Marking Time, part of Sadler’s Wells’ Composer Series which takes a contemporary composer’s music as a creative starting point, is a unique collaboration between choreographers and composer. The production features three new commissions by Jules Cunningham, Michael Keegan-Dolan and Maud Le Pladec performed to music by Nico Muhly. Originally due to premiere on the Sadler’s Wells stage five years ago, but cut short by the pandemic, the production returns for three performances on November 20, 21 and 22.
Associate Artist Jules Cunningham presents their new work SLANT, to Drones, an experimental piece from Muhly’s repertoire reshaped for this triple bill and performed live by the Britten Sinfonia. Danced by Cunningham and four dancers from Julie Cunningham & Company, this poetic performance is a meditation on disorientation, being out of line and finding perspectives on not fitting in as we move through the world.
Muhly wrote The Only Tune for American folksinger Sam Amidon, who joins Michael Keegan-Dolan’s company live on stage as they create an otherworldly, atmospheric piece full of haunting theatricality.
Maud Le Pladec, former Artistic Director for Dance and Choreography for the 4 ceremonies of Olympics and Paralympics games in Paris 2024, recently appointed director of Ballet de Lorraine, returns with a new work, Veins of Water, having presented TWENTY-SEVEN PERSPECTIVES at Sadler’s Wells in 2023.
Find out more about the production and get your tickets here.
