Dance on the Move – Mavin Khoo accompanied by musician David Walters
1 November 2016
venue: Dance Studies Studios
time: 20:00
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Bio: Mavin Khoo
Mavin Khoo is internationally recognized as a dance artist, teacher, choreographer and artist scholar. He studied Bharata Natyam with the legendary dance maestro, Padma Shri Adyar K. Lakshman in India, Cunningham technique at the Cunningham studios in New York and Classical Ballet under Marian St. Claire, Michael Beare, Nancy Kilgour, Paul Lewis, Ayumi Hikasa, Raymond Chai and Tory Jestyn. As a contemporary dance artist he has worked with Wayne McGregor, Akram Khan, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and others. Commissioned works include creations for Venice Biennale and Canada Dance Festival to name a few. 'Images in Varnam' (2001) was commissioned by the Royal Ballet Artists Development Initiative and was followed by another ROH2 commission 'Let me...with' Royal Ballet dancer Kristen McNally. Khoo is placed as one of few male soloist of Bharata Natyam who has carved a niche for himself as a touring artist whilst regularly dancing at all major venues in India including the Music Academy and Kalakshetra in Chennai. His own company mavinkhooDance was founded in 2003. Productions include Parallel Passions (2003), Chandra/Luna (2004-2005), Devi: the Female Principle (2006), Strictly Bharata Natyam (2006), Devi: In Absolution (2008), Dancing my Shiva (2010), Swan Lake '00.00 - 00.01' (2011), Akasha (2012) and I am with you, Muruga (2013). Khoo holds an M.A. in Choreography from Middlesex University. He was faculty member of the Dance Studies department (School of Performing Arts) at the University of Malta. He acts as Rehearsal Director to Akram Khan Company and is now the Artistic Director of ZFin Malta Dance Ensemble the national contemporary dance company in Malta.
Bio – David Walters
After completing a B.A. in Music (composition) at Middlesex University in 1982, David has composed, performed and lectured for UK ballet & contemporary dance institutions for over twenty five years, including London Contemporary Dance School, Central School of Ballet, Rambert, Laban, Elmhurst, Urdang, Pineapple, Danceworks, English National Ballet School, Middlesex University, Birkbeck, Arts Educational and the Royal Ballet School. He has played company class for Random Dance, Akram Khan Company, DV8, Cunningham Company with Merce Cunningham, Shobana Jeyasingh Company, The Featherstoneaughs, Rambert Dance Company, Richard Alston Dance Company and New Adventures, also played for audition classes for P.A.R.T.S, George Piper Dances (BalletBoyz), Dora Frankel Dance and National Dance Company Wales. Compositional collaborations have included those with long standing collaborator Kerry Nicholls, Mavin Khoo, Tamara McLorg, Leanne King, Luca Silvestrini, Noi Tolmer, Antonia Grove, Dance United and Ballet de Zaragoza with commissions performed in Spain, Poland and Lithuania, as well as the UK. Current International projects have included Malta (Mavin Khoo) and Germany (Resi-Dance). A soundtrack for Peter Kovacs' short film 'Blank' was completed in the summer of 2014. From January 2015, devised a score for The Alchemy Project with Darren Ellis, Carly Annable-Coop and Ellen Stein Muller. From August 2015, created a score 'aM' for Kerry Nicholls, premiered in the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Theater Clywd, and Sadlers Wells on 5 September.
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Details about the evening space is available online.
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Details about the evening space is available online.