2ND JUNE 2012
CHOREOGRAPHY WITH KLOE DEAN

Kloe Dean is an inspiring and confident artist. She has trained in the arts from a young age and is committed to pursuing her career as a successful and creative individual with a range of different talents. Kloe is strong in many fields from dancing to choreographing, singing, song writing and acting. With such an open mind and variety of skills from different art forms Kloe is a great person to work and perform with. She is a great leader whilst being able to be a respectable and keen participant.

7TH JULY 2012
CONTEMPORARY HIP HOP with TONY ADIGUN

Choreographer/Artistic Director Tony Adigun
Tony Adigun a.k.a TOUCH is at the forefront of Contemporary Hip Hop dance in the UK. Commercially he has choreographed international tours and videos for Mel B, worked in the USA choreographing for Ashanti and has choreographed live events such as the MOBO's. As a performer he has worked with top artists from the UK and America including Janet Jackson, Usher, JoJo, Cheryl Cole and Whitney Houston and is regularly a judge at events such as London's Best Dance Crew and other competitions around the UK and Europe.

He established his company Avant Garde Dance as a creative release to produce his own work without the restrictions of record companies that the commercial scene holds. The company have become highly respected in both Hip-Hop and Contemporary dance circles and have produced work for The Place, Sadlers Wells, SouthBank Centre, Barbican, Brighton Dome and Stratford Circus and took the Edinburgh Festival by storm last year with their 5 Star smash hit 'Spectrum'.

He is currently Associate Artist at East London Dance and this year he was named as one of the new Associate Artists at The Place in London. As a freelance choreographer Tony has been commissioned to produce 'The Big Chair Dance' as part of Big Dance London, has worked with establishments such as The Royal Opera House, Broadway Dance Centre New York,

Central School of Speech and Drama, Pineapple and the highly acclaimed company DV8 and has been commissioned by Remarkable Productions and Circus Space to create a new piece 'Silver Tree' integrating dance and the circus discipline of Chinese Pole. His work has also been shown at Breakin Convention Sadlers Wells was part of the ADAD Bloom Festival, Dance Umbrella's African Currents and has been received internationally at festivals in Paris, Poland and New York. Tony's mantra through life is to 'innovate never replicate' which is an ethos he seeks to hold true through all the work he produces. The diverse urban landscape that surrounds him and his will to always innovate and fuse art-forms result in work such as 'A Classical Break' a piece combing a classical score accompanied by b-boying.

2011 been a brilliant transitional year for Tony with his choreography selected to be shown alongside The English National Ballet's Swan Lake, his outdoor piece 'TAXI!' touring up and down the country and his involvement in Dance Umbrella both directing a short Merce Cunningham inspired dance film 'Trinity' and also his interpretation of Richard Alstons 1984 dance on film piece 'Wildlife' being choreographed on and performed by EDge The Place's post graduate company. Tony recently was awarded Best Choreographer of 2011 by the BEFFTA Awards.

4TH AUGUST 2012
LYRICAL JAZZ with CARRIE WILLIS

Carrie began dancing at the locally renowned Marguerita Hoare school and also with Nicola Bowden at the London Junior Ballet. Soon after her talents earned her a place at the Royal Ballet School (White Lodge) where she trained for 5 years. Within these 5 years she was chosen to work with the Royal Ballet Company and performed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on many occasions. After 5 years Carrie made the decision to seek out new styles and add to her already vast knowledge of different dance styles.

This led to her receiving a full scholarship at Laine’s Theatre Arts where she trained for a further 3 yrs. She has been privileged to be able to work with an array of highly accomplished choreographers. Carrie is professionally trained as a singer, actress and as a dancer in ballet contemporary jazz and tap. In amongst her training Carrie has worked to developed her own style of lyrical jazz that she will be teaching at Alter Ego Dance.

TRAINING: Laines Theatre Arts, London, Royal Ballet School, White Lodge, London, Broadway Dance Studio, NY, London Junior Ballet - Nicola Bowden, Marguerita Hoare

PERFORMANCE:
Sleeping Beauty - Royal Ballet Company 2002
Royal Ballet School Performances Linbury Theatre and Royal Opera House 2002-2007
Laine Theatre Arts Epsom Playhouse Performances 'facing the future 2009' and 'one giant leap 2008'
Derek Deane Ballet 'trois movements' 08 and 'reflections' 2010
An evening of laughter with Ken Dodd London Palladium 08
An evening with Christopher Biggins variety show 2010
Good Fairy in Sleeping Beauty Mark Andrews Productions Cabarets 08 09 '10
Lancaster Gate Hotel Grosvenor House Hotel and Dorchester Hotel Park Lane
Principle Dance at Tokyo Disney, Japan 2011-2012

CHOREOGRAPHERS worked with: Nicola Katrak, Diane Van Schoor, Anita Young, (rbs) Betty Laine Jackie Kennedy Neil Westmoreland Barbara Evans Gerry Zuccarello (lta)