By Marianka Swain. Closed 23 June 96 to October 98 for a £48million refurbishment. Powerful Martyr. More broadly, the upcoming season at Sadlers Wells looks really exciting. Interlinked, they become a single eight-legged creature traversing a forest floor. But it also has swathes of dimly lit posturing, with a … Akram Khan’s mythical ‘Creature’ and Adam Cooper Singin in the Rain once again are among the dance highlights to look forward to this year. Horses! The Mariinsky Opera, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev, will be performing Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan at Sadler’s Wells, 17-18 October 2008. On 3 Jun 1683 a Mr Sadler opened a pleasure garden at a country spring, this became known as Sadler's Wells.A wooden stage, later enclosed, there was known as Miles' Musik House.Theatre started in 1753. 177. Contemporary dance artist Akram Khan continues his collaboration with English National Ballet in 2020 with his new production, Creature. Creature is a co-production between English National Ballet and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (OBV), with Sadler’s Wells credited as co-producer. The Centaur and the Animal, UK debut by celebrated rider Bartabas, has four of them up on stage. Creature Explored; Image: Ballet Explored workshop, photography by Alicia Clarke. As a result, the memory of the first appearance of the Mariinsky Ballet, and indeed the world class Mariinsky Orchestra, at Sadlers Wells is one that I shall treasure for many years to come. RHWL with Nicholas Hare, architects, 1996–8. As Medusa is a transitory character, performer Patricia Hastewell Puig adopted many guises to illustrate her nature. Sadler's Wells is the last survivor of the various spas, wells and places of entertainment scattered about the northern slopes of Clerkenwell from the late seventeenth century (see Ill. … All secondary schools in east London have the unique opportunity to attend a dress rehearsal at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, and take part in an inspiring dance workshop. Full of interesting sounding stuff from Tanztheater Wuppertal, Birmingham Royal Ballet, another performance of Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring, and new pieces from Michael Keegan-Dolan and the lady who did the wonderful Rain to Steve Reich's Pulse. Debussy’s lush L’Après-midi d’un faun and electronic interpolations by Nitin Sawhney make your hair stand on end. There are unnerving glitches, where the choreography sticks like a scratched record. Vardimon had the difficulty of creating the multi-layered symbol of Medusa in a clear and concise way, and yet, upon some reflection, I believe her attempt was profitable. 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