Really excited to be finally able to share a short dance film that I've written the music for, called Antechamber. It was produced by Wigglyline Productions and features contemporary dancers Rosa Kentwood, Hayley Barker, and Janina Smith. It is beautiful and grotesque, and the production quality is exceptionally good. The movement was improvised on the day and it think the…
Category: Composing for Dance
Reunited with an old friend
It's great to be back in the studio this week with my close collaborator, Jerrel Jackson, researching his new piece Letters from Birmingham. I have a long history of successful collaborations with Jerrel, and it feels fantastic to be working together again after a few years apart. Letters from Birmingham is a unique contemporary dance…
Back in the Studio with Lila Dance
Its great to be back in the studio with Lîla Dance, working on our new immersive physical theatre piece. If you want to stay up-to-date on our process then follow our blog.
Algorithm- Joe Darby & Kai Downham
A full recording of Algorithm, a collaboration with Dancers Joe Darby & Kai Downham that George Art Baker and I composed the soundtrack for, has been uploaded to Youtube. It's a really accomplished and inspiring duet by the two young male dancers, both choreographers in their own right, and shows a bright future for them…
Weightless gets the heavy treatment
Military Helicopters, distorted Electronica, and Cello can only mean one thing... Yep, Yael Flexer's back on tour, and with it goes my international collaboration with Isreali Cellist and Composer Karni Postel. The soundtrack is a massive array of sound, building all the way from quiet melancholic drones to a huge rumbling of twenty helicopters overhead.…
Ludus Dance feature on Article 19
Article 19 has featured a video of Consequences by Ludus Dance, including footage of my soundtrack to Yael Flexer's piece What If? http://www.article19.co.uk/hdvideo2/ludus_dance_consequences.php The triple-bill format is a new departure for Ludus Dance, and Consequences features the work of three of the UK's biggest names in choreography. Nigel Charnock, celebrated for repeatedly breaking new ground,…