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KnowBody, Elixir Festival: Sadler's Wells

12 Sep 14 – 13 Sep 14, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Sadler’s Wells celebrates lifelong creativity in Elixir Festival: older dancers take centre stage led by illustrious names like Mats Ek and Ana Laguna.

By CW Contributor on 29/8/2014

Ana Laguna and Mats Ek (c) Stephanie Berger
Ana Laguna and Mats Ek (c) Stephanie Berger
KnowBody, Elixir Festival: Sadler's Wells KnowBody, Elixir Festival: Sadler's Wells Ruth Mattock
Sadler’s Wells celebrates lifelong creativity with the Elixir Festival where older dancers take centre stage led by such illustrious names as Mats Ek and Ana Laguna.

In a four-day festival crammed full of enticing programmes, KnowBody must stand out as the centrepiece.  It’s a mixed bill offering the opportunity once again to enjoy the artistry of such legendary dancers as Mats Ek, Ana Laguna and Dominique Mercy.

Real-life husband and wife Ek and Laguna will perform Memory , Ek’s own choreography originally created for two actors in a scene of Don Juan. Formerly director of his mother’s Cullberg Ballet, Mats Ek has long been a choreographer sought out by the world’s best dance companies, and this is a rare chance to see him as a performer.

Laguna has an onstage presence to rival many a star. The Spanish ballerina launched her career at the Cullberg, in roles like Ek’s groundbreaking Giselle , later dancing opposite ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov in many of her husband’s works. Technical precision underpins her force, character and passion undimmed now in her mid 60s.

Among the many dancers influenced by the choreographer Pina Bausch, you’d be hard pressed to find one more purely Bauschian than Dominique Mercy. Having met Pina in 1972, he joined Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in1974 and has been there ever since. This solo is directed by another former Bauschian, Pascal Merighi, so expect Pina’s spirit to touch the performance.

Choreographers of the moment Hofesh Schechter and Jonathan Burrows have  restaged their works specifically to highlight the talents of the Company of Elders, in Schechter’s case, and a group of former artists from some of Britain’s best dance companies.

 


What KnowBody, Elixir Festival: Sadler's Wells
Where Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN | MAP
Nearest tube Acton Town (underground)
When 12 Sep 14 – 13 Sep 14, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Price ££15
Website Click here to book via the Sadler's Wells website

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  • The Elixir Festival:

    The Sadler’s Wells Elixir Festival is a four day programme of events focused around lifelong creativity and activity.

    Elixir Extracts:

    Programme A, Sat 13,4.30pm
    A mixed programme: 50 Moves, ENB Open Age Dancers, Growing Old (Dis)Gracefully Dance, Lucy Boyes and Robbie Synge, Mercury Movers, Montage Theatre Arts, Striking Attitudes and The Vivekamayas from Instep Dance Company

    Programme B, Sun 14,3.30pm
    A mixed programme: Counterpoint Dance Company, Damn Fine Dance Company, GreenCandle Senior Dancers, Open Age Dance, Moving Memory, The Elderberries and Three Score Dance Company

    Dance films, Sun 14,6pm 
    A selection of free films shown in the Kahn Lecture Theatre by: Amparo Badiola, Cheshire Dance, Grand Gestures, Mind the Gap at Salisbury Playhouse, Striking Attitudes and Tom Hobden Dance

    Programme C, Sun 14,7pm
    A mixed programme: D2D Dance Company, From Here to Maturity Dance Company, Sage Dance Company and international guests Amparo Badiola and Generación del Ayer

    Programme D: TheCompany of Elders, Mon 15, 5pm
    A mixed programme from the Company of Elders' repertoire featuring guest artist Namron.

    Click here for more.

    The Art of Age, conference:

    This day-long conference will begin by focusing on dance and well-being with contributions from artists, choreographers and leaders in culture, health and performance research, followed by a performance in the Lilian Baylis Studio by Company of Elders. Click here for more.


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