THE FORSYTHE EVENING

Following our 70th Anniversary Gala earlier this month, we look to the future by announcing our new 2020/2021 season. Highlights include: Tamara Rojo’s first foray into choreography and direction as she adapts Raymonda, a triple bill of works by William Forsythe, and the 10th Anniversary of our Dance for Parkinson’s programme.

This year, we're pleased to be nominated for nine National Dance Awards, including Best Classical Choreography for William Forsythe's Playlist (Track 1, 2), which premiered as part of Voices of America last spring at Sadler's Wells.

On 12 April 2018, we premiered Playlist (Track 1, 2) by William Forsythe, and also added his Approximate Sonata 2016 to our repertoire. Over several weeks, our dancers worked with Forsythe and his repetiteurs to create and learn those pieces. How did they find this experience?

Our new mixed bill of raw American-style neo-classical ballet opened last week at Sadler's Wells to rave reviews! Featuring two works by William Forsythe: Playlist (Track 1, 2), his first new work for a UK ballet company in over 20 years, and Approximate Sonata 2016, alongside a reworking of Aszure Barton's Fantastic Beings and Jerome Robbins's predatory The Cage, Voices of America is not to be missed. Here is what the press and audiences have been saying.  

On 12 April 2018, we will premiere a brand new ballet by William Forsythe, one of the most important choreographers working today, as part of our mixed bill Voices of America. We are honoured to be the first British ballet company he creates a new work for in over 20 years. Here is the master, in his own words.

What characterises North American, neo-classical ballet? In this blog, we look at the new school of dancing that emerged from the US.