NYDC has appointed its next two Guest Artistic Directors: Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant in 2019-20 and acclaimed choreographer Alesandra Seutin in 2020-21.
The company will begin creating a new commission with Russell Maliphant in autumn 2019. He takes over from 2018-19 Guest Artistic Director, the Olivier award-winning dance artist Botis Seva whose work for NYDC, MADHEAD, premiered at DanceEast in Ipswich on 20 April. MADHEAD toured to six further venues across England this summer, closing at Sadler’s Wells on 19 July.
The company will begin creating a new commission with Russell Maliphant in autumn 2019. He takes over from 2018-19 Guest Artistic Director, the Olivier award-winning dance artist Botis Seva whose work for NYDC, MADHEAD, premiered at DanceEast in Ipswich on 20 April. MADHEAD toured to six further venues across England this summer, closing at Sadler’s Wells on 19 July.
Frustratingly, NYDC do not appear to be a priority for The Lowry - the only venue in the area with the right kind of theatre to host their tours - although The Lowry does appear on their list of partners and host venues.
Their 2016 production In-Nocentes, choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan did appear at The Lowry as part of the U-Dance festival. I now remember that I missed it because I was away at the time: Michael Keegan-Dolan was an attractor, although the U-Dance festival is something that doesn't generally appeal to me: much as I support youth dance I don't necessarily have the appetite to watch it.
NYDC also appeared at The Lowry in 2013 with Jasmin Vardimon's (in between), which I didn't see and have no recollection of.