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Breakin’ Convention, the annual festival of all things hip hop, returns to Sadler’s Wells in its 21st year, bigger, brasher and more enjoyable than ever
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As Sadler's Wells prepares to host her seminal work May B, the French choreographer Maguy Marin talks to Culture Whisper
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English National Ballet's Emerging Dancer, its annual talent-spotting competition, returns to Sadler's Wells for its 2024 edition
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Birmingham Royal Ballet floods the stage at Sadler's Wells with fine dancing and some magical moments in its landmark production of The Sleeping Beauty
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Let's All Dance presents Goldilocks The Ballet, a charming adventure aimed at budding balletomanes, in Sadler's Wells second house, the Lilian Baylis studio
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The undisputed master of the flamenco guitar, Paco Peña, brings his Dance Company back to Sadler's Wells with Solera, a journey to the very soul of flamenco
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The greatest love story ever told returns to the stage, this time courtesy of Northern Ballet's own version of Romeo and Juliet at Sadler's Wells
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The foremost kathak dancers Aakash Odedra and Aditi Mangaldas served up Mehek, a sensual, emotional and visually dazzling show, at Sadler’s Wells
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Scottish Ballet's gripping adaptation of Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire returns to Sadler's Wells
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English National Ballet’s Carmen is a dreary and uninvolving show that tries but fails to add to our understanding of this popular tragedy
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Sadler's Wells Elixir Festival returns in April to celebrate the contribution of older artists through performance, workshops, talks and films
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Reality and myth blend in Assembly Hall, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s latest dance theatre collaboration brought to Sadler’s Wells by Pite’s company, Kidd Pivot
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BalletLORENT's The Velveteen Rabbit at Sadler's Wells's Lilian Baylis studio is a special treat for young children this Easter holiday
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One of the most exciting neo-classical ballet companies in the world, New York City Ballet, brought a mixed bill of works old and new to Sadler's Wells
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The Greek master of surreal visual spectacle Dimitris Papaioannou returns to Sadler's Wells with his water-logged show INK
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On a stage carpeted with 8,000 silk carnations, the dancers of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch re-enact her thrilling 1982 classic Nelken at Sadler's Wells
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Physical theatre company Ockham’s Razor brings Tess, a feminist version of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles to the Peacock Theatre, as part of the inaugural MimeLondon festival
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The internationally renowned ballerina Alina Cojocaru commissioned and stars in the new ballet La Strada after Fellini’s landmark film, now on stage at Sadler’s Wells
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Sadler's Wells presents a double dose of Wayne McGregor over a week when it hosts an updated version of his Autobiography followed by UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey
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International ballet stars come together with dancers with disabilities in Empower in Motion, a gala to raise funds for work with children and youngsters with disabilities hosted by Sadler's Wells
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Young children can enjoy the full magic of The Nutcracker this festive season with Let's All Dance's specially devised short version of the Christmas ballet
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Edward Scissorhands, Matthew Bourne’s stage adaptation of Tim Burton’s emblematic movie, is charming audiences at Sadler’s Wells this Christmas season
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Lunar Halo, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s meditation on the digital world and its impact on humans, is an accomplished visual spectacle now on at Sadler’s Wells
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One of Brazil's foremost contemporary troupes, São Paulo Dance Company, makes its UK debut at Sadler's Wells early in 2024
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Rambert’s Death Trap, a double bill of dance-theatre works by the maverick Ben Duke, now at Sadler’s Wells, offers an overload of theatre and not enough dance
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Emanuel Gat’s LoveTrain2020 is a flamboyant vehicle whose initial thrills fizzle out way before the end
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BalletBoyz marked their return to the stage at Sadler’s Wells with England on Fire, a huge collaborative project, that falls short of its lofty ambitions
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Contemporary visual theatre returns to London this winter with a new collaborative project between MimeLondon and a number of venues in the capital
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French choreographer Maud Le Pladec's Twenty-Seven Perspectives deconstructs a piece of music to create a curious dance work
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Sadler's Wells has launched its eclectic programme of dance for the first half of 2024
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Via Injabulo brought the contagious rhythms of South Africa to Sadler's Wells with the return to Dance Umbrella of the township group Via Katlehong Dance
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Forbidden is a compelling study of female desire by the New Delhi-based dancer and choreographer Aditi Mangaldas, which had its UK premiere at Sadler's Wells