Sadler’s Wells Associates are key to the artistic vision for the theatre which marks the transition of Sadler’s Wells from receiving house to producing house, and firmly establishes it as the foremost dance venue in the UK. The appointments of Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists give them the opportunity to work alongside other collaborators and dancers and develop concepts and ideas for large-scale pieces.

Matthew Bourne is widely celebrated for his stage adaptations of classical works with a twist. George Piper Dances - Ballet Boyz Michael Nunn and William Trevitt - have de-mystified dance and choreography with their refreshing Channel 4 TV series. Jonzi D is the producer and curator of Sadler’s Wells’ hugely successful annual Hip Hop dance festival. Akram Khan is acclaimed for the vitality he brings to cross-cultural expression, influenced by western contemporary dance and Kathak. Russell Maliphant has earned a reputation as outstanding technician of the body focusing on the relationship between movement, light and music. Internationally acclaimed ballerina Sylvie Guillem is well known as the dance superstar of her generation. Jasmin Vardimon is renowned for her cutting edge style and daring dance-theatre performances. Christopher Wheeldon was appointed as Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells in June 2007.

The Associate Artists join the theatre’s current Resident Companies, Random Dance and New Adventures.

Random Dance | Wayne McGregor is renowned for its cutting-edge work and exploration of dance, science and technology. Creators of some of the most successful dance/theatre works of the last two decades, New Adventures continues to bring new audiences to dance with its extended record-breaking seasons at Sadler’s Wells. Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company became Guest Resident Company at Sadler’s Wells in June 2007, with the aim to create adventurous and dynamic dance, as the world’s first ‘transatlantic ballet’.