BalletBoyz has recently announced it will tour its brand new production Life, which will receive its world premiere at London’s Sadler’s Wells in April 2016, from 20 April to 4 June this year. Additional tour dates have also been announced, meaning the company’s work will reach further than it has done previously amongst its contemporary-loving audiences.
The show features new commissions by choreographers Javier de Frutos and Pontus Lidberg, shifting the focus of the company as a result of the extensive and varied experience of the pair. After opening the production at Sadler’s Wells in April – where BalletBoyz is an Associate Artist – the production will embark on a UK tour, followed by a tour of the USA in 2017. In further excitement, taking the production overseas to the USA means that the Boyz will reach even further, extending their talent across the Atlantic.
Marked as one of the world’s most forward-thinking dance companies, it is hoped the new piece will generate engaging material and ideas to delight its audiences. The piece is co-produced by Sadler’s Wells in association with artsdepot and it will be performed by the award-winning all-male company of ten dancers. The show features an original score and the evening will take an elegant, powerful and provocative look at life and death, presented in BalletBoyz’ notable style.
After premiering in London at Sadler’s Wells, the production will tour to Worthing, London (artsdepot), Oxford, Exeter, Guildford, Yeovil, Edinburgh, Dundee, Southport, Lichfield, Cheltenham and Cambridge, and tickets for most venues are now on sale. Tickets for the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil and the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham will be on sale soon.