organisation in the world. Since 2005, we have helped to bring more than 200 new dance works to the stage, embracing both the popular and the unknown. Our acclaimed productions tour the world. Since 2005 we’ve produced 89 works, 64 new full-length works and performed to audiences of more than two million, touring to 51 countries.        Each year, over half a million people visit our three London theatres - Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Lilian Baylis Studio and Peacock Theatre. Millions more attend our touring productions nationally and internationally or explore our digital platforms, including Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage.      Sadler’s Wells East      In 2025 we’re opening a fourth London venue in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Sadler’s Wells East will house a 550-seat mid-scale theatre, as well as facilities for the new Rose Choreographic School and the hip hop theatre training centre, Academy Breakin’ Convention.         Sadler’s Wells East joins the rich cultural heritage of Stratford, opening in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as part of the East Bank development alongside the BBC, UAL’s London College of Fashion, UCL and the V&A. Sadler’s Wells East will support artist development and training, and the creation of new work. It will build the infrastructure for dance and make it accessible to more people. Sadler’s Wells East will house a flexible theatre presenting a wide variety of dance performances. Community will be at the heart of Sadler’s Wells East with a large open foyer that can be used by everyone as a meeting or performance space. There will also be dance studios and world-class dance facilities for dancemakers to train, create and rehearse productions.      Supporting artists     Supporting artists is at the heart of our work. We have associate artists and companies, which nurture some of the most exciting talent working in dance today. We host the National Youth Dance Company, which draws together some of the brightest young dancers from across the country. Sadler’s Wells Breakin' Convention runs professional development programmes to champion and develop the world’s best hip hop artists, as well as producing, programming and touring groundbreaking hip hop performances.        Learning and community links     Around 30,000 people take part in our learning and engagement programmes every year. We support schools local to our theatres in Islington and Stratford, designing experiences for children and young people to watch, explore and critically engage with the arts. We also run Company of Elders, a resident performance company of dancers aged over 60 who rehearse with renowned artists to make new work for public performances locally, nationally and internationally.        Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.        www.sadlerswells.com       Stay up to date with everything Sadler’s Wells on social media        Facebook: @SadlersWells        Twitter: @Sadlers_Wells        Instagram: @sadlers_wells     @sadlerswells_east    YouTube: Sadler’s Wells Theatre