Company Dancer

Company Dancer

Company Dancer

Composer
Wayne’s collaboration with Darren Ellis Dance begun with Romeo Error in 2007, since then Wayne has been involved in numerous projects with the company including projects for Bloomberg. Wayne also composed the music for ‘No More Ghosts’, 2009.

Wayne Walker – Allen is a Musician and Composer who writes and performs music for contemporary dance, theatre and film. Wayne uses an array of traditional instruments to create sound. Percussion, Piano, Guitars, Accordions and Voice and also enjoy’s designing and creating in the digital realm, making soundscapes using samplers, synthesisers and sequencers.His recent Dance work includes Composition for “The Great Piratical Rumbustification” Written by Margaret Mahy. Directed & Choreographed by Kitty Winter, “I Hate The Way I Love You” Choreographed by Chris Evans and for stage “Under The Story Tree” December 2010, commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse Roundabout to create an original score for a new play written by Robin Kingsland. Directed by Andrew Breakwell. “The Night Pirates” October 2010 Commissioned by Theatre Hullaballoo in Darlington, “Little Fish” February 2010, Original music and underscore for a new play by Sarah-Liisa Wilkinson. Performed at The Space, London, “The Saving of Santa” December 2009, Original music and underscore for The Space’s Christmas show. Performed at The Space, London.

Lighting Designer
Guy’s collaboration with Darren Ellis Dance has been a long standing one; initially Guy designed No More Ghosts, 2009 and most recently collaborating with Darren on After Effects, 2011.

Dance includes: Love & War, Sea of Bones, Bad History, Green Apples, Dive (Mark Bruce Company); Bruise Blood, Flicker (Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company); The Land of Yes, The Land of No, Square Map of Q4 (Bonachela Dance Company); And Who Shall Come to the Ball? (Candoco); About Around, This Moment is Your Life, The Diminishing Present (bgroup); Odyssey (Krische /Wright); Havana Rakatan (Sadler’s Wells); Mischief (Theatre Rites); No More Ghosts, (Richard Alston Dance Company); Sivaloka (Atma Dance); Me+You=5 (Robin Dingemans); Show, Orange Gina, Sleep Talking, Allow Me, Flap, Bye, Spirit Level, Lonely Hearts/Suspicious Minds (The Snag Project), Viking Shoppers (Igloo); Green In Blue, Little Red, Tiger Dancing, How I Look, Expression Lines, Seen of Angels, Second Signal, White Space, Dido & Aeneas, Finale, FPS, Frontline, In Broken Tendrils, Shot Flow, Melancholy Thoughts, A Moment of Give, Prime Origin, Ilé Ayé (Henri Oguike Dance Company). Theatre includes: Peter Pan, Be Near Me (NTS); Serenading Louie (Donmar Warehouse); A Delicate Balance, Waste (Almeida); Othello (West End); Future Proof (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh);Electra (The Gate Theatre); Faith Healer (Bristol Old Vic); A Christmas Carol, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep); As You Like It, Bollywood Jane, Macbeth , How Many Miles to Basra? (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Kes, Season’s Greetings, (Liverpool Playhouse); Amadeus, The Little Fir Tree, Fen, Far Away, Macbeth (Sheffield Theatres); Of Mice and Men (Mercury Theatre, Colchester); A Streetcar Named Desire (Clwyd Theatr Cymru); Zero Degrees and Drifting…, Could It Be Magic? (Unlimited Theatre) Opera includes: The Cunning Little Vixen, (National Theatre Brno); Il Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi, La Clemenza di Tito, Fantastic Mr Fox, Promised End, The Duenna, The Magic Flute, Katya Kabanova, Don Giovanni, Anna Bolena, Susannah, The Seraglio, Eugene Onegin (English Touring Opera); The Ring Cycle, The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, Tosca, Hansel and Gretel (Longborough Festival Opera); Names of the Dead (Battersea Arts Centre) Musicals include: The Witches of Eastwick, All the Fun of the Fair, Aspects of Love (UK tours); Assassins (Sheffield Theatres);My Fair Lady (Singapore); City of Angels (Frankfurt)

Lighting Designer
A lighting designer of over 12 years experience, mainly in contemporary dance but also in theatre, live music and film. He has worked with artists and organisations such as Hofesh Shechter, Rambert Dance Company, English Touring Theatre, Rafael Bonachela, The Roundhouse, Jonathan Burrows, Watford Palace Theatre, Darren Ellis, Iain Forsythe & Jane Pollard, and The Gate Theatre.

So far in 2011 Lee has lit the ETT/Watford Palace production of Great Expectations (dir. Nikolai Foster), The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut and other stories at The Roundhouse, London (dir. Mark Storor), and he is currently working on Hofesh Shechter's Political Mother - The Choreographer's Cut. In addition to his lighting design, Lee is Head of Technical at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, UK. Lee has lit Sticks and Bones, 2009 and From the Waist Up, 2010 for Darren Ellis Dance

Animator & Film Artist
Filipe Alcada is an animation/live-action director who lives in London. He studied animation at the royal College of Art.

Since graduating he has directed several commercials, broadcast work, installation films and films for stage productions (dance and music concerts). He is also the co-founder and a partner of Slomo Productions. His work with Darren Ellis includesa 15min live-action film for the show Boys in Babergh performed at Dance East and choreographed by Darren Ellis and Tom Hobden. Three films developed at 'Moving East' and filmed both there and at 'The Place'. The third film, 'Reassemble' with choreography by Darren Ellis and Hannah Kidd, was exhibited at the Design Museumas part of the event 'Sparkle the dark Up' curated by Ranko Andjelic. And a trailer for the show After-Effects, dance and choreography by Darren Ellis.

www.filipealcada.com

Writer
Ricks collaboration with Darren Ellis Dance begun in 2007 with Romeo Error, since this time Rick has worked on Sticks and Bones, 2009 and the Place Prize Commission From the Waist Up, 2010.

Rick started his career as an actor working with the Reduced Shakespeare Company and some of the UK's top contemporary dance companies including the Mark Bruce Company, Ricochet and Darren Ellis Dance as well as originating the role of Jerry Springer in JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA. While with the Reduced Shakespeare Company he co-wrote numerous pieces for BBC Radio. THICK, his first play, premiered at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival followed runs in Canada, a sell-out run at the Fringe NYC were Rick won Outstanding Actor anda self-funded UK Tour. It was revived for the 2010 Brighton Fringe Festival where it was awarded an Argus Angel for Outstanding Artistic Excellence. THICK has been turned into a screenplay and is playing at the New Diorama in London in September 2011. Rick is currently writing his newest play, Full of Bees.

Costume Designer
Design Credits for Darren Ellis Dance include, From the waist up, 2010, Dust and Scratches (Shift Youth) 2010, Chorea Magna (EDge) 2009.

Hannah began her training in dance at Elmhurst Ballet School. From Elmhurst she went on to continue at London Contemporary Dance School where she completed a BA (Hons) degree and her MA in dance. Film credits include, excerpt included in Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballet Russes, and Reassemble, Alcada 2009. Hannah is currently dancing with the Richard Alston Dance Company.