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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

How Did We Get Here?

From left, Mel C, Harry Alexander, and Jules Cunningham in How Did We Get Here?

Jan 19–29, 2023
Rosebery Ave, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom

The choreographer Julie Cunningham has described dance as “the translation of feelings into quality of movement.” For their show at Sadler’s Wells, Cunningham explores anxieties that are existential—interior states that range from “the loneliness of living and never fully being understood” to “the chaos that lives within and around us.” Performed in the round, the hour-long performance features Cunningham, Mel C (best known as Sporty Spice), and Harry Alexander. The trio wears matching black leotards with their hair clipped and tucked back, faces on full display. —Jensen Davis

Photo: Camilla Greenwell