Siobhan Davies
Dame Siobhan Davies
Originally trained in art, Davies was one of the first year's intake of full-time students at the
Personal life and career
She was born Susan Davies in 1950 and first performed with the company that came to be
In 1982, she joined forces with Richard Alston and Ian Spink to create Second Stride, which has been lauded as one of the most influential dance companies of the 1980s as well as the first contemporary dance company to tour the United States. From 1988 to 1992, she was the associate choreographer of Rambert Dance Company.[4]
Dance Company
Davies founded Siobhan Davies Dance Company, a contemporary dance company in the United Kingdom, in 1988. From 2000, Davies began a change in choreographic style, moving towards creating site-specific dance work, and in 2007 decided to abandon touring dance productions altogether.
Siobhan Davies Dance
In 2006, Siobhan Davies opened her eponymous studio (
The company produces and commissions new work from live performance to contemporary film, and actively takes part in industry and academic exploration. It also uses its London-based building as a visual art gallery as well as a dance studio space. The company regularly takes part in the annual Dance Umbrella season.[6]
Already
References
- ^ Profile, FilmReference.com. Accessed 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Videos Interview Siobhan Davies". Article 19. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Profile, alumni.coventry.ac.uk. Accessed 8 August 2023.
- ^ Siobhan Davies' oral history interview in the Rambert Archive https://vimeo.com/236578550
- ^ Open House, dezeen.com. 24 September 2020. Accessed 8 August 2023.
- ^ History, siobhandavies.com. Accessed 8 August 2023.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B8.
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