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Matthew Bourne talks about creating Nutcracker! and its fantasical characters.
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Matthew Bourne talks about creating Nutcracker! and its fantasical characters.


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  • Tommy Franzen and Lizzie Gough answer your questions from Facebook
    Zoonation's Some Like It Hip Hop - Facebook Interviews
    Tommy Franzen and Lizzie Gough answer your...
    Emanuel Gat talks about his choreographic process.
    Emanuel Gat - Playing Games: The choreographic process
    Emanuel Gat talks about his choreographic process.
  • This autumn, Sadler's Wells presents a collection of works from across Asia. The Out of Asia season brings together artists from China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Japan and Taiwan.
    Sadlers Wells - Out Of Asia
    This autumn, Sadler's Wells presents a...
    Turning drawings into dance: Watch an interview with renowned choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, who explains why he was inspired by manga artist Osamu Tezuka.
    TeZukA: Turning drawings into dance
    Turning drawings into dance: Watch an interview...
  • Australian choreographer/director Shaun Parker talks about his latest show, which is all about human happiness. Do we know how to be happy any more in the modern Western world?
    Happy As Larry - The Show
    Australian choreographer/director Shaun Parker...
    Choreographer/director Shaun Parker talks about the electro-acoustic score and the set  – which includes a 7 metre blackboard and 45 helium-filled balloons.
    Happy As Larry - Score and the set
    Choreographer/director Shaun Parker talks about...
  • A moving testimony to the human legacy of the Vietnam war with performers who lived through it.
    Ea Sola - Drought and Rain
    A moving testimony to the human legacy of the...
    New York based choreographer Bill T Jones answers questions sent via Twitter and Facebook about his award winning show Fela!
    Bill T Jones Q&A
    New York based choreographer Bill T Jones...
  • An interview with French Vietnamese choreographer Ea Sola
    Ea Sola Interview
    An interview with French Vietnamese...
    Famous for his use of horses as a means of artistic expression, Bartabas is a world-renowned rider, director and stage designer. Using four horses live on stage The Centaur and the Animal is choreographed by Bartabas and Ko Murobushi
    Inside Dance: Bartabas - Ko Murobushi
    Famous for his use of horses as a means of...
  • Akram Khan, one of the UK's most innovative and influential dance talents, talks about the making of Vertical Road. Includes rehearsal footage.
    Inside Dance: Akram Khan on Vertical Road
    Akram Khan, one of the UK's most innovative and...
    Sadler’s Wells has joined forces with electronic pop legends the Pet Shop Boys and radical choreographer Javier De Frutos  to create a brand new full-length dance work based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story, The Most Incredible Thing
    Pet Shop Boys & Javier De Frutos - The Most Incredible Thing
    Sadler’s Wells has joined forces with...
  • Wayne McGregor talks about the making of FAR, which made its world premiere at Sadler's Wells in 2011.
    Inside Dance: The making of FAR
    Wayne McGregor talks about the making of FAR,...
    Matthew Bourne talks about his triumphant modern re-interpretation of Swan Lake, which took the dance world by storm when it premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995.
    Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake - Interview
    Matthew Bourne talks about his triumphant modern...
  • Shruti Merchant, choreographer of The Merchants of Bollywood talks about the show to timesonline.co.uk
    The Merchants of Bollywood - Interview
    Shruti Merchant, choreographer of The Merchants...
    Rufus Wainwright talks about his new opera Prima Donna, which mage its London premiere at Sadler's Wells in April 2010
    Rufus Wainwright Interview
    Rufus Wainwright talks about his new opera Prima...
  • With Russell Maliphant, Jan Urbanowski, Michael Hulls, Katrina Lindsay, Javier de Frutos, and Wayne McGregor.
Chaired by Emma Gladstone

Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, October 2009
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    With Alex Poots and Tania Harrison
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Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, October 2009
    In the Spirit of Diaghilev - Entrepreneurs Talk
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  • By Robert Hewison

Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, October 2009
    In the Spirit of Diaghilev - Lecture
    By Robert Hewison Lilian Baylis Studio,...
    body:language is a series of autumn talks in the Lilian Baylis Studio. These Monday evening discussions provide an opportunity to hear artists and cultural commentators talk about their art and work free from a specific show, project or creation.
    Wayne McGregor & Liz Lerman - body:language series
    body:language is a series of autumn talks in the...
  • body:language is a series of autumn talks in the Lilian Baylis Studio. These Monday evening discussions provide an opportunity to hear artists and cultural commentators talk about their art and work free from a specific show, project or creation.
    Ruth Little - body:language series
    body:language is a series of autumn talks in the...
    body:language is a series of autumn talks in the Lilian Baylis Studio. These Monday evening discussions provide an opportunity to hear artists and cultural commentators talk about their art and work free from a specific show, project or creation.
    Siobhan Davis - body:language series
    body:language is a series of autumn talks in the...
  • The Sadler's Wells Global Dance Contest 2010 is open for submissions.  Alistair Spalding talks about the competition in 2009.
    Global Dance Contest 2010
    The Sadler's Wells Global Dance Contest 2010 is...
    Riz MC is interviewed about his work-in-progress MICroscope, shown as part of the Svapnagata festival
    Riz MC talks about MICroscope
    Riz MC is interviewed about his work-in-progress...
  • Akram Khan talks to guardian.co.uk
    Akram Khan Interview
    Akram Khan talks to guardian.co.uk
    Christopher Wheeldon talks about his new work to guardian.co.uk
    Christopher Wheeldon Interview
    Christopher Wheeldon talks about his new work to...
  • Akram Khan talks about new works by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Shantala Shivalingappa, and Gregory Maqoma & Shanell Winlock, performing as part of the Svapnagata festival
    Akram Khan on Play / Southern Comfort
    Akram Khan talks about new works by Sidi Larbi...
    Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney talk about Confluence, a new production made for the Svapnagata Festival
    Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney on Confluence
    Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney talk about...
  • Nitin Sawhney talks about Riz MC, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Nitin Sawhney on Riz MC
    Nitin Sawhney talks about Riz MC, performing as...
    Nitin Sawhney talks about U Shrinivas, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Nitin Sawhney on U Shrinivas
    Nitin Sawhney talks about U Shrinivas,...
  • Nitin Sawhney talks about Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Nitin Sawhney on Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry
    Nitin Sawhney talks about Neelam Mansingh...
    Akram Khan talks about Aditi Mangaldas & Priyadarshini Govind, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Akram Khan on Aditi Mangaldas & Priyadarshini Govind
    Akram Khan talks about Aditi Mangaldas &...
  • Nitin Sawhney talks about Trilok Gurtu Orchestra, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Nitin Sawhney on Trilok Gurtu Orchestra
    Nitin Sawhney talks about Trilok Gurtu...
    Akram Khan talks about Shantala Shivalingappa, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Akram Khan on Shantala Shivalingappa
    Akram Khan talks about Shantala Shivalingappa,...
  • Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney talk about Anoushka Shankar, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney on Anoushka Shankar
    Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney talk about Anoushka...
    Akram Khan talks about Aakash Odedra & Yuko Inoue, performing as part of the Svapnagata Festival
    Akram Khan on Aakash Odedra & Yuko Inoue
    Akram Khan talks about Aakash Odedra & Yuko...
  • Paco Peña talks director of Flamenco sin Fronteras, Jude Kelly, about the show, with rehearsal footage.
    Paco Peña Interview
    Paco Peña talks director of Flamenco sin...
    One of the world’s greatest ballet stars dancing today, Carlos Acosta talks to telegraph.co.uk about what sets him apart from other dancers, influences, which include Nureyev & Michael Jackson & the show he brings to Sadler’s Wells in December
    Carlos Acosta Interview
    One of the world’s greatest ballet stars...
  • Akram Khan on Sacred Monsters
    Akram Khan on Sacred Monsters
    Akram Khan on Sacred Monsters
    Sidi Larbi and Akram Khan talk about the making of zero degrees.
    Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Akram Khan on zero degrees
    Sidi Larbi and Akram Khan talk about the making...
  • Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui talks to Judith Mackrell about the making of Sutra.
    Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui on Sutra
    Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui talks to Judith Mackrell...
    Matthew Bourne talks about the making of Dorian Gray. Also features designer Lez Brotherston, composer Terry Davies, dancer Richard Winsor and Michela Meazz.
    Matthew Bourne on Dorian Gray
    Matthew Bourne talks about the making of Dorian...
  • Matthew Bourne talks about creating Edward Scissorhands.  Also features audience reviews.
    Matthew Bourne on Edward Scissorhands
    Matthew Bourne talks about creating Edward...
    Matthew Bourne talks about creating The Car Man: the story, the music and the characters.
    Matthew Bourne on The Car Man
    Matthew Bourne talks about creating The Car Man:...
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