Sadler's wells Nordic Festival Circle of Support

Join the Nordic Festival Circle of Support

Photo: Maija Hirvanen’s For those who have time, Aki-Pekka Sinikoski

Sadler’s Wells presents a rich and varied year-round programme of dance of every kind – from tango to hip hop, ballet, flamenco and cutting-edge contemporary dance, bringing the best of British and international dance to audiences at our London theatres.

The Nordic region has a long and decorated history of dance and is home to some of the world’s oldest ballet companies and most exciting choreographers. This year Sadler’s Wells will bring together the best of these artists for a festival of Nordic dance in London.

In autumn 2014 we will present the Northern Light Season, featuring dance from all five Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. We invite you to share in this work with us by joining our Nordic Festival Supporters Circle.

A Special Opportunity Presenting international dance and large scale work in London is an expensive enterprise but one to which we are firmly committed.

We are gathering together a small group of dance lovers to support our investment in the Northern Light Season by making a donation towards the Nordic Festival Supporters Circle.

The combined support of the Circle will contribute to the vital funds necessary for Sadler’s Wells to bring Northern Light to London audiences.

To thank you for your support we have planned some special events with the season’s artists and companies for Circle members, including a private reception with celebrated Swedish Choreographer Mats Ek.

Photo: zero visibility corps.’s …it’s only a rehearsal, Erik Berg

Membership of the Nordic Festival Supporters Circle is £5,000

“possibly the finest Mats Ek has produced” TANZ on Juliet & Romeo

Sweden

Royal Swedish Ballet Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo 24 - 27 September 2014 Sadler’s Wells Theatre One of the world’s oldest ballet companies, Royal Swedish Ballet will perform in London for the first time since 1995.

Johannes Öhman, Director of the Royal Swedish Ballet commissioned renowned choreographer Mats Ek to create this full length contemporary adaptation of the timeless love story for the company’s dancers.

Mats Ek has created work for the world’s most prolific ballet and contemporary dance companies, including many new interpretations of classics. Ek’s dynamic choreography brings a quirky twist to this much-loved ballet and is set to Tchaikovsky.

Juliet & Romeo has already attracted much acclaim in Sweden and internationally. It makes its UK premiere this autumn as part of Northern Light.

Photo: Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo, Gert Weigelt

“For a long time no choreographer has produced such a beautiful gift” DANCE EUROPE on Juliet & Romeo

Denmark

Mette Ingvartsen The Artificial Nature Project 18 &19 September Platform Theatre Mette Ingvartsen is part of a generation of dance artists that considers choreography a tool to think about the world and our relationship to it.

The Artificial Nature Project asks the question ‘what is the relationship between the animate and inanimate world?’ The outcome is a performance, in which materials fly through the air and a landscape that constantly transforms itself.

Photo: Mette Ingvartsen’s The Artificial Nature Project, Jan Lietaert

Iceland

Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir Variations on Closer 2 & 3 October Lilian Baylis Theatre Margrét brings an investigative piece that questions what it means to be engaged in the act of watching. In Variations on Closer the audience comes face to face with three female performers who explore the different levels of physical closeness between themselves as individuals and the audience.

Variations on Closer is an intriguing and intimate theatrical experience from one of Iceland’s most daring dance makers.

Finland

Maija Hirvanen For those who have time 10 & 11 October 2014 Lilian Baylis Theatre

Photo: Maija Hirvanen’s, For those who have time, Uupi Tirronen

Maija is one of the rising names in the Nordic contemporary performance scene, she aims to question how we live our lives with visually arresting work which bring together minimalism with complex emotional experiences For those who have time is questioning yet playful. It uses humour, purposeful discomfort and direct address in the hands of three striking performers to ask: what have you got time for?

Norway

Zero visibility corp. …it’s only a rehearsal 11 & 12 November 2014 Lilian Baylis Theatre Photo: zero visibility corps.’s …it’s only a rehearsal, Erik Berg

Zero visibility corp. is one of Norway’s leading dance companies and …it’s only a rehearsal is one their best known work. The show has toured across the world from New York to Sydney.

This powerful, physical duet revolves around a pair of lovers and takes inspiration from the Greek myth of Mrtemis and Acteaon. …it’s only a rehearsal sets aside performative elements and ornate scenery to unravel a relationship using pure physical expression.

“Startling sensual 21st Century motion. This is no rehearsal.

It’s the real deal ” THE GUARDIAN on …it’s only a rehearsal

Sweden

Cullberg Ballet Plateau Effect 13 & 14 November 2014 Sadler’s Wells Theatre Originally formed by pioneering choreographer and former Royal Ballet dancer Brigit Cullberg* in 1967, Cullberg Ballet has continued to evolve since its formation.

Originally a company fusing ballet vocabulary with a contemporary style, it now presents contemporary dance with a distinctly Swedish flavour to audiences across the world.

Choreographed by Jefta van Dinther, Plateau Effect will make its UK premiere in November 2014. The piece won Jefta the “The Dance Prize 2013" from the Swedish Association of Theatre Critics.

Plateau Effect challenges audiences and creates an overwhelming world where dance, materials, sound and light each play an equal role. The dancers form a community that is constantly on the move as they progress through a series of disorienting and intriguing large-scale environments. * Birgit Cullberg was the mother of Mats Ek

Photo: Cullberg Ballet’s Plateau Effect, Urban Jörén

Nordic Festival Supporter Benefits To thank you for your support we have planned some special events with the season’s artists and companies, especially for Circle members.

A private reception with Mats Ek during the season A pair of complimentary premium seats for a Supporters Circle event around Mette Ingvartsen’s The Artificial Nature Project on Thursday 18 September A pair of complimentary premium seats to the opening night celebrations for Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo on Wednesday 24 September - includes pre-show drinks and canapé reception, interval drinks and a post-show reception with the company A pair of complimentary premium seats for a Supporters Circle event around Cullberg Ballet’s Plateau Effect on Friday 4 October - including preshow drinks and canapé reception and a post-show party

Photo: Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo, Gert Weigelt

A pair of complimentary premium seats to Variations on Closer by Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir, Maija Hirvanen’s For those who have time and …it’s only a rehearsal by zero visibility corp.

Priority access to purchase additional tickets to all performances in the Northern Light Season (September through November 2014)

As a supporter you will be instrumental in bringing the première festival of Nordic dance to London. We hope you will consider joining the Circle.

Contact Anna Clark on 020 7863 8135 or at anna.clark@sadlerswells.com