SIZE OF COMPANY
16–20 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Henri Oguike

General Manager
Isabel Tamen

Education Officer/Tour Manager
Iyshea Mckay

ARTISTIC POLICY
To produce and tour contemporary dance of the highest standard with a clear commitment to live music; to combine powerful dancing with technical excellence and present work which challenges the perception of contemporary dance as inaccessible, abstract and insufficiently ‘musical’ or ‘theatrical’.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Henri Oguike is in no danger of losing his status as one of our most musically astute choreographers.' The Times

'Henri Oguike, one of Britain’s classiest young choreographers, has an innate ability to strike the right balance between art and entertainment.' The Times

CURRENT/FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Second Signal Pulsating energy and thundering rhythms are the hallmark of this collaboration. With Taiko Meantime providing live music accompaniment. (15 mins)

White Space Scarlatti’s bright and rhythmical pieces for harpsichord form the setting in which music, movement and visuals interplay. (22 mins)

Expression Lines A reflective solo set to the quietly beautiful Malian blues of guitarist-composer Ali Farka Toure. (12 mins)

Tiger Dancing A bright and animated piece carried playfully along by Steve Martland’s specially commissioned score, inspired by William Blake’s poem The Tiger. (17 mins)

Front Line A sextet performed to Shostakovich’s 9th Quartet in E Flat, played live by the Pavao Quartet. (20 mins)

New work (title tbc) A defining work choreographed by Oguike and composed by Iain Ballamy, one of the UK’s leading jazz saxophonists and composers. Staged with live music.

New work (title tbc) A full company work set to two of Vivaldi ‘s most vibrant concertos featuring the full company.

WRAP-AROUND ACTIVITY
Workshops, residencies, lecture-demonstrations and masterclasses available on request.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Germany, Italy
2005 France, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal

TOURING AVAILABILITY
From January 2007.