The critically acclaimed Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan have been invited by Sadler’s Wells - the world’s number one venue for dance performance - to participate in their Digital Stage initiative on May 15 at 19:30 (UK time). The initiative aims to bring world-class performance to people at home across the world during the COVID19 pandemic.

Cloud Gate - who were invited personally by Artistic Director of Sadler’s Wells Alistair Spalding CBE - will perform their universally acclaimed routine ‘Moon Water’. Set to Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello, founding director Lin Hwai-min’s ‘Moon Water’ was first performed at Sadler’s Wells in 2002. Inspired by the Buddhist proverb ‘Flowers in a mirror and moon on the water are both illusive’, multiple mirrors and gently moving water gradually fill the stage and reflect the dancers’ movements in a beautifully meditative performance.

The performance will premiere on Sadler’s Well Facebook page on May 15 at 19:30, and will later be available for seven days on the venues Youtube channel