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BalletBoyz at 25 – Sadler’s Wells
14May By Klervi GavetNo Comments
London

BalletBoyz at 25 – Sadler’s Wells

What does a 25-year retrospective owe us? Nostalgia, certainly. A greatest-hits reel, perhaps. What BalletBoyz offer instead at Sadler’s Wells is something more rigorous: a map of possibility. Photo: Hugo Glendinning Curated from works commissioned since 2001 by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, BalletBoyz at 25 resists the flattening instinct of retrospectives. The evening moves with intent across forms, aesthetics, and dramaturgies, not as a sampler but as an argument. Movement is not one language. It is many, and they do not always agree. The opening triptych, Critical Mass, Motor Cortex, and Ripple, operates almost like a study in physics. Bodies fold, suspend, and redistribute weight as if governed by invisible laws. In Motor Cortex, choreographed by Seirian Griffiths with li...
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Balletboyz: England on Fire – Sadlers Wells
9Nov By Riana HowarthNo Comments
London

Balletboyz: England on Fire – Sadlers Wells

Based on the book, England on Fire by Stephen Ellcock and Matt Osman, this sizzling production brings England’s eclectic past and present to life. The show begins with a meditative lighting design (designed by Andrew Ellis) projected on the high side walls. This gives way to a sombre, moody, arboreal setting with freakish animal-hybrid characters extravagantly dressed in black, watching the metaphorical birth/death of our protagonist. A dramatic start. The piece is a curation of different dances, each relating to a segment of the book. The setting explores England through time; from the ancient land to the modern day featuring a sparky Arctic Monkeys-esque band, Gag Salon. It is no surprise that the result is outlandish and stylistically fluid. The main thread is this new-born person we...
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