James Wilton Dance returns with Bach Reimagined
- Olivia Godwin
- Mar 17
- 2 min read
Your insight into Bach Reimagined, choreographed and performed by James Wilton & Sarah Jane Taylor. Catch James Wilton Dance at Ballet Nights 007: Pillars & Pioneers on April 1st at Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square.
James Wilton Dance are a prolific small-mid scale dance company, touring world class work since their creation in 2010. Directed by choreographer/dancers James Wilton and Sarah Taylor JWD have won awards at the Bern, Hannover and Masdanza choreography competitions as well as the Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest.
Their 5 full evening works, Last Man Standing (2014), LEVIATHAN (2016), The Storm (2018), The Four Seasons (2021) and LORE (2022) have amassed over 300 performances in 15 different countries, reaching over 100,000 people in the process. As well as their creations for JWD, Wilton and Taylor have created works for Scottish Dance Theatre, Bern Ballet, Opera Graz and Dance Theatre Companies in Münster, Giessen, Hagen and Braunschweig in Germany.
Highly successful digitally, JWD are one of the world's most followed dance companies on Instagram with over 190,000 followers. The company engages over 200 participants per month with their subscriber based Patreon classes, and have partnered with the worlds most popular digital dance platform “Dance Masterclass” to create both floor work and partner work classes for the platform, which have in turn reached thousands of people the world over.
After performing Summer from the Four Seasons to critical acclaim at Ballet Nights 006: The Cadogan Hall Concert in September last year, we are so excited for James Wilton Dance to return to the Ballet Nights Stage. Performing excerpts from Bach Reimagined, which they are currently touring, the piece is a collaboration between James Wilton Dance and Canadian Cellist, Raphael Weinroth Browne.
The work explores everything from Bach’s means of composition as a form of divine worship, to the scientific advancements of his contemporary Sir Isaac Newton - Light spilt, gravity discovered and the world forever changed. With James Wilton Dance’s super athletic, flowing physicality, accompanied by Browne’s driving heavy metal cello, the work creates a visual and sonic spectacle - a combination of beauty and ferocity.
This is certainly not one to miss, with tickets selling fast, book now for Ballet Nights 007: Pillars & Pioneers on April 1st at Cadgoan Hall , Sloane Square.
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