Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s SUTRA

A Sadler's Wells and Shaolin Temple Presentation

Visual Creation and Design: Antony Gormley
Music: Szymon Brzóska

Sutra, the award-winning collaboration between choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, sculptor Antony Gormley and 19 Buddhist monks from the Shaolin Temple in China, is a breathtaking spectacle of athleticism that explores the philosophy and faith behind the Shaolin tradition and its relationship with kung-fu within a contemporary context. With Antony Gormley’s striking set of 21 wooden boxes and Polish composer Szymon Brzóska’s [...]