SIZE OF COMPANY
4–6 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director and Choreographer
Charles Linehan
Producer
Gwen Van Spijk

ARTISTIC POLICY
Charles Linehan’s choreographic vision is one of understated intensity, achieved through the marriage of movement, light, and music, and informed by an economy of means. His work speaks of the quality and nature of human interaction; detailed and intimate, it can be described as miniaturist. Linehan values craft and originality, and his performers are vital contributors to the creation and performance of the work: their individual human qualities and technical excellence brought equally into play.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Impressive, intelligent, thought-provoking choreography…Charles Linehan’s subtle atmospheric dances thrive on implication, on the elusive emotional undercurrents of human interaction.
Time Out
There is a seductiveness in Linehan's confident choreographic voice that satisfies the rational senses and beguiles the irrational.
The Irish Times
As Linehan has proved for over a decade now, the best things often come in the least hyped packages.
The Observer

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Happy Days
Inspired by the music of composer Jim O’Rourke (Sonic Youth) this trio is a bittersweet replaying of past events with belated insight; a work of choreographic rigour and enigmatic simplicity with a powerful emotional undertow.  
25 mins, 5 on the road
The Way Station
A duet for Rahel Vonmoos and Greig Cooke accompanied by live music from music collective Belgradeyard SoundSystem using double bass and samples. Processes of reduction and expansion, the distilled and the magnified, lie at the heart of this new work and are played out in the relationship between performers, lighting and music.
25 mins, 6 on the road
Grand Junction
A duet driven by Julian Swales' compositions of cyclical acoustic guitar samples, Grand Junction explores the shifting psychology and terrain of the relationship between the two performers .
25 mins, 4 on the road

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Guest
A site-sensitive/durational work lasting 15–20 minutes for 4–7 dancers with live music installation.

WRAP-AROUND
Charles and members of this company can deliver workshops, masterclasses and residencies, providing an insight into Linehan’s creative process. These are suitable for students and professional practitioners. Residencies can lead to the development of choreographic material by the participants.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Switzerland, France, Turkey: commission for Theatre St Gallen, Performance Happy Days and The Way Station, residency
2005/2006 Germany, Serbia, Ireland: residency, commission and performances of Happy Days and Number Station. Residency and performance of Grand Junction, performances of Happy Days and New Quartet and commission.

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Grand Junction, The Waystation and Happy Days from January 2009
Guests from Autumn 2009