Tezuka is Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s brand new work.

Visionary Japanese animator and manga artist Osamu Tezuka provides the inspiration for the internationally renowned choreographer’s new show.

Working with a cast of nine dancers, two musicians, an actor and a calligrapher, Cherkaoui explores Tezuka’s fascinating world. Two of Tezuka’s manga stories, Astro Boy and Buddha, have particularly captured Cherkaoui’s imagination in creating this new work.

Using the dancers’ movements to trace the physical evolution of Tezuka’s drawings, Cherkaoui will bring the “God of Manga’s” philosophy, drawings and characters to life.

Tezuka will feature a specially commissioned score from award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney with lighting and visual design by Willy Cessa, plus projections of Tezuka’s original illustrations alongside work by video artist Taiki Ueda.

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