Associate artists
Sadler's Wells Associates are key to the artistic vision for the theatre which marks the transition of Sadler's Wells from receiving house to producing house, and firmly establishes it as the foremost dance venue in the UK.
The appointments of Sadler's Wells Associate Artists gives them the opportunity to work alongside other collaborators and dancers and develop concepts and ideas for large-scale pieces.
Associate Artists
Balletboyz
Michael Nunn & WilliamTrevitt
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, collectively known as the Balletboyz, have been hailed as pioneers for making dance accessible and reaching a wider audience through their celebrated stage and television work. They became Associate Artists at Sadler's Wells in 2005.
They met at the Royal Ballet School in the late 1980s and formed a lasting friendship that has taken them through a series of highly successful creative ventures. They came to public prominence in 1999 with their popular Channel 4 documentaries Ballet Boyz and Ballet Boyz II which charted their departure from The Royal Ballet and their subsequent solo seasons in Japan.
In 2000 they co-founded their own dance company George Piper Dances and went on to win numerous awards and nominations including the 2002 Theatrical Management Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for their show Critics Choice ***** and the 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production for their commission Broken Fall. George Piper Dances, now renamed Balletboyz, has since danced in five seasons at Sadler's Wells, most recently with their 2008 show Greatest Hits! They continue to develop groundbreaking education initiatives, particularly working with boys in dance.
Michael and William's film company formed in 2005 has since gone on to win major commissions from all the major broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky as well as working on ground breaking multi-disciplinary digital content for The Royal Ballet, The Royal Albert Hall, Southbank Centre and numerous independent artists whose work is shown in galleries around the world. Their documentary Strictly Bolshoi won the 2008 International Emmy and the prestigious Rose D'Or for Best Arts Documentary.
2010 sees the launch of their latest venture, The Talent; eight exceptional male dancers in an exciting new show featuring new choreography and films.
www.balletboyz.com
Michael Nunn & WilliamTrevitt
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, collectively known as the Balletboyz, have been hailed as pioneers for making dance accessible and reaching a wider audience through their celebrated stage and television work. They became Associate Artists at Sadler's Wells in 2005.
They met at the Royal Ballet School in the late 1980s and formed a lasting friendship that has taken them through a series of highly successful creative ventures. They came to public prominence in 1999 with their popular Channel 4 documentaries Ballet Boyz and Ballet Boyz II which charted their departure from The Royal Ballet and their subsequent solo seasons in Japan.
In 2000 they co-founded their own dance company George Piper Dances and went on to win numerous awards and nominations including the 2002 Theatrical Management Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for their show Critics Choice ***** and the 2004 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production for their commission Broken Fall. George Piper Dances, now renamed Balletboyz, has since danced in five seasons at Sadler's Wells, most recently with their 2008 show Greatest Hits! They continue to develop groundbreaking education initiatives, particularly working with boys in dance.
Michael and William's film company formed in 2005 has since gone on to win major commissions from all the major broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky as well as working on ground breaking multi-disciplinary digital content for The Royal Ballet, The Royal Albert Hall, Southbank Centre and numerous independent artists whose work is shown in galleries around the world. Their documentary Strictly Bolshoi won the 2008 International Emmy and the prestigious Rose D'Or for Best Arts Documentary.
2010 sees the launch of their latest venture, The Talent; eight exceptional male dancers in an exciting new show featuring new choreography and films.
www.balletboyz.com
Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne is widely hailed as one of the UK's most popular and successful Choreographer/ Directors. He is the creator of the world's longest running ballet production, a five-time Olivier Award-winner, and the only British director to have won a Tony Award for both Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical.
Bourne started training to be a dancer at the comparatively late age of 22. He studied Dance Theatre and Choreography at The Laban Centre, graduating in 1985. Matthew danced professionally for 14 years creating many roles in his own work. In 1999 he gave his final performance playing The Private Secretary in the Broadway production of Swan Lake.
Matthew Bourne was the Artistic Director of his first company, Adventures in Motion Pictures, from 1987 until 2002. During those 15 years AMP became one of the UK's most innovative and popular dance/theatre company. In 2002 Matthew launched his latest company, New Adventures .
Bourne has also created choreography for several major revivals of classic musicals (Oliver! Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady in the West End) and worked in film and television. Screen adaptations of his stage work include Swan Lake (Emmy nomination), The Car Man and Nutcracker!
Matthew Bourne has been nominated twice as Best Director at the Olivier Awards and his achievements in choreography have been recognised with over 30 international awards. He was awarded an OBE for Services to Dance and in 2003 and was the recipient of the prestigious Hamburg Shakespeare Prize for the Arts.
www.new-adventures.net
Matthew Bourne is widely hailed as one of the UK's most popular and successful Choreographer/ Directors. He is the creator of the world's longest running ballet production, a five-time Olivier Award-winner, and the only British director to have won a Tony Award for both Best Choreographer and Best Director of a Musical.
Bourne started training to be a dancer at the comparatively late age of 22. He studied Dance Theatre and Choreography at The Laban Centre, graduating in 1985. Matthew danced professionally for 14 years creating many roles in his own work. In 1999 he gave his final performance playing The Private Secretary in the Broadway production of Swan Lake.
Matthew Bourne was the Artistic Director of his first company, Adventures in Motion Pictures, from 1987 until 2002. During those 15 years AMP became one of the UK's most innovative and popular dance/theatre company. In 2002 Matthew launched his latest company, New Adventures .
Bourne has also created choreography for several major revivals of classic musicals (Oliver! Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady in the West End) and worked in film and television. Screen adaptations of his stage work include Swan Lake (Emmy nomination), The Car Man and Nutcracker!
Matthew Bourne has been nominated twice as Best Director at the Olivier Awards and his achievements in choreography have been recognised with over 30 international awards. He was awarded an OBE for Services to Dance and in 2003 and was the recipient of the prestigious Hamburg Shakespeare Prize for the Arts.
www.new-adventures.net
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's debut as a choreographer was in 1999 with Andrew Wale's contemporary musical Anonymous Society. Since then, he has made more than 15 fully-fledged choreographic pieces and picked up a slew of awards. In 2008, Sadler's Wells named him as an Associate Artist.
While Cherkaoui's initial pieces were made as a core member of the Belgian collective Les Ballets C. de la B. he also undertook parallel projects that both expanded and consolidated his artist vision: Ook (2000) was born from a workshop for mentally disabled actors, D'avant (2002) from an encounter with longstanding artistic partner Damien Jalet and dancer-singers of the Sasha Waltz & Guests company, and zero degrees (2005) with friend and fellow-choreographer Akram Khan.
He has worked with a variety of theatres, opera houses and ballet companies, but his base since 2006 has been in Antwerp where he is associate artist at Het Toneelhuis, the theatre that produced Myth (2007) and Origine (2008). Eastman, his future company, will throw anchor in the same port city, with the making of its first piece Babel in 2010.
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's debut as a choreographer was in 1999 with Andrew Wale's contemporary musical Anonymous Society. Since then, he has made more than 15 fully-fledged choreographic pieces and picked up a slew of awards. In 2008, Sadler's Wells named him as an Associate Artist.
While Cherkaoui's initial pieces were made as a core member of the Belgian collective Les Ballets C. de la B. he also undertook parallel projects that both expanded and consolidated his artist vision: Ook (2000) was born from a workshop for mentally disabled actors, D'avant (2002) from an encounter with longstanding artistic partner Damien Jalet and dancer-singers of the Sasha Waltz & Guests company, and zero degrees (2005) with friend and fellow-choreographer Akram Khan.
He has worked with a variety of theatres, opera houses and ballet companies, but his base since 2006 has been in Antwerp where he is associate artist at Het Toneelhuis, the theatre that produced Myth (2007) and Origine (2008). Eastman, his future company, will throw anchor in the same port city, with the making of its first piece Babel in 2010.
Jonzi D
Jonzi D has been actively involved in British hip hop culture, rapping and b-boying in clubs and on the street since the early 1980s. Since graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School, Jonzi has been committed to the development of hip hop theatre. He was an Associate Artist at The Place Theatre and has performed and created dance theatre pieces worldwide.
Jonzi D Productions is an Associate Company of Sadler's Wells and based at the theatre. Jonzi devised and directed TAG...just writing name in 2006, IVAN in 2006 and Markus the Sadist, a rap theatre piece in 2009. All pieces have successfully toured the UK to critical acclaim. Jonzi D is also the curator and host of the acclaimed Breakin' Convention, International Hip Hop Dance Theatre festival, nominated for a South Bank Show Award and now in its fifth year. He has also devised, choreographed and featured in various hip hop inspired fashion shows including 40 degrees at Earls Court, and State Property for Rocawear at The Royal Festival Hall.
As an MC/poet, Jonzi D has worked with The Roots, Steve Williamson, Mannafest, Lenny Henry, MC Mell 'O' and toured with Gangstarr. He appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Channel 4's Faking It, and his short films Silence da bitchin and Aeroplane Man were also screened on Channel 4. He is creator and host of the successful Apricot Jam and Vertika Cypher infamous hip hop music and open mic sessions. He presented the 2005 4Dance for Channel 4 television and was recently the performance mentor for Urban Classic at Hackney Empire in February 2006. In 2007, Jonzi D was listed as one of the top 10 positive black musical role models by MOBO and directed a new piece Hectic Dialectic as part of the Rozamira Festival in Moscow.
www.jonzi-d.co.uk
Jonzi D has been actively involved in British hip hop culture, rapping and b-boying in clubs and on the street since the early 1980s. Since graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School, Jonzi has been committed to the development of hip hop theatre. He was an Associate Artist at The Place Theatre and has performed and created dance theatre pieces worldwide.
Jonzi D Productions is an Associate Company of Sadler's Wells and based at the theatre. Jonzi devised and directed TAG...just writing name in 2006, IVAN in 2006 and Markus the Sadist, a rap theatre piece in 2009. All pieces have successfully toured the UK to critical acclaim. Jonzi D is also the curator and host of the acclaimed Breakin' Convention, International Hip Hop Dance Theatre festival, nominated for a South Bank Show Award and now in its fifth year. He has also devised, choreographed and featured in various hip hop inspired fashion shows including 40 degrees at Earls Court, and State Property for Rocawear at The Royal Festival Hall.
As an MC/poet, Jonzi D has worked with The Roots, Steve Williamson, Mannafest, Lenny Henry, MC Mell 'O' and toured with Gangstarr. He appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Channel 4's Faking It, and his short films Silence da bitchin and Aeroplane Man were also screened on Channel 4. He is creator and host of the successful Apricot Jam and Vertika Cypher infamous hip hop music and open mic sessions. He presented the 2005 4Dance for Channel 4 television and was recently the performance mentor for Urban Classic at Hackney Empire in February 2006. In 2007, Jonzi D was listed as one of the top 10 positive black musical role models by MOBO and directed a new piece Hectic Dialectic as part of the Rozamira Festival in Moscow.
www.jonzi-d.co.uk
Sylvie Guillem
Born in Paris, Sylvie Guillem began as a gymnast with Olympic hopes, but at 11 when she and her group attended the Paris Opera's ballet school for polishing, she switched ambitions. Joining the Paris Company at 16, she raced up the hierarchy. Rudolf Nureyev, appointed Artistic Director of the company as she began her third year, gave her a small role in his debut production, Raymonda, and then in December 1984, when Sylvie was 19, Nureyev appointed her étoile, star dancer.
Over the next few years many visiting choreographers including William Forsythe Bob Wilson and Maurice Béjart put Guillem into their creations but in 1988 she resigned and made London her main base, with a guest contract at The Royal Ballet. For The Royal Ballet, she danced Principal roles in Ashton's Cinderella, Marguerite and Armand, A Month in the Country, MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, Manon, Winter Dreams, Mats Ek 's Carmen and Robbins' The Concert as well as the classic roles.
For the present Guillem favours collaborations with modern choreographers and theatre directors. In December 2003 she collaborated with Michael Nunn, William Trevitt and Russell Maliphant on Broken Fall. This in turn led to a second Maliphant season in 2005, with two premieres including a solo for Guillem and PUSH, a pas de deux with Russell Maliphant. In 2006, she collaborated with Akram Khan on Sacred Monsters and in 2009 with Robert Lepage and Russell Maliphant on a theatre/dance project Eonnagata.
Guillem is a highly decorated artist and her awards include the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Officier dans l'Ordre National du Mérite, Officier des Arts et Lettres and in Britain, an honorary CBE.
www.sylvieguillem.com
Born in Paris, Sylvie Guillem began as a gymnast with Olympic hopes, but at 11 when she and her group attended the Paris Opera's ballet school for polishing, she switched ambitions. Joining the Paris Company at 16, she raced up the hierarchy. Rudolf Nureyev, appointed Artistic Director of the company as she began her third year, gave her a small role in his debut production, Raymonda, and then in December 1984, when Sylvie was 19, Nureyev appointed her étoile, star dancer.
Over the next few years many visiting choreographers including William Forsythe Bob Wilson and Maurice Béjart put Guillem into their creations but in 1988 she resigned and made London her main base, with a guest contract at The Royal Ballet. For The Royal Ballet, she danced Principal roles in Ashton's Cinderella, Marguerite and Armand, A Month in the Country, MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, Manon, Winter Dreams, Mats Ek 's Carmen and Robbins' The Concert as well as the classic roles.
For the present Guillem favours collaborations with modern choreographers and theatre directors. In December 2003 she collaborated with Michael Nunn, William Trevitt and Russell Maliphant on Broken Fall. This in turn led to a second Maliphant season in 2005, with two premieres including a solo for Guillem and PUSH, a pas de deux with Russell Maliphant. In 2006, she collaborated with Akram Khan on Sacred Monsters and in 2009 with Robert Lepage and Russell Maliphant on a theatre/dance project Eonnagata.
Guillem is a highly decorated artist and her awards include the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Officier dans l'Ordre National du Mérite, Officier des Arts et Lettres and in Britain, an honorary CBE.
www.sylvieguillem.com
Akram Khan
Akram Khan is one of the most acclaimed choreographers of his generation working in Britain today. Born in London into a family of Bangladeshi origin in 1974, he began dancing at seven. He studied with the great Kathak dancer and teacher Sri Pratap Pawar, later becoming his disciple.
Following studies in contemporary dance and a period working with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's X-Group, he began presenting solo performances of his work in the 1990s, maintaining his commitment to classical Kathak as well as modern work. In August 2000, he launched Akram Khan Company, which has provided him with a platform for innovation and a diverse range of work through collaboration with artists from other disciplines.
He served as Choreographer-in-Residence at the Southbank Centre (2000 - 2005) and later an Associate Artist, the first non-musician to be afforded this status.
Other works include Sacred Monsters (2006), Variations (2006), and zero degrees (2005), a collaboration with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Antony Gormley and Nitin Sawhney. Khan's most recent production, Gnosis, premiered at Sadler's Wells in 2009.
He is the recipient of numerous awards including 'Outstanding Newcomer to Dance Award' - Dance Critics' Circle and Time Out Live (2000); 'Outstanding Male or Female Artist (modern)' - Critics' Circle National Dance Awards (2005); 'Excellence in International Dance' - International Theatre Institute (2007) and Best Male Dancer - Helpmann Awards, Australia (2007) to name a few. In 2004, Akram received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from De Montfort University and was awarded an MBE for services to dance in 2005.
www.akramkhancompany.net
Akram Khan is one of the most acclaimed choreographers of his generation working in Britain today. Born in London into a family of Bangladeshi origin in 1974, he began dancing at seven. He studied with the great Kathak dancer and teacher Sri Pratap Pawar, later becoming his disciple.
Following studies in contemporary dance and a period working with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker's X-Group, he began presenting solo performances of his work in the 1990s, maintaining his commitment to classical Kathak as well as modern work. In August 2000, he launched Akram Khan Company, which has provided him with a platform for innovation and a diverse range of work through collaboration with artists from other disciplines.
He served as Choreographer-in-Residence at the Southbank Centre (2000 - 2005) and later an Associate Artist, the first non-musician to be afforded this status.
Other works include Sacred Monsters (2006), Variations (2006), and zero degrees (2005), a collaboration with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Antony Gormley and Nitin Sawhney. Khan's most recent production, Gnosis, premiered at Sadler's Wells in 2009.
He is the recipient of numerous awards including 'Outstanding Newcomer to Dance Award' - Dance Critics' Circle and Time Out Live (2000); 'Outstanding Male or Female Artist (modern)' - Critics' Circle National Dance Awards (2005); 'Excellence in International Dance' - International Theatre Institute (2007) and Best Male Dancer - Helpmann Awards, Australia (2007) to name a few. In 2004, Akram received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from De Montfort University and was awarded an MBE for services to dance in 2005.
www.akramkhancompany.net
Russell Maliphant
Russell Maliphant trained at the Royal Ballet School and graduated into Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Company before leaving to pursue a career in independent dance. As a dancer he worked with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre, Michael Clark & Company, Laurie Booth and Rosemary Butcher and also studied anatomy, physiology and bio-mechanics. He became certified as a practitioner of the Rolfing Method of Structural Integration in 1994 and this has subsequently informed both his teaching and choreographic work.
He created his first solo in 1992 and formed the Russell Maliphant Company in 1996 which has sought to integrate and explore elements from a diverse range of body practices and techniques, including classical ballet, contact improvisation, yoga, capoeira, tai chi & chi gung. He has collaborated closely with the lighting designer Michael Hulls, and in addition to working with his own company of dancers, has set works on renowned companies and artists including: Sylvie Guillem, Robert Lepage, The Ballet Boyz, Lyon Opera Ballet, Ricochet Dance Company, CobosMika, The Batsheva Ensemble, and Ballet de Lorraine.
He has been the recipient of several awards including two Olivier Awards for, a Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography (Modern) and a South Bank Show Award.
www.rmcompany.co.uk
Russell Maliphant trained at the Royal Ballet School and graduated into Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Company before leaving to pursue a career in independent dance. As a dancer he worked with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre, Michael Clark & Company, Laurie Booth and Rosemary Butcher and also studied anatomy, physiology and bio-mechanics. He became certified as a practitioner of the Rolfing Method of Structural Integration in 1994 and this has subsequently informed both his teaching and choreographic work.
He created his first solo in 1992 and formed the Russell Maliphant Company in 1996 which has sought to integrate and explore elements from a diverse range of body practices and techniques, including classical ballet, contact improvisation, yoga, capoeira, tai chi & chi gung. He has collaborated closely with the lighting designer Michael Hulls, and in addition to working with his own company of dancers, has set works on renowned companies and artists including: Sylvie Guillem, Robert Lepage, The Ballet Boyz, Lyon Opera Ballet, Ricochet Dance Company, CobosMika, The Batsheva Ensemble, and Ballet de Lorraine.
He has been the recipient of several awards including two Olivier Awards for, a Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography (Modern) and a South Bank Show Award.
www.rmcompany.co.uk
Hofesh Shechter
Hofesh Shechter is becoming one of the UK's most exciting artists, recognised as both a choreographer and composer. Born in Jerusalem, Hofesh graduated from Jerusalem Academy for Dance and Music before moving to Tel Aviv to join Batsheva Dance Company. He began drum and percussion studies whilst in Tel Aviv and continued later in Paris at the Agostiny College of Rhythm. In 2002, Hofesh arrived in the UK and joined Jasmin Vardimon Company.
His choreographic debut Fragments, for which he also created the score, won the third Sergei Diaghilev choreography competition. In 2004 Hofesh was commissioned by The Place Prize to create Cult, Hofesh was also Associate Artist at The Place from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, The Robin Howard Foundation commissioned Uprising, Hofesh's ever-popular work for seven men. In 2007 The Place, Southbank Centre and Sadler's Wells collaborated in commissioning In your rooms which was presented at all three London venues, culminating in sell-out shows and subsequently won the Critics' Circle Award 2008 for Best Choreography (modern) as well as being nominated for a South Bank Show Award.
Hofesh has created works for many UK and international companies including Scottish Dance Theatre, CandoCo, Dance United, StopGAP, Bare Bones, Ballet CeDeCe, Hellenic Dance Company, Bern Ballett, Skanes Dansteater, Carte Blanche and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.
Hofesh worked as choreographer at The Royal Court Theatre for Motortown by Simon Stephens (2006), and on The Arsonists (2007). Hofesh was choreographer for the National Theatre's award winning production of Saint Joan (2007) directed by Marianne Elliot and starring Anne Marie Duff. Hofesh also choreographed the hit dance sequence 'Maxxie's Dance' for the opening of the second series of Channel 4's popular drama Skins.
In 2008 Hofesh formed Hofesh Shechter Company, which now tours globally to critical and popular acclaim.
www.hofesh.co.uk
Hofesh Shechter is becoming one of the UK's most exciting artists, recognised as both a choreographer and composer. Born in Jerusalem, Hofesh graduated from Jerusalem Academy for Dance and Music before moving to Tel Aviv to join Batsheva Dance Company. He began drum and percussion studies whilst in Tel Aviv and continued later in Paris at the Agostiny College of Rhythm. In 2002, Hofesh arrived in the UK and joined Jasmin Vardimon Company.
His choreographic debut Fragments, for which he also created the score, won the third Sergei Diaghilev choreography competition. In 2004 Hofesh was commissioned by The Place Prize to create Cult, Hofesh was also Associate Artist at The Place from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, The Robin Howard Foundation commissioned Uprising, Hofesh's ever-popular work for seven men. In 2007 The Place, Southbank Centre and Sadler's Wells collaborated in commissioning In your rooms which was presented at all three London venues, culminating in sell-out shows and subsequently won the Critics' Circle Award 2008 for Best Choreography (modern) as well as being nominated for a South Bank Show Award.
Hofesh has created works for many UK and international companies including Scottish Dance Theatre, CandoCo, Dance United, StopGAP, Bare Bones, Ballet CeDeCe, Hellenic Dance Company, Bern Ballett, Skanes Dansteater, Carte Blanche and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.
Hofesh worked as choreographer at The Royal Court Theatre for Motortown by Simon Stephens (2006), and on The Arsonists (2007). Hofesh was choreographer for the National Theatre's award winning production of Saint Joan (2007) directed by Marianne Elliot and starring Anne Marie Duff. Hofesh also choreographed the hit dance sequence 'Maxxie's Dance' for the opening of the second series of Channel 4's popular drama Skins.
In 2008 Hofesh formed Hofesh Shechter Company, which now tours globally to critical and popular acclaim.
www.hofesh.co.uk
Jasmin Vardimon
Jasmin Vardimon is a leading force in British dance theatre. Celebrated for her uniquely theatrical choreographic style and innovative use of digital technologies, her work is distinguished by her acute observations of human behaviour, insightful humour, provocative, daring and engaging drama.
Born and raised on a Kibbutz in central Israel, Jasmin joined the Kibbutz Dance Company and in 1995 won a British Council 'On the Way to London' Choreography Award. She moved to London in 1997 where she founded Jasmin Vardimon Company.
Enjoying sell-out performances across the UK and internationally, her Company's works include: Yesterday, Justitia, Park, Lullaby, Ticklish, LureLureLure, Tête, Madame Made and Therapist. Lullaby gained Jasmin selection for the BBC documentary Dance Film Academy featuring the development of a film version of the piece (2005).
Jasmin has also choreographed for Hellenic Dance (Athens), CandoCo, WID, Bare Bones, Transitions and curated the Dance Ballads Festival at the Oval House. She became an Associate Artist of Sadler's Wells in 2006 and was previously an Associate Artist at The Place in 1998 and a Yorkshire Dance Partner from 1999-2005.
She is the recipient of numerous awards including: the prestigious Jerwood Choreography Award (2000); the Jerwood Foundation's 'Changing Stages' Award (2004); a nomination for Best Female Artist at the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards (2003); The London Arts Board 'New Choreographers' Award (1998); The Colette Littman Scholarship Award (1997); The Havatzeleth Foundation Scholarship (1997 & 1995); and the America-Israel Foundation Choreography Scholarship (1989 & 1991).
www.jasminvardimon.com
Jasmin Vardimon is a leading force in British dance theatre. Celebrated for her uniquely theatrical choreographic style and innovative use of digital technologies, her work is distinguished by her acute observations of human behaviour, insightful humour, provocative, daring and engaging drama.
Born and raised on a Kibbutz in central Israel, Jasmin joined the Kibbutz Dance Company and in 1995 won a British Council 'On the Way to London' Choreography Award. She moved to London in 1997 where she founded Jasmin Vardimon Company.
Enjoying sell-out performances across the UK and internationally, her Company's works include: Yesterday, Justitia, Park, Lullaby, Ticklish, LureLureLure, Tête, Madame Made and Therapist. Lullaby gained Jasmin selection for the BBC documentary Dance Film Academy featuring the development of a film version of the piece (2005).
Jasmin has also choreographed for Hellenic Dance (Athens), CandoCo, WID, Bare Bones, Transitions and curated the Dance Ballads Festival at the Oval House. She became an Associate Artist of Sadler's Wells in 2006 and was previously an Associate Artist at The Place in 1998 and a Yorkshire Dance Partner from 1999-2005.
She is the recipient of numerous awards including: the prestigious Jerwood Choreography Award (2000); the Jerwood Foundation's 'Changing Stages' Award (2004); a nomination for Best Female Artist at the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards (2003); The London Arts Board 'New Choreographers' Award (1998); The Colette Littman Scholarship Award (1997); The Havatzeleth Foundation Scholarship (1997 & 1995); and the America-Israel Foundation Choreography Scholarship (1989 & 1991).
www.jasminvardimon.com
Christopher Wheeldon
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. Wheeldon founded Morphoses in 2007 with the goal of introducing a new spirit of innovation to classical ballet by fostering collaboration among choreographers, dancers, visual artists, designers, composers.
Wheeldon joined The Royal Ballet in 1991 and in 1993 he was invited to become a member of New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to Soloist in 1998. Wheeldon choreographed his first work for NYCB, Slavonic Dances, for the 1997 Diamond Project. After creating Mercurial Manoeuvres for NYCB's Spring 2000 Diamond Project, Wheeldon retired from dancing to concentrate on choreography. In NYCB's 2000-2001 season, he served as the company's first Artist in Residence, creating two ballets: Polyphonia and Variations Sérieuses. In July 2001, Wheeldon was named NYCB's first Resident Choreographer.
Wheeldon was the recipient of the Dance Magazine Award and the London Critics' Circle Award for Best New Ballet for Polyphonia in 2005; a performance of the work by NYCB dancers received an Olivier Award. In 2006, DGV (Danse à Grande Vitesse) was nominated for an Olivier Award. Additional honours include the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center and the American Choreography Award.
www.morphoses.org
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. Wheeldon founded Morphoses in 2007 with the goal of introducing a new spirit of innovation to classical ballet by fostering collaboration among choreographers, dancers, visual artists, designers, composers.
Wheeldon joined The Royal Ballet in 1991 and in 1993 he was invited to become a member of New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to Soloist in 1998. Wheeldon choreographed his first work for NYCB, Slavonic Dances, for the 1997 Diamond Project. After creating Mercurial Manoeuvres for NYCB's Spring 2000 Diamond Project, Wheeldon retired from dancing to concentrate on choreography. In NYCB's 2000-2001 season, he served as the company's first Artist in Residence, creating two ballets: Polyphonia and Variations Sérieuses. In July 2001, Wheeldon was named NYCB's first Resident Choreographer.
Wheeldon was the recipient of the Dance Magazine Award and the London Critics' Circle Award for Best New Ballet for Polyphonia in 2005; a performance of the work by NYCB dancers received an Olivier Award. In 2006, DGV (Danse à Grande Vitesse) was nominated for an Olivier Award. Additional honours include the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center and the American Choreography Award.
www.morphoses.org
Resident Companies
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance was founded in 1992 and became the instrument upon which McGregor evolved his drastically fast and articulate choreographic style. The company became a byword for its radical approach to new technology - incorporating animation, digital film, 3D architecture, electronic sound and virtual dancers into the live choreography. In Nemesis (2002), dancers dueled with prosthetic steel arm extensions to a soundtrack incorporating mobile phone conversations; in AtaXia (2004), McGregor's fellowship with the Experimental Psychology department of Cambridge University fuelled the choreography; in Amu (2005), live heart surgery fed in to the creative process; in Entity (2008), choreographic agents are imagined to a soundscape created by Coldplay collaborator Jon Hopkins and Joby Talbot (Chroma); and in Dyad 1909 (2009), the Interactive Cognition Lab of the University of California San Diego led a pioneering study into distributed cognition - how people think with their bodies - alongside the creation period. Dyad 1909 premiered at Sadler's Wells as part of In the Spirit of Diaghilev.
www.randomdance.org
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance was founded in 1992 and became the instrument upon which McGregor evolved his drastically fast and articulate choreographic style. The company became a byword for its radical approach to new technology - incorporating animation, digital film, 3D architecture, electronic sound and virtual dancers into the live choreography. In Nemesis (2002), dancers dueled with prosthetic steel arm extensions to a soundtrack incorporating mobile phone conversations; in AtaXia (2004), McGregor's fellowship with the Experimental Psychology department of Cambridge University fuelled the choreography; in Amu (2005), live heart surgery fed in to the creative process; in Entity (2008), choreographic agents are imagined to a soundscape created by Coldplay collaborator Jon Hopkins and Joby Talbot (Chroma); and in Dyad 1909 (2009), the Interactive Cognition Lab of the University of California San Diego led a pioneering study into distributed cognition - how people think with their bodies - alongside the creation period. Dyad 1909 premiered at Sadler's Wells as part of In the Spirit of Diaghilev.
www.randomdance.org
New Adventures
Matthew Bourne's New Adventures is the UK's premier contemporary dance/theatre touring company.
Its repertory includes some of the most successful dance productions of the last two decades. The company was launched in 2002 to create and perform both large and small-scale work by Matthew Bourne.
Since its launch it has built an enviable repertoire of exciting new work (Play Without Words , Edward Scissorhands and Dorian Gray) and new productions of favourite works from the repertory of Matthew Bourne's former company, Adventures In Motion Pictures (Swan Lake, Nutcracker!, Carman, Highland Fling and Cinderella) . New Adventures is committed to reviving these popular works on a regular basis, along with the creation of new work.
As well as being a Resident Company at Sadler's Wells, New Adventures is also a touring company. Both at home and internationally, it annually gives more performances than any other UK dance company and tours extensively from Plymouth to Aberdeen in the UK, as well as Japan, Korea, USA, Australia, Europe and Russia.
www.new-adventures.net
Its repertory includes some of the most successful dance productions of the last two decades. The company was launched in 2002 to create and perform both large and small-scale work by Matthew Bourne.
Since its launch it has built an enviable repertoire of exciting new work (Play Without Words , Edward Scissorhands and Dorian Gray) and new productions of favourite works from the repertory of Matthew Bourne's former company, Adventures In Motion Pictures (Swan Lake, Nutcracker!, Carman, Highland Fling and Cinderella) . New Adventures is committed to reviving these popular works on a regular basis, along with the creation of new work.
As well as being a Resident Company at Sadler's Wells, New Adventures is also a touring company. Both at home and internationally, it annually gives more performances than any other UK dance company and tours extensively from Plymouth to Aberdeen in the UK, as well as Japan, Korea, USA, Australia, Europe and Russia.
www.new-adventures.net
Guest Resident Company
Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company
Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company is a dynamic ballet company founded in 2007 by Christopher Wheeldon and Lourdes Lopez. The company, which is based in New York and London, has as its mission to broaden the scope of classical ballet by emphasizing innovation and fostering creativity through collaboration.
In 2007, Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company was named Guest Resident Company of both New York City Center and Sadler's Wells. Christopher Wheeldon, the Company's Artistic Director and Co-Founder, is one of the ballet world's most exciting talents. He has created ballets for companies all over the world, including the Royal Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Boston Ballet, to name a few. Born in Yeovil, Somerset, England, Christopher danced with both the Royal Ballet and the New York City Ballet before retiring from the stage in 2000 to concentrate on choreography.
Lourdes Lopez, the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Morphoses, is a former New York City Ballet Principal dancer, as well as the former Executive Director of The George Balanchine Foundation. Born in Havana, Lourdes is also a founder of the Cuban Artists Fund, which supports emerging Cuban and Cuban-American artists in a variety of fields.
www.morphoses.org
In 2007, Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company was named Guest Resident Company of both New York City Center and Sadler's Wells. Christopher Wheeldon, the Company's Artistic Director and Co-Founder, is one of the ballet world's most exciting talents. He has created ballets for companies all over the world, including the Royal Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Boston Ballet, to name a few. Born in Yeovil, Somerset, England, Christopher danced with both the Royal Ballet and the New York City Ballet before retiring from the stage in 2000 to concentrate on choreography.
Lourdes Lopez, the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Morphoses, is a former New York City Ballet Principal dancer, as well as the former Executive Director of The George Balanchine Foundation. Born in Havana, Lourdes is also a founder of the Cuban Artists Fund, which supports emerging Cuban and Cuban-American artists in a variety of fields.
www.morphoses.org
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