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Fratres 1.8MB
Originally created for a company choreographic workshop, this piece was taken into the repertoire of the National Ballet of Portugal. Inspired by this haunting music, I created a series of linking tableaux with a central duet at its core. This clip is from the opening of the ballet.

Game Over 1.7MB
‘Game Over’ charts the ebb and flow of human encounters, from serene lyricism to edgy energy. This was my second collaboration with composer, Artem Vassiliev. I started with a mathematical game where a group of dancers subdivides. Dancers appear, only to then suddenly vanish, sexes are separated and then united, until a pattern is discerned. When this game of human encounter becomes almost too familiar, passion surfaces suddenly in the form of an intense duet that is shown here in this clip, which in turn leads to a rousing finish.

The Scarlet Pimpernel 1MB
My second full-length narrative ballet is based on Baroness Orczy’s series of books about the Scarlet Pimpernel, with an original score by Ben Foskett. Set during the French Revolution, this two-act ballet for a fifty-strong cast has a strong educational and historical aspect while incorporating swashbuckling adventure, plenty of humour and an estranged romance between the two main characters that is eventually resolved. This clip is from Act 2 when the Scarlet Pimpernel, who’s been disguised as a floozy to help free French aristocrats, is discovered by Citizen Chauvelin.

Present Tense 1.1MB
Exploring how stress and anxiety can hinder or motivate our lives was the inspiration and central theme to this work. I carefully followed the structure in the five movements of the music, reaching a crisis point dramatically in the third movement, the threat subsiding towards the end of the fifth movement. Using sharp swipes to punctuate flowing movement, I wanted the piece to feel edgy, with an accumulation of tension in the corps de ballet and then equally among its almost despairing solos, duets, trios and quartets. This clip is from the first movement.

High Octane 880KB
I wanted to create an exuberant dance piece showcasing the talents of the company’s diverse dancers. Selecting music that had drive and complex rhythms, I built a social dance, similar to a square dance, where the men pursue the ladies until all eight dancers have paired off. In this excerpt the dancers compete in a race with an almost relentless energy, pushing themselves to their physical limits.