London City Ballet to tour in 2024 with new season Resurgence

London City Ballet has announced a new company and a new season, after almost 30 years away from the stage.

The company will present Resurgence, a programme of acclaimed works that they will tour across the UK and internationally in 2024 including July dates at Sadler’s Wells theatre in London.

Resurgence will include the revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s 1972 one-act ballet Ballade, unseen in Europe for over 50 years, and Ashley Page’s Larina Waltz, marking the ballet’s 30th anniversary.

The season will also include Ashley Page’s Larina Waltz, marking the ballet’s 30th anniversary; Olivier award-winner Arielle Smith premieres a new work; and closing the evening will be Eve, a full company work by Christopher Marney, which first premiered at Sadler’s Wells in 2022.

At tour venues in Portugal and China the pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto will also be performed.

The 18-venue tour starts at Bath Theatre Royal on 17 July (to 20 July), and then plays Cambridge Arts Theatre (23 – 25 July), Latitude Festival (27 July), Cheltenham Everyman (2 – 3 August), Windsor Theatre Royal (9 – 10 August), Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and five further cities in China to be announced, York Theatre Royal (6 – 7 September), London’s Sadlers Wells (11 – 14 September), and then USA dates in late September, followed by Doha, Qatar.

On 6 and 7 July dancers from London City Ballet will also feature at the International Ballet Gala at the Palácio de Seteais, Portugal.

The dancers in the new company are: Alejandro Virelles (Freelance, formerly Staatsballet Berlin, ENB), Álvaro Madrigal Arenilla (Compañía Nacional de Danza), Isadora Bless (Orlando Ballet), Joseph Taylor (Northern Ballet), Miranda Silveira (Freelance, formerly San Francisco Ballet), Ayça Anıl (Istanbul State Opera and Ballet), Cira Robinson (Freelance, formerly Ballet Black), Nicholas Vavrečka (Freelance, formerly Scottish Ballet), Ellie Young (Freelance, Royal Ballet School), Arthur Wille (formerly Ballet Dortmund Junior Company), Bárbara Verdasco (Compañía Nacional de Danza), Jimin Kim (Korea National University of Arts), and Nicholas Mihlar (Zurich Tanz Academy).

In London at Sadler’s Wells, internationally celebrated ballerina Alina Cojocaru will also join the company as a Guest Artist.

London City Ballet has also made a number of new appointments, to join artistic director Christopher Marney, General Manager Sean Flanagan and Rehearsal Director Kate Lyons, including Iain Mackay as a Rehearsal Director, Luke Abnett as Physiotherapist, Matthew Gregory as Company Pianist, and Andy Murrell as Lighting Designer.

Artistic Director Christopher Marney said in a statement: “After an extensive search I am honoured to welcome the 14 uniquely talented artists joining London City Ballet, for its inaugural season. It felt essential to involve dancers at varying stages of career and experience, due to the narrative demands of the work we will present. My hope is their valued input will influence the ballets we are able to uncover. The tour comprises familiar, much loved venues in the UK that played an important role in the former company’s history, but also encompasses new and extensive touring in America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. It is a privilege to begin collaborating with these artists and starting a new chapter in the company’s history.”

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Main photo: London City Ballet. Larina Waltz. Choreographer Ashley Page. Dancers Ayca Anil & Mischa Goodman. Photo supplied by the company