‘Celestial Bodies’
‘Celestial Bodies’ drifts through the shadowed expanse of space, where four dancers move like distant stars coming into brief alignment. Their orbits shift between pull and release, tracing quiet patterns in the darkness. Set to Abul Mogard’s Half Light of Dawn, the work evokes a world where bodies glow faintly against the void, moments of connection appearing and dissolving like constellations on the edge of sight.
Creative Direction / Choreography - Jordan James Bridge
Accompaniment - 'Half Light of Dawn' by Abul Mogard
Dance Artists - Luca Depoli, Jose Alves, Leila Wright & Rebecca Arias
Costume Design by Stevie Stewart
Lighting Design by Chris Wilkinson
Commissioned by New English Ballet Theatre
Premiere 21st of March 2026 at Royal Opera House, Clore Studio Theatre
“Inky, sinuous and breathtakingly fresh. Of the five pieces, it was the strongest choreographically, and the dancers were excellent – in particular, Rebecca Arias and Leila Wright, who brought a real menace to their thumping bourrées”
“Dancers shimmer in the dark light to Abul Mogard’s ‘Half Light of Dawn’ stretching time in it’s arching architecture.”
“Unearthly & Alien”
