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We make and share world-leading dance that inspires us all. 📌 Home of Sadler's Wells, Peacock Theatre & Sadler's Wells East. Monitored Mon-Fri, 10-6
Joined March 2009
We're calling in the spring time with the stunning Dancing at Dusk - Pina Bausch’s iconic choreography The Rite of Spring danced on the beach in Senegal. Available for free on Digital Stage until 20 Mar .
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Huge news – Dancing at Dusk –A moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring is back on our Digital Stage. Watch this stunning rehearsal filmed on the beach in Senegal, for FREE, from 9 June – 9 July: . 🎶 Igor Starvinsky .🎥 Florian Heinzen-Ziob
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We don't know who needs to see this today, but we hope it inspires you to keep dancing with all the passion of Boss Baby Brody #MondayMotivation.
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Dance is for everyone. Dancers are brave. Dancers are strong. Dancers are artists. Dancers are athletes. Dancers are inspiring. Here are some amazing #boyswhodance, @ENBallet 🔥🔥🔥
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This scene from Stormy Weather (1943) was shot in one take 🎬. Fred Astaire called it one of the greatest dance sequences in dance history. I think we can all agree the Nicholas Brothers are LEGENDARY.
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Today we reveal new plans for our Digital Stage! . #DancingAtDusk is an extraordinary filmed rehearsal of an iconic dance work by Pina Bausch, available on demand in July 🌅 . This is the story of how it came to life.
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#MessageInABottle is officially OPEN. Here are @ZooNationUK dancers killing it at the first preview tonight 🤩. You’re going to want the sound on for this one. Get your ticket ➡️ #westend #theatre
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We can’t wait to share this with you. Here is a first look at Pina Bausch’s iconic The Rite of Spring as you have never seen it before❤️. This excerpt is taken from a rehearsal on the beach in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal in collaboration with École des Sables & Pina Bausch Foundation.
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OK folks, we have a super important question for you. What is your favourite comedy #danceGIF?. We rather like this one from the time Mark Corrigan (@RealDMitchell) went all avant-garde.
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Being a dancer is tough. When someone tells you "you can't", remember this. The man who evaluated Fred Astaire's first screen test wrote: "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little". #MondayMotivation
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Today is the day! #DancingAtDusk – A moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring is now available to watch on demand! . Enjoy this moment of magic - we hope it lifts your spirits at a time when we are unable to gather together in a theatre❤️ . Watch here:
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Today marks 30 years since the world lost a true genius of dance, Mr Alvin Ailey 👑. Here's a clip from his signature work Revelations, which remains one of the best-known and most widely seen works of modern dance ever created.
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Happy 70th birthday to the legend that is William Forsythe, creator of iconic dance works and considered by many (including us) to be a choreographic genius. 🎂. We'll never forget the time he stormed our stage during the encore of @ENBallet.
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It is with heavy hearts we announce that Sadler’s Wells has entered a consultation process with our permanent and fixed term staff, following the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis. You can read our full update here:
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Pina's Bausch's early masterpiece, Bluebeard, hasn't been performed by her company for over 25 years but tonight it makes its UK premiere on our stage. Here's an exclusive excerpt so you can share a little bit of the experience wherever you are in the world 🌎
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“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.”Mikhail Baryshnikov. #WednesdayWisdom
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In case you missed it, here's an extract from our associate artist @SirMattBourne's ICONIC Swan Lake performed at the @OlivierAwards. 🦢. Watch the full performance here:
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"Let's dance.Put on your red shoes and dance the blues 👠.Let's dance.To the song they're playin' on the radio 📻.Let's sway.While color lights up your face 🕺.Let's sway.Sway through the crowd to an empty space". #DavidBowie
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Today we celebrate the dance legend Gene Kelly who was born #onthisday in 1912!. What is your favourite Gene Kelly movie? 📽️
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For Pina – a thread 💌. Today we remember a true legend of the dance world, Philippine 'Pina' Bausch (1940 - 2009). 10 years after her death, she remains one of the most important figures in the history of dance and continues to influence and inspire the wider world.
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Can we all pause for a moment to appreciate the beauty of ballet star Natalia Osipova dancing to the music of Franz Schubert. 😍. There's less than 48 hours left to watch An Evening with Natalia Osipova on our Digital Stage:
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“You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a rainstorm, then I'll be very glad to be a song and dance man.” Gene Kelly. #WednesdayWisdom
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Debbie Reynolds once said, “The two hardest things I ever did in my life are childbirth and Singin’ in the Rain.”. It's hard to believe she had zero dance experience before they made the movie!
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Happy birthday to William Forsythe, one of the most admired choreographers of a generation. Here's the moment he stage-bombed the encore at the world premiere of his piece for @ENBallet earlier this year. He knows how to party! 🎈🥳🎂
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Did you watch #OlivierAwards Greatest Moments on ITV at the weekend? . Here's one of our highlights. this stunning performance of @SirMattBourne's Swan Lake 🦢🦢
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In case you need a reason to keep on dancing today… ❤️. Billy Elliot:. "Once I get going, I sort of forget everything. I sort of disappear. I can feel a change in my whole body. I'm just there. I have this fire in my whole body. I'm flying. like a bird. Like electricity. "
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It's hard to believe #SwanLake has come to an end after an incredible 64 sold-out performances on our stage. We thought we'd say goodbye to our swans with a #10YearChallenge. here's Richard Windsor in 2009 and Matthew Ball in 2019! 💕🦢
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The great choreographer Jerome Robbins died #onthisday in 1998. He might be best known for his work on West Side Story but he also created many spectacular ballets, including this one - The Cage, performed here by @ENBallet. Enjoy! 🕷️
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‘Walk into a room, knowing you are somebody, somebody special. Don't ever let them smash that or pull you down.’ . We look at the life and legacy of the dance revolutionary Arthur Mitchell – the first Black ballet dancer to receive international stardom – this #BlackHistoryMonth
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"Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual." Isadora Duncan . #WednesdayWisdom
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Today, on the 11th anniversary of her death, we remember Pina Bausch – an iconic choreographer whose work continues to inspire artists & audiences around the world. Here’s a look back at some of her finest creations on the Sadler’s Wells stage.
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Our theatres are closed but our Digital Stage is open ❤️. Join us online for a programme of free full-length dance performances and workshops, launching with a screening of @BalletBoyz Deluxe on Friday for #WorldTheatreDay 🌍 . Find out more here:
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What a pleasure to welcome back @adamrcooper - the original swan from @SirMattBourne's 1995 production - to see this iconic show over 2 decades later! 🦢💙.
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"When a body moves, it’s the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I’ll tell you who you are." . The remarkable Mikhail Baryshnikov was born #onthisday in 1948.
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Kathak meets ballet in the Ceremony scene from @AkramKhanLive's Giselle for @ENBallet, where the migrant factory workers known as the 'Outcasts' entertain the Landlords by dancing for them..
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Dance transcends borders. Whatever our nationality or background, we can all enjoy and connect through dance. To the EU audiences, artists & staff who help make Sadler’s Wells a vibrant global home for dance: you belong here. You are and will always be welcome. #LondonIsOpen
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We can’t wait for you to see this. Our Bodies Back presents a powerful rendering of Black women’s voices through dance and poetry. Watch the full film on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage from 11am BST tomorrow. #ourbodiesback
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"Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.". #WednesdayWisdom from the great Alvin Ailey (1931 - 1989) on #WorldTheatreDay
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This magical scene from The Red Shoes. now on @BBCTwo ✨ . Would Christmas even be Christmas without @SirMattBourne @New_Adventures?
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There is a Buddhist proverb, 'flowers in a mirror and moon on the water are both illusive.'🌛💦..This was the inspiration for Moon Water by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, where the images of the dancers are echoed in the mirrors and water on the stage..
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The energy getting us through 2021 😆. 19th century ballet meets the world of men’s underwear advertising in Spitfire – a hilarious signature work by @SirMattBourne @New_Adventures in which male vanity & grandeur take centre stage. Part of #DancingNation:
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"Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.". Paying tribute to the American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham who was born #onthisday in 1894 and shaped the world of modern dance.
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The nominations for the #OlivierAwards 2020 are in! .We’re delighted that three of our co-productions are up for the best new dance production award including Vessel by #DamienJalet and @kohei_nawa, which made a splash in April last year with 7,000 litres of water on our stage 💦
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“You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a rainstorm, then I'll be very glad to be a song and dance man.” . Gene Kelly #MondayMotivation . @intherainsocial
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We can't get enough of this choreography by Sharon Eyal 💚. Our friends at @Rambertdance are performing this piece, Killer Pig, at @WildernessHQ this weekend! 🐷
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Christmas has come early!. 'Dancing at Dusk, a moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring' free to view now. Available exclusively on our Digital Stage until 5 Jan 2024: #PinaBausch #TheRiteOfSpring
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We are very excited to confirm that #Cinderella will be broadcast on BBC2, Boxing Day at 5.35pm. It's a must-watch this Christmas! #BBCChristmas #festive #film
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Pina Bausch (1940 - 2009) was born #onthisday 80 years ago. Here she is in Pedro Almodóvar's 2002 film, Hable con ella. A genius dance maker who continues to inspire us every day🌟
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“We dance for laughter, .we dance for tears, .we dance for madness, .we dance for fears, .we dance for hopes, .we dance for screams, .we are the dancers, .we create the dreams.” Albert Einstein. #WednesdayWisdom
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"Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.". #WednesdayWisdom from the legendary Martha Graham 💜
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A brand new documentary film is bringing an in-depth portrait of dance superstar Natalia Osipova to the big screen from 6 June and we can't wait! #forceofnaturenatalia . Find out more here:
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“Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.” Kurt Vonnegut. #WednesdayWisdom.
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We are emotional and overjoyed to see dancers working in our studios again 🥲. Last week @NYDCompany, and now @New_Adventures. Here's a glimpse at dancers Cordelia Braithwaite and @glenngraham80 in action, courtesy of @EttaMurfitt .
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And we’re open! We’re so excited to finally be able to welcome audiences back into our spaces from tonight for Reunion by @ENBallet. We can’t wait to see you.
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"Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike." Margot Fonteyn. #WednesdayWisdom
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maybe don't attempt a grand jeté in your living room 😳
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Something to try at home if you get really bored of isolation*. #throwback to the magical balloon-filled world of Aracaladanza who performed at our last Family Weekend. *please don't try this at home.
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Recognise this famous actress and ballerina? Of course, it’s Moira Shearer, who created the role of Vicky Page in the iconic 1948 film The Red Shoes. You might not know that she started out in the Sadler’s Wells Ballet, so here’s a dive into our archive courtesy of @IslingtonLHC
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"Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual" Anna Pavlova. #WednesdayWisdom
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We loved welcoming @walkwithamal at @SomersetHouse this weekend with this work by Ruby Portus. On her journey to Manchester from the Syrian border in search of her mother, #LittleAmal shines a light on the stories of the millions of displaced refugee children she represents.
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Congratulations to our Artistic Director Alistair Spalding, awarded a Knighthood for Services to Dance in the #NewYearHonours. “Dance is a team effort. The honour is shared with my wonderful team at Sadler’s, our artists & collaborators”.📸Hugo Glendinning
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Kettle on! It's nearly time for @bbcstrictly. 📺✨. and we're so excited to see our friends at @candocodance to be the first contemporary dance company to perform on the show!
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A dance film you URGENTLY have to see has just landed on our Digital Stage. #OurBodiesBack, choreographed to the poem by @jessicaCaremoor, is an empowering ode to Black womanhood as lived by generations of Black women all over the world. Watch in full:
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We know that lots of you, like us, can’t wait for the return of live dance. So we’re excited to announce that we’ll be reopening our theatres from 17 May with some socially-distanced shows! . Here’s what to expect ⬇️.
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Take it from one of the greatest "Ballet is more than a profession - it is a way of life." - Margot Fonteyn.Happy #WorldBalletDay!
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We've seen many versions of the greatest romantic ballet #SwanLake but @Mattbourne1's all-male version broke the mould! #ValentinesCountdown
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"[My dancers] are all pearls. Each in his own way, each in a different form. I find it beautiful, when at the end of a performance you feel a little bit closer to them, because they have showed something of themselves." . Welcome back Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch 💕
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Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the speed and the skill of these dancers' funky floorwork? . This impressive choreo from @ZooNationUK's smash-hit show Some Like It Hip Hop is getting us into the groove to watch the full show from this Thurs at 7pm BST!
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Happy birthday to our associate artist Sylvie Giullem - one of the greatest and most inspiring dancers we know ❤️🥳🎂
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Is there anything more joyful than this dance scene from Anchors Aweigh (1945) with Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse? 🐭😍. Watch the full scene here and we promise it will make your day:
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The Barre Project is now available on our Digital Stage 🥳. This breathtaking film by William Forsythe and @Clistudios consists of five musical episodes that focus on the most primary feature of ballet training: barre. Enjoy! ➡️
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Haunting and beautiful choreography by Akram Khan in @ENBallet's Giselle, with Tamara Rojo in the title role 👻..This extract is taken from what is sometimes known as the "madness scene" - perhaps one of the most poignant scenes in classical ballet.
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We love this story which proves it's never too late to start dancing. 😍.
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Tonight we're excited to kick off a week of hosting @bbcyoungdancer with the second round in the contemporary category! . Throwback to when Connor Scott became the first ever contemporary winner in 2015.
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Giselle is one of a community of migrant factory workers known as 'the Outcasts' in @ENBallet's production choreographed by @AkramKhanLive. In this scene, the wealthy Albrecht disguises himself as an Outcast in order to visit his lover Giselle.
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Choreographer Xie Xin describes her style, "like a storm on a quiet body of water" 🌊. This is her brand new creation, Ripple, for @BalletBoyz and it definitely evokes a #mood. What does it make you think of/feel?.
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Max Revell is the winner @BBCYoungDancer 2019 and we're excited to welcome him to our stage in Sampled! . Here he is performing his solo 'Unstrung' choreographed by @DicksonMbi.
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Today we’re grateful and relieved that Sadler’s Wells will receive a grant from the #CultureRecoveryFund. With this funding we commit to doing all we can to help rebuild the dance sector & cultural life in the UK & around the world. #HereForCulture @ace_national @dcms @hmtreasury.
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One of our most popular shows returns . @SirMattBourne's #Cinderella will charm the glass slippers off you! 😍
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"I explained it when I danced it.".- Remembering #ballet legend #MargotFonteyn, who died 25 yrs ago today.
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Oh hey ballet fans…. Natalia Osipova has handpicked seven works to bring to our stage in Pure Dance from 22 - 26 Oct. Here's what she’s chosen and why ⬇️.
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We caught up with Alex Lacamoire (@LacketyLac) and he played his version of Sting's Every Breath You Take on the piano 🤩. Less than 1 week to go until the world premiere of #MessageInABottle .
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Bharatanatyam is the oldest form of Indian classical dance. Here's the all-male ensemble Temple of Fine Arts to demonstrate the beauty of this art-form in their rehearsal studio and brighten up your Monday morning. 🧡. #MondayMotivation
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"Adapting dances for. bodies that don’t move in the ways we expect them to is beautiful, meaningful and so impactful to those watching who may feel they don’t fit the mould of how a dancer should look or perform." . Dance is for everyone.
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Here's how the poster image for @AkramKhanLive's Giselle was created, starring the phenomenal @TamaraRojo1. 👻.
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It's #NationalBirdDay, so here's a throwback to some of the beautiful birds to appear on our stages from @SirMattBourne's male swans to @BRB's Penguin Cafe! 🐦
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Deleting all my dating apps because I want to meet someone the old fashioned way (carrying a watermelon to a party while on holiday with my parents then having the time of my life with the resort's dance instructor).
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“You are dancers, all of you. Life moves you; life dances you. To dance is to investigate and celebrate the experience of being alive. Like life, a dance creates and destroys itself in every moment. Like love, it is beyond reason." ✨. #WednesdayWisdom from Crystal Pite
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THIS is the definition of music and movement in perfect harmony! 🎼 . Choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has created a masterpiece of contemporary dance set to Bach’s Six Brandenburg Concertos… and we are here for it.
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Dance changes lives, opens minds and brings us together. We believe that’s worth investing in. We welcome the government’s support package for the arts, and are ready to get to work with them, the dance community and wider cultural sector on the detail of where we go from here.
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Let's take a moment to appreciate William Forsythe's intricate choreography. A Quiet Evening of Dance has won Best Contemporary Production at the 2019 Danza&Danza Awards. Congrats to @RubberLegzIP who won Best Dancer with this amazing performance!. Tour
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“People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life." Martha Graham. #WednesdayWisdom
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