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Dance Digital presents Kielo

Kielo finds it hard to sit still in class. She takes a break venturing into the corridors of her imagination.

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SLANT

Jules Cunningham presents a poetic performance set to ‘Drones’, an experimental piece from Nico Muhly’s repertoire performed live by the Britten Sinfonia.

Opportunities for Artists

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Dance Digital 2027

Submissions are now open for Dance Digital 2027 – a weekend celebrating the best dance in digital formats from across the globe. The event will include screenings, networking sessions, mentoring with industry experts, VR/XR installations, talks and more.

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Open Commissions: The Future Remembers

Three brand-new short film commissions, open to filmmakers and dance artists working at the intersection of dance and moving image. The selected commissions will receive £6,000 and production support from Sadler’s Wells to create a short film that responds to the theme: The Future Remembers.

Open Commissions: The Future Remembers

A dancer walks along a sunlit street in Brazil, viewed from behind with both arms raised overhead. Small shops, pedestrians, and parked vehicles line the paved street, while mixed-use buildings, overhead cables, and market stalls create a busy urban backdrop. Visible shop signage includes “Itaipava” and “Peixaria.”

ROUTE [not every day, but almost]

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/dance-digital-route/

Two people ride bicycles side by side along a sunlit country road lined with tall trees and dense greenery. Both raise their arms in coordinated gestures while cycling, with open countryside and a distant hill visible through the trees ahead.

Return

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/dance-digital-return/

New Adventures presents Quiet Revolutions

Quiet Revolutions

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/new-adventures-presents-quiet-revolutions/?section=540221

Two dancers strike a dramatic pose among rocks and mist, with a softly lit building in the background.

Nepenthe

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/nepenthe/?section=967221

Two people float underwater above a sandy floor, holding hands as one pulls the other upward. Sunlight streams down through the water, and a suspended, weathered wooden structure hangs to the side.

HOLD

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/hold/?section=967221

Four performers in colourful lighting pose close to the camera with hands framing and distorting their faces

Más Glow

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/mas-glow/?section=967221

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F.bird

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/motion-picture/fbird/?section=967221

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Four people stand spaced apart in a wide field of tall grass beneath a cloudy sky. One person crouches near the ground while the other three stand with arms raised or outstretched. Utility poles, leafless trees, and distant hills are visible in the background.

Generation: Dance

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/generation-dance/ ?section=991921

An underwater scene shows a scuba diver in full gear giving a thumbs‑up gesture while facing another person wearing a breathing mask and casual clothing. Air bubbles float upward as both figures hover in clear blue water, with light filtering down from above.

Behind the scenes of HOLD

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/hold/#bts

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Behind the scenes of Nepenthe

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/nepenthe/#bts

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NYDC in Berlin

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/documentaries/national-youth-dance-company-in-berlin/?section=991921

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Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring – The evolution of an epic

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/pina-bauschs-the-rite-of-spring-the-evolution-of-an-epic/?section=991921

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Matthew Bourne sits in front of a microphone in conversation with Alistair Spalding.

Matthew Bourne

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/choreographer-conversations/matthew-bourne/?section=778265

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Isabela Coracy

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/digital-stage-confessions-of-a-ballet-star/isabela-coracy/?section=778265

Sharon sits on a seat with a microphone in front of her, conversing with Alistair

Sharon Eyal

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/choreographer-conversations/sharon-eyal/?section=778265

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Manuel Liñán

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/in-conversation/manuel-linan/?section=778265

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Wang Yeu-Kwn

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/meet-the-contenders-wang-yeu-kwn/?section=778265

Michelle Dorrance sits in front of a microphone in conversation with Rob Jones.

Michelle Dorrance

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/choreographer-conversations/michelle-dorrance/?section=778265

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Two dancers in a studio giving a flamenco workshop

Flamenco

https://www.sadlerswells.com/take-part/online-workshops/workshops-flamenco/?section=353468

Two dancers sitting on chairs in a studio doing a ballet workshop

Ballet

https://www.sadlerswells.com/take-part/online-workshops/workshops-ballet/?section=353468

Taster Dance Workshops - Salsa

Salsa

https://www.sadlerswells.com/take-part/online-workshops/taster-dance-workshops-salsa/?section=353468

Kneeling on the ground, two breaking dancers doing a workshop in a dance studio

Breaking

https://www.sadlerswells.com/take-part/online-workshops/workshops-breaking/?section=353468

Tap dancers doing a workshop in a dance studio

Tap

https://www.sadlerswells.com/take-part/online-workshops/workshops-tap/?section=353468

Three dancers in a studio doing a commercial workshop

Commercial

https://www.sadlerswells.com/take-part/online-workshops/workshops-commercial/?section=353468

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Pantsula

https://www.sadlerswells.com/take-part/online-workshops/taster-dance-workshops-pantsula/?section=353468

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Three performers in minimalist costumes are arranged across a brightly lit stage

SLANT

Two dancers in a window display surrounded by white orb props

Window Shopping – Curated by Breakin’ Convention

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/dancing-nation-window-shopping-curated-by-breakin-convention/?section=943295

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Hope Hunt and the Ascension Into Lazarus – Oona Doherty

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/dancing-nation-hope-hunt-and-the-ascension-into-lazarus-excerpt-oona-doherty/?section=943295

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Boy Blue – Whyte excerpt from Blak Whyte Gray

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/dancing-nation-whyte-excerpt-from-blak-whyte-gray-boy-blue/?section=943295

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Far From The Norm – BLKDOG

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/dancing-nation-blkdog-excerpt-far-from-the-norm/?section=943295

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Mud of Sorrow: Touch – Akram Khan and Natalia Osipova

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/dancing-nation-mud-of-sorrow-touch-akram-khan-and-natalia-osipova/?section=943295

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Choreographer Conversations

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/podcasts/choreographer-conversations/?section=300514

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þ thorns þ

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/thorns-podcast/?section=300514

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Kiss My Black Side

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/kiss-my-black-side-podcast/?section=300514

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Arts Work

https://www.sadlerswells.com/arts-work-podcast/?section=300514

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New Adventures presents Quiet Revolutions

Quiet Revolutions

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/audio-described/#quietrevolutions

Four performers in colourful lighting pose close to the camera with hands framing and distorting their faces

Más Glow

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/audio-described/#masglow

Two people float underwater above a sandy floor, holding hands as one pulls the other upward. Sunlight streams down through the water, and a suspended, weathered wooden structure hangs to the side.

HOLD

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/audio-described/#hold

Two dancers strike a dramatic pose among rocks and mist, with a softly lit building in the background.

Nepenthe

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/audio-described/#nepenthe

A group of elderly dancers rehearsing in a hall. Behind them is large projections of their younger selves performing the same piece 50 years prior

Dancing through time

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/audio-described/#kontakthof

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Cuckoo

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/audio-described/#cuckoo

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Memorias, Paco Peña

https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/audio-described/#memorias

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