Event

Choreography Masterclass

'Explore your physical signature'
With support from highly skilled practitioners, you will be led through processes to help you develop your own physical signature as a choreographer by manipulating a learned phrase to identify the essence of your own style.

At Rambert's South Bank home. Wed 9 November, 1.30 - 4.30pm

Biographies

Patricia Okenwa
An independent choreographer with 12 years of experience dancing and choreographing for Rambert, Patricia has premiered her first main stage commission for the company repertoire, Hydrargyrum in March 2016.
In this large-scale work she was able to collaborate with composer Aleksandra Vrebalov and designer Jon Bausor to create a uniquely powerful work for six of Rambert's most versatile dancers and the Rambert Orchestra.
Patricia recently worked as a movement director on Torn at the Royal Court Theatre and Collapse with NMC - New Movement Collective, who she is also a founder member of and whose interdisciplinary, site-specific productions earned them nominations for Best New Company at the 2014 and 2015 Critics Award.

Peggy Olislaegers
As one of the leading independent dance dramaturges in Europe, Peggy Olislaegers provides artistic and strategic advice for both choreographers and institutes in the performing arts, working with Ugo Dehaes (Belgium), Balletto di Roma (Italy), Nanine Linning (Germany) and The Place (UK) amongst others. She founded the European project Act Your Age, and is one of the leading mentors of the European project Performing Gender.
From 2010 to 2016 Peggy Olislaegers has been the Artistic and General Director of the Dutch Dance Festival/de Nederlandse Dansdagen. In May 2015 Peggy Olislaegers had been appointed as artistic associate of Rambert.