Making Moves 2023-24 Choreographers
Alesandra Seutin
Alesandra Seutin is an International performer, choreographer, dramaturg and teacher. The daughter to South African and Belgian parents, Alesandra was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. She grew up in Brussels and now lives in London.
Alesandra founded Vocab Dance in 2007 and has built an international reputation for creating thought provoking and visually striking performances. Her creativity is triggered by issues that address and reflect social, political and economic circumstances and with movement, voice and music, she shares stories that induce conversations.
Past company productions have toured around the UK, Europe, Canada, West/South/East Africa and Brazil. Current works include Giant and a new group work Boy Breaking Glass, which premiered as part of Reckonings at Sadler’s Wells, London in October 2018.
Other recent choreographic commissions for Alesandra under Vocab Dance include, Icon for Studio Wayne McGregor, INA (Light) for Sadler’s Wells and Random Acts (Channel 4), Dare I speak for Company of Elders at Sadler’s Wells.
She has studied dance in different parts of the world holding a Diploma in dance theatre from Laban and a degree in choreography and performance from Middlesex University, London. Alesandra also further trained at the École des Sables, Senegal training directly under Germaine Acogny. Alesandra is a worldwide ambassador of the Acogny technique, which she teaches at Ecole des Sables and globally.
Alesandra was Guest Artistic Director for the National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Oona Doherty
Belfast based choreographer.
Oona Doherty has been performing dance-theatre internationally since 2010 with companies including: TRASH (NL), Abattoir Fermé (BE), Veronika Riz (IT), Emma Martin/ United Fall (IRE), Enda Walsh and Landmark Productions (IRE).
Doherty’s ground-breaking choreography has earned her multiple awards and prestigious opportunities both in Ireland and abroad. Her solo work Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus (2015) earnt her Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival Best Performer Award in 2016 and won the Total Theatre Dance Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017.
Her first group piece Hard to Be Soft – A Belfast Prayer was voted no.1 UK dance show of 2019 by The Guardian. In 2019 she created Lady Magma: The Birth of a Cult and 2021 saw her first collaboration with (La) Horde collective at the helm for Ballet Nationale de Marseille (FR). Oona Doherty was awarded the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale Danza in 2021.
Her second group piece, Navy Blue, was performed at Sadler’s Wells as part of Dance Umbrella Festival in 2022.
Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe
Associate Artistic Director at ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company
Dannielle, well known as Rhimes, is a London based Creative, Choreographer, and Entrepreneur. In 2012 Dannielle led Boadicea Crew to reach the finals of Got to Dance (Sky One) and later onto the show as a Supercrew. Following this Dannielle joined forces with Ashley Banjo to take Boadicea on tour with Britain’s Got Talent winners, Diversity.
Choreographic work includes Assistant Choreographer for 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance (BBC), Choreographer ‘Into The Hoods Remixed’, Associate Choreographer of ‘Everybody’s Talking about Jamie’ West End, UK Tour, Motion Picture and Australian tour
Directing credits include Resident Director on Some Like It Hip Hop and Everybody’s Talking about Jamie West End production, Artistic Director of ZooNation Youth Company (Birmingham Hippodrome) Dannielle has been nominated for the OFFIES best Choreography/Movement award and Black British Theatre and has been a Judge and Mentor on BBC Young Dancer.
Dannielle’s most recently co-directed ZooNation’s 20th Anniversary show Mixtape at Sadler’s Wells and was the Associate Director of Sylvia at The Old Vic.
Jordan Douglas
Far From The Norm
Jordan is a London based performer, specialising in Krump, House and Hip Hop styles.
In Krump, Jordan has won OV Battles and D2C Ireland, and has helped push Krump forward in the UK theatre scene, working with choreographers like UK Krump pioneer Duwane Taylor, Theophilus O Bailey-Godson and Joshua Nash.
Jordan has been a core member of Botis Seva’s Hip Hop Theatre company Far From The Norm since 2014. With them, he has toured internationally with the Olivier Award winning work BLKDOG – performing in places like Sadler’s Wells, Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Venice Biennale Danza, Adelaide Festival and Dansens Hus Stockholm. He has also been part of numerous film projects; REACH for Channel 4 Random Acts, Dancing Nation for BBC Arts, CAN’T KILL US ALL with BBC and The Space.
Keen to facilitate and develop the next generation of artists, his work spans further into teaching and assisting on projects with National Youth Dance Company, VERVE, Dance East CAT, Warwick Arts Centre Artist Development and The Place.
2023 will see Jordan touring Botis Seva’s latest work, Mama and the release of a film collaboration with Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage, Far From The Norm and director Douglas Bernadt.