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BALLETBOYZ DELUXE
OPEN 24/03/2022 - 26/03/2022
Venue Name: Sadler's Wells. Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Venue Postcode: EC1R4TN
Website: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/balletboyz-deluxe/
Credits: Various. Presented by BalletBoyz
Box Office phone number: 02078638000
Societies: London (professional shows)
Planned for 2020 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking all male ensemble, the production was one of the first pieces of work to be adapted in lockdown for broadcast, premiering online and later on BBC Four. The 2022 tour will finally see Deluxe on stages throughout the UK, as was originally intended.
Deluxe sees Shanghai-based dancer and choreographer Xie Xin (TAO Dance Theatre, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Eastman) choreographing Ripple for BalletBoyz, set to an original score by composer Jiang Shaofeng. Described by the choreographer as a memory like an ocean, the piece explores movement inspired by the memory of a person and energy that such memories possess.
Renowned as the choreographer behind immersive theatre trailblazers Punchdrunk, Maxine Doyle will present Bradley 4:18, as the second part of Deluxe, to live jazz music composed specially for the piece by Cassie Kinoshi, of the Mercury Prize-nominated SEED Ensemble. Doyle’s piece was inspired by Kate Tempest’s poems, in particular, Pictures on a Screen and it explores insomnia and modern western masculinity.
