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In Broken Chord South African dancer and choreographer Gregory Maqoma brings a little known slice of South African history to Sadler's Wells
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Stravinsky's timeless The Rite of Spring gets a South Indian makeover in Seeta Patel's bharatanatyam fusion of East and West
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Scottish Ballet brings its brand new version of Coppélia, set in the Silicon Valley world of artificial intelligence, to Sadler's Wells
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Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends showcases the virtuosity of the American ballerina and her hand-picked dancers in a programme of short pieces
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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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The South African choreographer Dada Masilo returns to Sadler's Wells with The Sacrifice, a striking work inspired by Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
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Matthew Bourne’s gothic and magical take on The Sleeping Beauty is now installed at Sadler’s Wells for the whole of the festive season
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Variety is the spice of Christmas dance
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Israel Galván’s La Consagración de la Primavera (The Rite of Spring) at Sadler’s Wells is an absorbing distillation of a century of Western culture through the medium of flamenco
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New Creation is a dark, incoherent, depressing but mercifully short work brought to Sadler’s Wells by Brazil’s Grupo de Rua, directed by Bruno Beltrão
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Birmingham Royal Ballet visits Sadler's Wells with Into the Music, a triple bill of works that show particular responses to their chosen musical scores
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Dance at its most varied this month
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Two diametrically opposed works – Chiara Bersani’s Seeking Unicorns and Oona Doherty’s Navy Blue – provide much food for thought in this year’s edition of Dance Umbrella
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The famous fictional Alice reaches adolescence and starts a new quest in Jasmin Vardimon's new work, ALiCE, coming to Sadler's Wells.
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Aakash Odedra Company’s Samsara showing at Sadler’s Wells is an epic of cultural cross-fertilisation performed by two mesmerising dancers
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It’s the most magical season of all: Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman returns to the Peacock Theatre for the 25th year
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Dickson Mbi dances his own Enowate as a quasi-mystical hymn to his African roots and London upbringing
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Ballo Arthur Pita's Ten Sorry Tales at the Lilian Baylis Studio is the perfect half-term entertainment for children and adults alike
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With Anti-Body, choreographer Alexander Whitley continues his exploration of the marriage between the human body and its technological representation
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Young children can enjoy the full magic of The Nutcracker this Christmas with Let's All Dance's specially devised short version of the festive ballet
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A promising opening of the 2022-23 season
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Botis Seva's remarkable commentary on the experience of black youth, BLKDOG, returns to Sadler's Wells in the autumn
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With Mixtape, ZooNation, The Kate Prince Company comes to Sadler's Wells to celebrate 20 years of vibrant, exciting hip-hop
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Giselle, Bach… and The Trocks return
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Fabula Collective brings seven new short works to Sadler's Wells in MOMENTUM - lost & found, a one-off programme designed to showcase contemporary creativity
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A thrilling blend of hip-hop and theatre, Spoken Movement's Family Honour dissects a girl's rebellion against the pressures to conform
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National Youth Dance Company returns to Sadler's Wells with Quartier Paradis, a work by its current artistic director Alesandra Seutin
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The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker brings her uncompromising approach to bear on Bach's The Goldberg Variations
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Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival 2022 ends on a high with An Ode to Time, Compañía María Pagés’s powerful and multifaceted evocation of Spain’s life and art
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Sadler’s Wells' Flamenco Festival returned to its theme of contemporary exploration with the fairly impenetrable The Jump by Compañía Jesús Carmona
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This was the weekend when the true spirit of flamenco descended upon Sadler’s Wells with a transporting gala by Compañía María del Mar Moreno and guests
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Sadler’s Wells’ Flamenco Festival continued with Compañía Ana Morales's Without Permission: Songs for Silence, a show intriguing on paper but deeply disappointing in practice