Pia Driver is rehearsal director with Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company. The company will perform at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of Dance Umbrella 2009.
What do you fear the most?
Losing those I love.
Which mobile number do you call the most?
My Mum’s.
What – or where – is perfection?
Byron Bay Australia has an amazing energy. I’ve never [...]
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Don’t miss the latest issue of Time Out for an interview of Rafael Bonachela. You can also read more about him over at London Dance, where he talks about the making of The Land of Yes and The Land of No and life between London and Sydney, where he is Artistic Director of Sydney Dance [...]
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Bonachela Dance Company sent us more pictures of their rehearsals for The Land of Yes and The Land of No, taken by Ione Saizar. The pictures were taken during an improvisation exercise.
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Choreographer Rafael Bonachela and dancer Amy Hollingsworth have a special relationship, illustrated in this film made in 2004. They met when they were both dancers at Rambert Dance Company and Amy got involved in Rafael’s early creative work.
When, in 2002, Rafael Bonachela choreographed Kyle Minogue’s Fever Tour, Amy was Assistant Choreographer and Rehearsal Director. In [...]
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Renaud Wiser was born in Switzerland and trained at the School of Dance in Geneva.
After dancing for Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève he joined the National Ballet of Marseille in France, then went on to dance with Gothenburg Ballet, before joining Rambert in 2004.
Renaud choreographed At the border of you for Resolution! 2006 at [...]
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Amy Hollingsworth is a dancer with Bonachela Dance Company, which she joined as a founding member in 2006.
Amy trained at the Australian Ballet School before dancing as a principal with the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Peter Schaufuss Ballet. In 2000, she joined Rambert Dance Company where she won the 2004 Critics’ Circle Award for [...]
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Cameron McMillan is a dancer with Bonachela Dance Company. Born in New Zealand, Cameron trained at the Australian Ballet School and danced as a principal with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and a soloist at English National Ballet.
In 2003, he joined Rambert Dance Company, where he choreographed four works for company dancers. Cameron has also choreographed for Royal New [...]
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Bonachela Dance Company sent us those beautiful pictures taken by Ione Saizar during the rehearsals for their new piece, The Land of Yes and the Land of No. Enjoy.
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Trailer for Bonachela Dance Company’s new work, The Land of Yes and the Land of No, premiering in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday 25 September.
Choreography: Rafael Bonachela
Music: Ezio Bosso
Dancers: Amy Hollingsworth, Fiona Jopp, Cameron McMillan, Lisa Welham, Renaud Wiser, Paul Zivkovich
Lighting: Guy Hoare
Production Design: Alan Macdonald
Costume Design: Theo Clinkard
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Rafael Bonachela founded Bonachela Dance Company in 2006, following his time as a dancer and associate choreographer at Rambert Dance Company. Widely recognised as one of the most exciting and talented voices working in contemporary dance in the UK, Bonachela is a busy man: as well as running his own company, he is an Associate [...]
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