New work celebrating David Bowie heads to Sadler’s Wells in 2028

A new David Bowie-inspired work will have it’s UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells in autumn 2028, conceived and choreographed by Marcos Morau. Inspired by David Bowie’s many personas, the piece is a joint production of Sadler’s Wells, Bunkamura in Japan and La Veronal in Spain.

From Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane to the Thin White Duke and beyond, each Bowie persona had its own distinct character and new dance work SUBJECT TO CHANGE – A Dance for David Bowie from Marcos Morau will celebrate the boundless creativity of an artist who transformed the cultural landscape.

The new work will have its world premiere at Les Théâtres de la Ville in Luxembourg in spring 2028, its UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London in autumn 2028, and its Asian premiere at Bunkamura in Tokyo in spring 2029.

Bowie’s songs and original vocals are reimagined and woven together with choral sounds from across the globe and the voice of acclaimed vocalist María Arnal, in a rich and eclectic score.

About choreographer Marcos Morau

Trained in photography, movement and theatre, Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau builds imaginary worlds with a lucid look towards contemporaneity.

He was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture in 2023 and was chosen as Best Choreographer of the Year in 2023 and 2025 by German magazine Tanz. He has directed La Veronal since 2004, and the company has performed in more than 30 countries, including at Sadler’s Wells.

On the announcement of his new work, Marcos Morau said: “David Bowie practised a form of artistic reincarnation. Throughout his career, he created a succession of personas and destroyed each one so that the next could be born. He appeared as Ziggy Stardust, then deliberately ended it to re-emerge as Aladdin Sane. He lived for a moment as Halloween Jack and later transformed into the Thin White Duke.

Each time the persona changed, the previous one disappeared. The final transformation was Blackstar. Bowie turned his own death into part of the artwork itself.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE is a work about that cycle of reincarnation. About the phenomenon itself: the act of dying and being reborn, again and again, as a way of remaining alive. I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to, in my own way, bring to life a new work that responds to Bowie’s creation, and re-creation, through dance.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE is currently scheduled to premiere at Sadler’s Wells in autumn 2028.

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Main photo: David Bowie © Sukita. Marcos Morau image credit Kazuyoshi Shimomura. SUBJECT TO CHANGE - A Dance for David Bowie -Photo by Kazuyoshi Shimomura. .jpg