Fractus V - T1687018250UK Premiere. Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's latest creation is inspired by the writings of American philosopher Noam Chomsky. Featuring an all-male cast of performers, including Cherkaoui himself, Fractus V explores the production and manipulation of information in contemporary society. The work was originally created to mark the 40th anniversary of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. This expanded version of the piece features five dancers, four live musicians and a variety of different stylistic influences, including circus, flamenco, Lindy hop and breakdance. | |
| 27 Oct 16 to 28 Oct 16 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L01610461747 |
4D - T0200730949Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents 4D. With a title that is purposefully open to interpretation the programme consists of four duets that have existed as segments from Cherkaoui's catalogue of work, brought together to form one programme. The first duet, Matter, began as a pivotal sequence in Origine that premiered in 2008. The second, Pure, was commissioned by the Flemish dance festival Dansand and featured in the Sadler's Wells commission TeZukA. The third duet, Sin, grew out of Cherkaoui's 2010 piece Babel(words), which was choreographed in partnership with Damien Jalet. Finally, Faun was originally commissioned by Sadler's Wells as part of the centennial celebration to Sergei Diaghilev: In the Spirit of Diaghilev. Since their original creation, these four duets have been revised, and have evolved to realise their potential as freestanding works. In addition to these duets, the performance also includes the film Valtari. Together with director Christian Larson, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui devised this film for the Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros. | |
| 23 Jun 14 to 24 Jun 14 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L0330412062 |
Puz/zle - T1537346012UK Premiere. Puz/zle is the brand new work from Sadler's Wells Associate Artist, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Puz/zle questions the seeming importance of order and linearity, and explores if there is more than one way of solving a puzzle, telling a tale and simply living. Working closely with past musical collaborators - Corsican polyphonic group A Filetta, Lebanese singer Fadia Tomb El-Hage and Japanese musician Kazunari Abe - Cherkaoui dissects the form of composition and identifies the various themes that can shape a song. Cherkaoui also teams up with long-time collaborator Damien Jalet, set designer Filip Peeters and costume designer Miharu Toriyama to create this long-awaited piece performed by 11 extraordinary dancers from his Eastman company. Running time: 1hr 55minsProducer Eastman. Producer Festival d'Avignon. Producer De Singel International Arts Campus Antwerp. Producer Sadler's Wells London. Producer Opera de Lille. Producer Theaterfestival Boulevard ('s Hertogenbosch). Producer Les Theatres de la Ville de Luxembourg. Producer La Filature Scene Nationale (Mulhouse). Producer Festspielhaus Sankt-Polten. Producer Fondazione Musica per Roma. Producer Dusseldorf Festival. Music Jean-Claude Acquaviva. Music Kazunari Abe. Music Olga Wojciechowska. Lighting Adam Carree. Costume Miharu Toriyama. Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkauoi. Design Larbi Cherkaoui. Design Filip Peeters. Performer Navala Chaudhari. Performer Leif Federico Firnhaber. Performer Damien Fournier. Performer Mohamed Benaji. Performer Louise Michel Jackson. Performer Kazutomi Kozuki. Performer Elias Lazaridis. Performer Nichola Leahey. Performer Sang-Hun Lee. Performer Shintaro Oue. Performer Valegerour Runarsdottir. Performer Helder Seabra. Performer Elie Tass. Performer Michael Watts. | |
| 24 Apr 13 to 25 Apr 13 | Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 listing details L0903225474 |
