New Ballet Supporters Circle

Support New Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

Photo: Christopher Wheeldon’s After The Rain, Xiaojing Wang

“Why not experiment a little bit” CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON

Sadler's Wells is the UK's leading dance house, uniquely dedicated to bringing the very best international and British dance to London audiences, including companies and choreographers that continue to develop and contemporise the language of classical ballet.

Bringing international ballet companies and large scale work to London is an expensive enterprise but one to which we are firmly committed and last year we presented two major international ballet companies, San Francisco Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada. To help support this commitment, we brought together a small group of people who were passionate about supporting this work and keen to enjoy some very special benefits in return, including a private evening with celebrated choreographer Alexei Ratmansky at the beautiful home of one of our supporters.

From autumn 2012 through spring 2013 the donations from the New Ballet Supporters Circle supported a dynamic programme of some of the brightest stars in contemporary ballet including Christopher Wheeldon, Edwaard Liang, Mark Morris and the European premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s Romeo and Juliet.

We aim to build a new programme of activities for the Circle every year and we would like to invite you to join the next New Ballet Supporters Circle.

A Special Opportunity Help us to present and commission a brand new season of truly international contemporary ballet in autumn 2013, beginning with Benjamin Millepied’s LA Dance Project and its London premiere, followed by Stuttgart Ballet with two different works and finally an evening of work by Christopher Wheeldon, Russell Maliphant and Edwaard Liang, featuring Fang-Yi Sheu and Yuan Yuan Tan. To thank you for your support, we have planned some special events with these artists and companies for Circle members including an evening in conversation with incoming Paris Opera Ballet Director of Dance, Benjamin Millepied.

Photo: Stuttgart Ballet’s Made in Germany, Jason Reilly

Membership of the New Ballet Supporters’ Circle is £5,000 and is limited to a small number of supporters.

LA Dance Project Mixed Bill 2 - 4 October 2013 LA Dance Project is an artist collective founded in 2012 by collaborators from different art forms including renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied.

Millepied, recently announced as the incoming Director of Dance at Paris Opera Ballet, has choreographed works for some of the world’s best-known dance companies and artists, including New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Darren Aronofsky’s award-winning feature film Black Swan.

LA Dance Project creates new work and revives seminal collaborations from influential dance makers. For their London premiere they will present new works by Benjamin Millepied and by choreographer and New York City Ballet dancer Justin Peck, alongside William Forsythe’s Quintett.

“The Stuttgart Ballet doesn’t follow trends, it starts them” TANZ

Photo: Benjamin Millepied in rehearsal, Paul Kolnik

Stuttgart Ballet The Taming of the Shrew / Made in Germany 18 - 23 November 2013 One of the world’s leading ballet companies, Stuttgart Ballet has been at the forefront of dance creation for decades. Under the artistic direction of Reid Anderson they consistently present exciting and groundbreaking work.

Made in Germany, a mixed repertory evening comprises eight UK premieres, showcasing the dancers in a wide range of work. The evening includes two works by resident choreographer Marco Goecke, one

by British choreographer Douglas Lee, as well as works by Mauro Bigonzetti, Itzik Galili, Christian Spuck, Demis Volpi and Edward Clug.

True to its heritage the company will also present a classic by its founder John Cranko: The Taming of the Shrew, set to a delightful score by Domenico Scarlatti.

Liang / Maliphant / Wheeldon An evening featuring Fang-Yi Sheu and Yuan Yuan Tan 14 - 16 November 2013 This dynamic programme is a new British-Chinese cultural collaboration exploring where classical ballet meets contemporary dance.

Featuring three UK premieres choreographed by Edwaard Liang and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists, Russell Maliphant and Christopher Wheeldon, the evening will showcase the extraordinary talents of Chinese prima ballerina Yuan Yuan Tan and Taiwanese virtuoso Fang-Yi Sheu.

“Maliphant is incapable of producing a movement that is not beautiful”

Finding Light, choreographed by Liang, is danced by San Francisco principal dancers Yuan Yuan Tan and Damian Smith. Wheeldon’s Five Movements, Three Repeats features a cast of four dancers. Russell Maliphant presents a new solo work – PresentPast, specially created for Fang-Yi Sheu.

The evening also features two seminal works; Wheeldon’s After The Rain and Maliphant’s Two x Two.

Photo: Christopher Wheeldon’s Five Movements, Three Repeats, Xiaojing Wang

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New Ballet Supporters’ Circle Benefits Invitation for two to a private cocktail reception with Christopher Wheeldon.

A pair of complimentary premium seats to both opening night celebrations for Stuttgart Ballet’s Made in Germany on Monday 18 November and the evening of work by Liang, Maliphant and Wheeldon on Thursday 14 November - includes pre-show drinks and canapé reception, interval drinks and a postshow reception with the company.

A pair of complimentary premium seats for a New Ballet Supporters Circle event around LA Dance Project on Friday 4 October, including a pre-show drinks and canapé reception, interval drinks and a post-show reception with the company.

Photo: Edwaard Laing’s Finding Light, Xiaojing Wang

For further information please contact: Anna Clark 020 7863 8135 Anna.clark@sadlerswells.com

Invitation for two to attend two insight evenings; Reid Anderson in conversation with Alistair Spalding (Wednesday 20 November) and an evening in conversation with Benjamin Millepied (Thursday 26 September).

Opportunities for behind-the-scenes access to new ballet work throughout autumn 2013, including a rehearsal of Russell Maliphant’s work with Yuan Yuan Tan and Fang-Yi Sheu and a technical rehearsal of LA Dance Project’s Mixed Bill (dates to be confirmed shortly).

Priority access to purchase additional tickets in the First Circle for LA Dance Project (October 2013), Stuttgart Ballet’s Made in Germany and Taming of the Shrew (November 2013) and an evening of work

by Christopher Wheeldon, Russell Maliphant and Edwaard Liang (November 2013).

Advance notice of future new ballet productions coming to Sadler’s Wells before they’re announced to the public.

We hope you will consider supporting new ballet at Sadler’s Wells and joining us for these special events.