Watch This Space

On the 26th and 27th June at 8.30pm, 5 short works will be showcased at Cottier's Theatre as part of the Cottier Dance Project.  Some pieces have been performed as part of a larger work and have subsequently been explored further, and some are new works in progress.  Little snippets of genius in 1 hour!

Meet the choreographers...



Diana Loosmore - 'Fragments'   

photo: Oran O'Neill

Diana's performing career as a dancer expands over the last 20 years. Originally from Australia, she has worked and toured throughout Australia and London, finally bringing her to Scottish ballet as a soloist in 2003. Diana's choreographic career began at Scottish ballet under Ashley Page. Since 2006, she has created works on Scottish ballet (winning the Peter Darrel award in 2007), The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Ydance. 

Daniel Davidson - 'Lewd Duality'    

Daniel trained at Dance School of Scotland and Millenium Dance 2000 before joining Scottish Ballet in 2005. He was promoted to Coryphée in 2009 and has danced all of their prestigious repertoire, including works by Page, Tharp, Bruce, MacMillan, Pastor, Forsythe and Bourne. He has had many roles created for him, notably; Don Jose (Alston's Carmen), Petrushka (Spink's Petrushka) and Sandman (Hampson's Hansel and Gretal).

Matthew Hawkins - 'Double E' (Dancers' Emerging Bursary Scheme)  
Matthew Hawkins is the choreographer of Double E and the mentor to the DEBS (Dancers' Emerging Bursary Scheme). Seen recently in Natasha Gilmore's 'A Conversation with Carmel' (Barrowland Ballet) and in Andy Howitt's 'Deliberance', Matthew enjoys his Edinburgh-based freelance practice in ballet, contemporary dance and teaching - this having followed a chequered three-decade career in performance and choreography. www.matthewhawkinsdance.co.uk

Fuora Dance Project - 'T-his and T-hat'   

Giulia Montalbano graduated from LCDS and joined Scottish Dance Theatre as an apprentice for 2012/2013. She is experienced in ballet, contemporary techniques, physical theatre, and specialises in improvisation, contact work and choreography. She is currently teaching mixed ability groups, adult and youth dance companies around Scotland, including The Dundee Rep (Scottish Dance Theatre). Giulia can be seen in 'GRIT', a major new theatre collaboration by Cora Bissett, in June 2014. 

Federica Esposito graduated from 'Modem' and has since worked with companies including Compagnia Pareri Variabili, Compagnia Zappala Danza, Legitimate Bodies Dance Company, Animated State Dance Theatre Company, Teatro Stabile of L'Aquila, Cie Eco, Altered Skin, and Gwyn Emberton Dance. She teaches a wide range of students at both professional and amateur level, and has taught at Viagrande Studios in Italy and Dundee Rep in Scotland, amongst others. She is currently based in Scotland.

Tamsyn Russell - 'Go Get 'em Kid'  

Tamsyn Russell studied at Unitec Performing Arts (Auckland, New Zealand), majoring with a Bachelor in Contemporary dance. After graduating she worked with many established choreographers in New Zealand, including Michael Parmenter, Raewyn Hill, Chris Jannides and Ann Dewey. Since moving to Scotland she has worked with Skye Reynolds, Imaginate, Ian Spink and Janis Claxton Dance as a dancer and a choreographic assistant. With JCD she has performed in the Falling light tour, Human Animal, Humanimalia Tour, Enclosure 99 Humans at Edinburgh Zoo, Chaos and Contingency, and travelled to China to perform in the Shanghai Expo and work with LDTX. An emerging choreographer, Tamsyn created I.D Me in 2013, which was performed at Merchant City Festival (Glasgow), Heads Up (Edinburgh Fringe), Pivotal Dance (Inverness), Dancelive (Aberdeen) and Livebites (Leeds). She also choreographed for the Ydance connections weekend. Tamsyn recently received a bursary from Creative Scotland to develop her choreographic practise. 

For more information please visit www.cottierchamberproject.com/ccp/dance

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