Sadler's Wells

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The Andalucian sun will shine over north London for two weeks this summer, because Sadler's Wells' famous Flamenco Festival is back

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Rambert’s Eye Candy triple bill is a fascinating combination of styles that shows the company at its exhilarating best

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Scottish Ballet's acclaimed dance adaptation of The Crucible, Arthur Miller's play on collective hysteria in a 17th-century American community, has its London premiere at Sadler's Wells

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Sadler's presents a collaborative double bill that assembles Pina Bausch's seminal The Rite of Spring and common ground[s[, a work by two African dancer/choreographers

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Northern Ballet serves up a luscious spectacle at Sadler's Wells with Casanova, its plunge into intricate 18th-century politics centred on one of its most colourful characters

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A double bill of new work, Warrior Queens and Shades of Blue brought thrilling energy and some stunning visual imagery to Sadler’s Wells, but lacked narrative coherence

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May offers some unmissable dance shows

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The Belgian choreographer Jan Martens makes his Sadler's Wells debut with his challenging 2020 work any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones

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Sadler’s Wells kicked off its annual hip-hop festival, Breakin’ Convention with the UK premiere of Compagnie Niya’s Gueules Noires, a danced tribute to the miners of northern France

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A towering figure in the culture of Hungary, Franz Liszt is celebrated in Liszt Mosaics, Hungarian State Folk Ensemble's show coming to Sadler's Wells in June

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Virtuoso flamenco guitarist Paco Peña’s new Sadler’s Wells show, Solera, continues his perpetual search for the very soul of this most Spanish of art forms

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Students from the UK's main dance schools come together in Unite for Ukraine, a fundraiser in support of young people affected by the war raging in Ukraine

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Sharon Eyal's L-E-V company returns to Sadler's Wells with Love Chapter 3, the concluding part of her trilogy on love, its fortunes and misfortunes

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The Spanish troupe La Veronal returns to Sadler's Wells with Pasionaria, a thought-provoking show that explores the trend towards emotional detachment

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The exciting American choreographer Kyle Abraham brings his own company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham to Sadler's Wells with Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth

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Breakin' Convention, the international festival of all things hip-hop, returns to Sadler's Wells in full, after a difficult couple of years

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English National Ballet’s The Forsythe Evening brings an explosion of creative energy and sheer joy to Sadler’s Wells

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Phoenix Dance Theatre celebrates a landmark anniversary with 40 Years of Phoenix, a lively programme of repertoire highlights at the Peacock Theatre

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BalletBoyz’s Deluxe, an exciting double bill of contrasting works, returns to the stage at Sadler’s Wells with new personnel after a run cut short by Covid

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This Is How You Will Disappear at Sadler’s Wells is French choreographer Gisèle Vienne at her most discombobulating

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Christian Rizzo’s Une Maison, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels at Sadler’s Wells, is an impenetrable piece of dance theatre with some arresting visual moments

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Dance, a seminal 1970s piece by Lucinda Childs and Philip Glass, provided an early highlight for Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

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Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels kicked off with Neighbours, a fascinating collaboration between two very different artists performed at Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio

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Sadler's Wells opens virtually all its spaces to families over the Easter weekend with a wide-ranging programme of shows, workshops and crafts

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A bumper month for dance in London

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Acosta Danza's 100% Cuban, currently at Sadler's Wells, showcases the immense talents of its dancers in a less than satisfactory programme

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The new iteration of Pina Bausch’s early work Kontakthof stands the test of time to offer a simultaneously challenging and entertaining evening at Sadler’s Wells

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The French maverick Boris Charmatz brings two challenging works, Infini and SOMNOLE, to Sadler's Wells as part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef and Arpels

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Van Cleef & Arpels talks to Culture Whisper about the Maison's long-standing love affair with dance and the origins of its first festival of choreography coming to London in March

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Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! danced with thrilling seasonal sparkle by his New Adventures Company at Sadler’s Wells, is the perfect fun-filled antidote to our fraught times

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Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl, a magical, but occasionally dark, take on Hans Christian Andersen’s Christmas tale, is available on Sadler's Wells digital stage

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Botis Seva’s BLKDOG is a remarkable stage work, a commentary on the experience of black youngsters today presented at Sadler's Wells