Family Weekend, Sadler’s Wells’ annual two-day festival of family-friendly events, returns on Friday 14 & Saturday 15 April 2017-offering something for all ages with fun activities, arts & crafts and workshops complementing the show on the Sadler’s Wells stage: Aracaladanza’s Vuelos. Multi award-winning company Aracaladanza returns to the UK with Vuelos, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s quest to make man fly. Choreographer Enrique Cabrera uses.
Aracaladanza’s trademark style to make dancers canter like horses, make a mess at the dinner table, play with fluttering birds and grow wings of their own.
Arcladanza – Choreographer Enrique Cabrera uses Aracaladanza’s trademark joyful style to make dancers canter like horses, make a mess at the dinner table, play with fluttering birds and grow wings of their own, to create a magical show which will make your imagination soar.
In the foyers, there will be lots of activities to entertain before and after the show– free fun, games, crafts and activities, for the whole family Highlights include an interactive performance, storytelling and ceilidh dancing.
Performance Time
Fri at 3pm
Sat at 11am & 3.30pm
Foyer activites from 1pm to 4.30pm on Friday; and 10am to 5pm on Saturday. Events listed below.
Friday
Refreshment 1pm – 3pm FOX GARDEN COURT CAFÉ Family-friendly food served all day with colouring activities to entertain while at table.
Arts & Crafts Activities 1pm – 4:30pm MEZZANINE & FIRST CIRCLE There will be lots of activities to entertain before and after the show. Arts and crafts activities include hat making, origami birds, decorated wooden spoons, stained glass and screen printing sessions.
Ceilidh with The Ceilidh Liberation Front 1:15pm LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO Featuring a small army of virtuoso musicians collected from the four corners of the land, planted in the soils of Britain’s rich traditional music history, watered by years of playing, exploring, collaborating and innovating, and now blossoming together in this new-old-beautiful-fantastical formation, the CLF combines music, dance, and a generous sprinkling of theatricals to bring this unique experience to the world. Ceilidh music as you’ve never heard (or seen) it before, make sure you bring your dancing shoes.
Duration: 45 Minutes
Dance activities Casson & Friends present The Dance WE Made 1:30pm – 3pm ROSEBERY ROOM The Dance WE Made is the Record Breaking interactive dance performance that invites the whole family to be choreographers – no experience required! The project roams public spaces, inviting members of the public to devise original choreography in collaboration with UK based dancer and choreographer Tim Casson and The Dance WE Made Team. The newly created dances are then performed by The Dance WE Made Team at 4pm along with a workshop.
Storytelling with Vanessa Woolf 2:15pm LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO Vanessa will take listeners on an adventure with a story inspired by da Vinci’s wish to make man fly. This interactive and engaging session will demonstrate the value of hard work, supported by the loving family bond.
Duration: 25 Minutes
Performance Aracaladanza – Vuelos 3pm SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE Multi award-winning company Aracaladanza returns to the UK with Vuelos, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s quest to make man fly. Choreographer Enrique Cabrera uses Aracaladanza’s trademark style to make dancers canter like horses, make a mess at the dinner table, play with fluttering birds and grow wings of their own.
Duration: 50 Minutes
Dance activities The Dance WE Made performance and ‘Let’s Make a Dance’ Workshop 4pm – 4.30pm ROSEBERY ROOM Following each performance Dance Artist, Tim Casson of Casson & Friends invites you to make a dance with him in this fun creative dance workshop for all the family. Based on his Record Breaking interactive performance, ‘The Dance WE Made’, this engaging workshop gives everyone the chance to make your own unique dances – with no experience required! It’s accessible fun for all, and celebrates the creativity in everyone, so come along and “Let’s Make a Dance”!
Saturday
Refreshment-10am – 5pm FOX GARDEN COURT CAFÉ
Arts & Crafts Activities 10am – 5pm MEZZANINE & FIRST CIRCLE
Dance activities Casson & Friends present The Dance WE Made 10am – 11am ROSEBERY ROOM
Storytelling with Vanessa Woolf 10:15am LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Duration: 25 Minutes
Performance Aracaladanza – Vuelos 11am SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE
Duration: 50 Minutes
Dance activities, The Dance WE Made performance and ‘Let’s Make a Dance’ Workshop 12pm ROSEBERY ROOM
Storytelling with Vanessa Woolf 12:15pm LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Duration: 25 Minutes
Ceilidh with The Ceilidh Liberation Front – 1pm LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Duration: 45 Minutes
Dance activities, Casson & Friends present The Dance WE Made 1:45pm – 3:30pm ROSEBERY ROOM
Storytelling with Vanessa Woolf-2pm – LILIAN BAYLIS STUDIO
Duration: 25 Minutes
Ceilidh with The Ceilidh Liberation Front 2:30pm LILIAN BAYLIS
STUDIO
Performance Aracaladanza – Vuelos 3.30pm SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE
Duration: 50 Minutes
Dance activities,The Dance WE Made performance and ‘Let’s Make a Dance’ Workshop-4:30pm ROSEBERY ROOM