Today Sadler’s Wells announces this week’s additions to Digital Stage, its free online performance programme, presenting renowned choreographer Russell Maliphant and Oscar-winning composer Vangelis’ The Thread. In addition, new dance workshops are also available online to try at home.
The Thread will be screened on Friday 17 April at 7:30pm UK time via Sadler’s Wells’ Facebook Premieres, and is available to watch live via this link and then stream for seven days thereafter.
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant collaborates with Vangelis to create a contemporary dance piece inspired by traditional culture, which received its world premiere at Sadler’s Wells in Spring 2019. Inspired by ancient mythology and set to explosive electronic music, The Thread explores changing forms of traditional Greek dance.
The acclaimed creative team behind the work also includes artistic conception from Georgia Iliopoulou, lighting by fellow Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist - the acclaimed ‘choreographer of light’ - Michael Hulls, and costume design by award-winning London-based Greek fashion designer, Mary Katrantzou.
The Sadler’s Wells workshop series for audiences to dance along to at home also continues. This week, the third of workshops for older adults is available from Wednesday 15 April, hosted by Po-Cheng Tsai, the Artistic Director of B.Dance. In the workshop, participants will learn a combination from one of his pieces for older dancers, Floating Flowers, recorded from his home in Taiwan. The workshop can be found online via the Sadler’s Wells Facebook and YouTube channels.
Ten family workshops for children aged 2 – 6 years are also available to dance along to at home. Themed activities including textures, shapes, sounds, and colours, and storytelling based on fairy-tales such as Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, are available to follow via playlists on Sadler’s Wells YouTube channel.
New content on Digital Stage has been created in response to the cancellation of shows across theatres in efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19, with Sadler's Wells continuing to bring dance to audiences through its digital channels. The first in a series of Sadler’s Wells Facebook Premieres was Deluxe by BalletBoyz, which was made available on Friday 27 March. This was followed on consecutive Fridays by balletLORENT’s Rumpelstiltskin and Rain from Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s company, Rosas. Upcoming films include a new version of Wilkie Branson’s dance for camera installation TOM, which would have formed part of Sadler’s Wells’ Digital Edition in April.
Further details, including all titles, dates and screening times, will be announced via Sadler’s Wells’ social media channels, and updated via this link on the Sadler’s Wells website: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2020/digital-stage.
