BalletBoyz mark their 25th year with Six Lethargies, a world premiere danced to Keaton Henson’s string score, played live by 37 musicians on the Sadler’s Wells stage.
BalletBoyz give the world premiere of Six Lethargies at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in Angel from Wednesday 18 to Saturday 21 November 2026. Michael Nunn and William Trevitt direct the contemporary dance company.
The piece answers Keaton Henson’s Six Lethargies, his 2019 work for string orchestra. Henson is a musician, composer, visual artist and poet with six studio albums, and he has worked with the company for years.
He wrote the score around one question: if I write how it feels to me, will you feel it too? The dance asks the same question of the body, with 44 dancers and 37 string players sharing the stage.
Two choreographers made the movement. Iván Pérez began as a dancer with Netherlands Dans Theater and made Young Men for BalletBoyz. Seirian Griffiths is a dancer, choreographer and musician known for his practice of gravity mechanics.
Nunn and Trevitt, Associate Artists at Sadler’s Wells since 2005, shaped the work with both choreographers. It is the production of the company’s 25th year, and it runs 70 minutes without an interval.