10 Jun KSF Artists of Choice: UK Dance Selection Panel
Today we were lucky enough to be working alongside some of the best and the brightest in the UK dance industry, as we brought together our selection panel to interview shortlisted applicants for KSF Artists of Choice: UK Dance Category. Read all about our panel members here:
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille is a performer, choreographer, teacher and director for ZooNation Dance Company. Her latest performance and choreography credits include: Into the Hoods (resident director, dance captain, ensemble, swing) Beijing Olympic Handover Ceremonies (performer) StreetDance 3D (assistant choreographer, performer) T4 On The Beach (choreographer for Esmee Denters) Olympic Torch Relay (choreographer, performer) and Some Like It Hip Hop (co-choreographer, director, dance captain, ensemble).
Wayne McGregor CBE is a multi-award-winning choreographer and director, Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance and Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet. He has created new works and has his work in the repertory of the world’s leading ballet companies including Paris Opera Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet. He has choreographed for film (Harry Potter), music video (Radiohead), fashion shows (Gareth Pugh) and the Brit Awards (Paloma Faith). He is known for his collaborations across technology and science, and was the subject of Thinking with the Body exhibition at Wellcome Collection.
Etta Murfitt is a British dancer, choreographer and the associate artistic director of the Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and its educational strand REBOURNE She has worked for Matthew Bourne for over 25 years Performing in all his major works and is responsible for staging all his existing work and collaborating on new work. Etta is also an associate artist for Kneehigh theatre and choreographs for them on a regular basis.
Tamara Rojo is the artistic director of the English National Ballet, and lead principal dancer. Previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, and continues to perform with the company as a guest artist. Tamara won the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production with Goldberg: the Brandstrup-Rojo Project. King Juan Carlos has decorated Tamara with Spain’s three highest Honours, The Prince of Asturias Award, the Gold Medal of Fine Arts and Encomienda de Número de Isabel la Católica.
Lee Smikle is a teacher, choreographer, artistic director and producer. He trained at the Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance and Swindon Dance. As a performer he was a core member of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures for many years touring internationally with shows like Swan Lake, The Car Man and Nutcracker! He now leads on choreographic projects for their educational company, Re:Bourne. Lee is the founder and Artistic Director of Shoreditch Youth Dance and Free to Fall.
Jasmin Vardimon is a choreographer and associate artist at Sadler’s Wells and founder of the Jasmin Vardimon Company. In 2013 Jasmin Vardimon received the International Theatre Institute Award for Excellence in Dance in recognition of her choreographic work over recent years. She has also been recognised with the positions of Associate Artist at The Place in 1998 and at Yorkshire Dance as a Partner from 1999 – 2005. Last year she has been awarded an honorary doctorate from The Royal Holloway University.
KSF Artists of Choice is a pioneering funding and mentoring initiative for UK and US based emerging artists working in theatre, musical theatre, music, dance or film. Epitomizing KSF’s aim of ‘sending the elevator back down’ it will provide funding, year-round support and mentoring by industry heavyweights. Once we’ve completed shortlist interviews in the UK and the US, we hope to announce our award recipients by early July.