Gillian Anderson (All About Eve, The X-Files, The Fall, Sex Education) plays Blanche DuBois with Ben Foster (Lone Survivor, Kill Your Darlings) as Stanley and Vanessa Kirby (Julie, The Crown, Mission Impossible) as Stella. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she…
In Ohad Naharin‘s YAG, Batsheva’s first production adapted especially for the screen, Naharin uses cinematic language to communicate his work both as director and choreographer. The disappearance of the stage, now replaced by the cinematic frame, creates a direct encounter…
Matthew Bourne‘s thrilling and sexy choreography is danced to one of the most instantly recognisable scores in classical music. Filmed live at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, Matthew Bourne‘s The Car Man is a stunning dance thriller that is loosely based…
“It is Lidberg’s choreography which is utterly mesmerising. It shies away from virtuoso or muscular exhibitionism, there is no energy on display here. On the contrary, liquid, soft, light movements, which resort to the myriad possibilities of contemporary dance but…
Served by eight performers and the raw energy of dance, Kadder Attou brings a whiff of optimism in his new work, Allegria, a breathtaking and inventive ode to choreographic joy. Allegria tells us about a grim world with absolute nimbleness. Katter Attou…
The multi-award-winning dance film Amelia (2002) explores the use of point technique using extended intertwining solos, complex partnering sequences and extreme speed to generate powerful performances with unexpected moments of tender emotion and serenity. Lock uses intricate choreography for both…
Dancing Nation concludes, also featuring Northern Ballet and Matsena’s Shades of Blue. In this final part of three very special programmes we celebrate the extraordinary power of dance. Artists inhabit spaces throughout Sadler’s Wells from foyer to stage, as Dancing…
Birmingham Royal Ballet and the swagger of Oona Doherty also feature in Part Two. Dancing Nation continues with a celebration of outstanding dance talent curated and hosted by Sadler’s Wells, London – bringing arts and performance to audiences at home…
World-class dance also featuring Candoco, HUMANHOOD, and English National Ballet. In this, the first of three Dancing Nation programmes, BBC Arts and Sadler’s Wells present a festival of dance featuring: Matthew Bourne‘s New Adventures – Spitfire. Before his legendary Swan…
“Very attractive and performed at a high level by the young dancers of NDT 2” Het Parool This piece created by house choreographers Sol León & Paul Lightfoot is part of the NDT 2 programme ‘Sum Thoughts’, which also presents…
