What's on - Current and upcoming shows

Welcome to MORE from Sadler’s Wells. Here you will find talks, exhibitions, debates, installations, classes, summer-schools and courses as well as ground-breaking work by artists pushing the boundaries of dance.

Supported by The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation


Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Guy Cools with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
body:language series

24 November 08

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is one of Europe's most successful and inventive choreographers. This special event is an opportunity to see him in discussion with the acclaimed international curator, writer, and dramaturg Guy Cools.



Dance Club Bollywood Night

Dance Club
Bollywood Night

28 November 08

Our popular monthly club night in the Lilian Baylis Studio focuses on Bollywood Dance.



Akram Khan

Guy Cools with Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Akram Khan
body:language series

1 December 08

Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan is renowned for the incredible vitality he brings to cross-cultural expression. This special event is an opportunity to see him in discussion with the acclaimed international curator, writer, and dramaturg Guy Cools.



Rosemary Butcher

Guy Cools with Rosemary Butcher
body:language series

8 December 08

Since the 1970s, Rosemary Butcher has been one of the UK's most consistently radical and innovative choreographers. This special event is an opportunity to see her in discussion with the acclaimed international curator, writer, and dramaturg Guy Cools.



Rosemary Butcher

Guy Cools with Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion
body:language series

15 December 08

This special event is an opportunity to see ex-Royal Ballet soloist Jonathan Burrows and composer Matteo Fargion in discussion with the acclaimed international curator, writer, and dramaturg Guy Cools.



Vsprs Show and Tell

Film screening - vsprs Show and Tell
7 February 09
Sadler's Wells

Screening of vsprs Show and Tell, an award-winning documentary directed by Sophie Fiennes about Les Ballets C. de la B.’s recent controversial dance performance VSPRS.



City of Abstracts

Focus on Forsythe - City of Abstracts
20 April - 1 May 09
across London

Look out for this remarkable multimedia installation as it travels around the city during April and May. A camera captures the passer-by and projects their image on to a giant screen.
Part of Focus on Forsythe



Choreographic Objects: Symposium
25 April 09
Lilian Baylis Studio

Choreographic Objects is a series of workshops on the output of four research teams working in collaboration with choreographers William Forsythe, Siobhan Davies, Wayne McGregor and Emio Greco|PC (Pieter C. Scholten). This panel discussion will present some results from the workshops and engage the choreographers in a public discussion.



Focus on Forsythe - Nowhere & Everywhere at the Same Time
30 April - 1 May 09
Tate Modern

Hundreds of pendulums fill the vast space of the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall as dancers weave throughout the space, disrupting the rhythm of the swinging pendulums.
Part of Focus on Forsythe



The Clod Ensemble

The Clod Ensemble - Under Glass
9 - 16 May 09
Village Underground

In an enthralling site specific performance, a collection of animated human beings are contained in a series of glass jars, cabinets and test tubes.



Additive Inverse

Focus on Forsythe - Additive Inverse
8 - 10 May 09
South London Gallery

This film installation by William Forsythe in collaboration with Philip Bußmann will be shown in the UK for the first time. Free.
Part of Focus on Forsythe



Nelson Crespo

Sadler's Wells Visual Arts
Nelson Crespo - Tempo
10 November 2008 - January 2009

Sadler's Wells presents a series of ghostly and ethereal new works by pioneering Portuguese artist Nelson Crespo. Tempo, made specifically for Sadler's Wells opens with a private view on Monday 10th November 2008 and continues until January 2009.

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