Sadler's Wells announces 2024 season

Sadler’s Wells has announced its season for the first half of 2024, which will include the UK premiere of a new work from choreographer Crystal Pite.

The London dance venue will also once again host its Elixir and Breakin’ Convention festivals.

Pite’s new work for her company Kidd Pivot is entitled Assembly Hall and follows a group of medieval re-enactors attending their annual general meeting. It is co-created by Pite with Jonathon Young.

Meanwhile, English National Ballet will present a production of Johan Inger’s Carmen, while Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire will return to the capital for the first time since 2015.

In March, experimental director Dimitris Papaioannou will return to Sadler’s Wells with the UK premiere of Ink, featuring an expansive set with hundreds of litres of water and a golden "field" of wheat.

Elixir Festival will see the venue confront questions around changing and ageing bodies in dance in two weeks of performances, films and talks throughout April, followed by Breaking’ Convention - which will mark 50 years since the birth of hip hop, in a May bank holiday series of performances, workshops and DJ sets.