English National Ballet – New Work/Blake Works I/Take Five Blues

One of the UK’s leading Ballet Companies.

A dazzling triple bill celebrating the creativity and innovation of contemporary repertoire. Renowned Swedish choreographer Mats Ek creates a new work for the Company – his first for English National Ballet. This new work will be performed alongside Blake Works I, a soulful piece by William Forsythe set to seven songs from James Blake’s album The Colour in Anything. Solos, duets and intricate group formations brilliantly combine to reflect the poetic melodies and words of Blake’s music. Completing the bill is Take Five Blues by Associate Choreographer Stina Quagebeur, which premiered last year and will be expanded for 2022. Under moody lights, dancers let loose to a jazz-inflected soundtrack, flaunting their talent and spurring each other on. As the recording of Nigel Kennedy’s arrangements of classical and jazz standards reaches its peak, so do their dancing feats