Associate Dance Artists Scheme
Aims
Dance at Middlesex University is committed to supporting the artistic development of its graduates and enhancing their employability in the professional dance sector. To this end Flawless, Shaded Voice Dance Company and The March Performance Group, all groups with strong links to Dance at MDX, have been invited to participate in the inaugural ‘Associate Dance Artists’ scheme.
The companies will contribute to the student experience in a variety of ways including choreographing new works for undergraduates, offering internships and hosting open ‘work-in progress’ seminars on campus to allow students direct access to the creative process at work at a professional level.
Dance Companies 2011 – 2014:
Flawless
One of the UK’s hottest dance acts, Flawless appeared at Sadler’s Wells’ festival of hip hop dance theatre Breakin’ Convention twice before winning the nation’s hearts in ‘Britain’s Got Talent ‘with their fast-paced routines and jaw-dropping skills.
Winner of the World Dance Champion title, the crew of 10 performers has starred in the number one UK box office film hit ‘StreetDance 3D’ and worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Madonna, Beyonce and Leona Lewis. Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival and appearances at the Royal Festival Hall, Flawless are currently touring the UK with their stunning live show ‘Chase The Dream’ at the Royal Festival Hall, before returning to the Peacock Theatre for a season in London’s West End.
Director: Marlon Wallen with Leroy Dos Santos* and Nathan Gordon*
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The March Performance Group
The March Performance Group is physically and emotionally invested in creating atmospheres that feel cinematic or ‘other worldly’. The group works with several forms of creative media and collaborators include musicians, visual artists, and fashion/style designers. The work has been described as brave, innovative, and provocatively edgy.
After gaining a cult following during its residency at Berlin’s Schwelle 7 venue produced by Felix Ruckert, the Group has been performing work in alternative performance spaces and contexts including: Marble Hill Park, Old Vic Tunnels, at Notting Hill's First Night hosted by Salon Contemporary, among other venues. The February Valentines Event, An Evening of Self-Love was the most viewed and Critic's Choice in Timeout.
Director: Kate March* with Lizzy Charles*, Laura Cherry*, Emily Cobie*, Natalie Holsatz*, Marina Pogiatzi*, Mary Sherwin*, Nefeli Tsiouti*
Shaded Voice Dance Company
Shaded Voice Dance Company create and perform distinctive and engaging contemporary dance work. Drawing strongly from not only the techniques of modern dance pioneers, but also the simplicity of everyday gesture, the company utilise their highly skilled and articulate bodies to explore challenging realms of movement and stillness, questioning the notion of creativity and potential limitations within the discipline.
Under the direction of Artistic Director Louise Kelsey, the company undergo a rich rehearsal process through which the dancers sensitively unravel their perception of 'self', to inform the continually developing unique and extensive vocabulary and form that have become the company's focus of identity. Although the company are unrestricted in their presentational contexts, they maintain a strong connection to the theatre, recognising it as an appropriate communicative platform for their physical expression.
Director: Louise Kelsey* with Helen Bateman*, Hollie Beardmore*, Robyn Bowers*, Julie McNamee*, Natalie Warren*
* MDX graduates
