London City Ballet is on its inaugural tour, making stops in Cambridge, Cheltenham, Windsor, York and Sadler’s Wells in London, as well as the Joyce Theater in New York, and Portugal and China.
London City Ballet has a new company of 14 internationally renowned dancers, representing nine nationalities and bringing extensive experience from principal artists as well as rising stars from the UK dance scene.
The Resurgence tour includes acclaimed works such as Ashley Page’s Larina Waltz, marking the ballet’s 30th anniversary, in addition to Five Dances, a new work premiering from Olivier Award winner Arielle Smith. Completing the program is Eve, a full company work by Christopher Marney, which premiered at Sadler’s Wells in 2022, and the revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s 1972 one-act ballet Ballade, unseen in Europe for over 50 years. At tour venues in Portugal and China, the pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto will also be performed.
The next stops on London City Ballet’s Resurgence tour will be Cheltenham Everyman (August 2-3), Windsor Theatre Royal (August 9-10), followed by Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhongshan, Tianjin and Hangzhou, before heading back to the UK to visit York Theatre Royal (September 6-7), and Sadler’s Wells London (September 11-14). In London at Sadler’s Wells, internationally celebrated ballerina Alina Cojocaru will join the company as a Guest Artist. The tour will then travel to The Joyce Theater, New York (September 17-22).
For more information and for tickets for the tour, visit londoncityballet.com/production/resurgence/ – tour-dates.
