Mhairi Allan (In-Filled-Her)

 

Mhairi graduated from Middlesex University 1995 with BA (Contemporary) in Dance and Spanish. Further education led to an MA in Dance studies (Dance Anthropology). Since 2000, Mhairi has worked independently and through CityMoves Dance Agency as a contemporary dance tutor, performer and choreographer both in a professional and community capacity.  She has choreographed and performed with artists exploring multi-media and physical theatre, and most recently choreography for dance film. This year, she collaborated with film maker Paul Foy to create a short solo dance film Ellie. She also co-directed the dance film The Visit with the adult performance group Elementz. Perfomances this year have included work as part of 100Days/100 Dances at Aberdeen Gallery and ongoing performance work with choreographer and performance artist Imogene Newland. Mhairi recently choreographed in a residency at Seventeen in Aberdeen with dance photographer Colin Thom and dancers Thania Acaron and Jennifer Farmer as part of DanceLive festival. For two years she has collaborated with Thania Acarón & Ross Whyte  (Orphaned Limbs Collective) in several residencies in Edinburgh, Dumfries and Aberdeen.

 

Mhairi finished her teacher training with Yoga Scotland with experience in Alexander technique, Contact Improvisation and Release technique, all of which inform her movement practice. She has also worked creatively with adults with dementia incorporating movement and reminiscence. Mhairi is a trained nurse with experience both in the UK and overseas in several specialties and currently works in oncology and palliative care in Aberdeen.

 

 

Jamie Boylan (In-Filled-Her, The Witching Hour)

 

Jamie Boylan is a freelance dance artist based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.  From 2007-2013, he worked as a Lecturer in Technique, Choreography & Contextual Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. Other teaching credits include: the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, the Northern Ballet School and the University of Chester. Jamie has a particular interest in the Laban/Bartenieff framework which, over the past ten years, has become integral to his artistic and pedagogic practice.

 

Jamie graduated in French & Drama (1st Class) from Royal Holloway University of London and trained in dance at the École Professionelle Superieur d’Enseignment de la Danse (Montpellier, France) and London Contemporary Dance School graduating with a BA(Hons) in 2005 and an MA by Research in 2010. Working as a freelance dance artist, Jamie has worked with Scottish Youth Dance (Y-Dance), The National Centre for Dance of Scotland, Fife-Shed Inclusive Theatre Company and has performed with Aletta Collins Dance Company, Arty Physical Intelligence and the National Theatre of the Faroe Islands. From 2009-2010 Jamie toured his own solo work within the UK, then 2012-2013 collaborated and performed with Scottish based Puerto-Rican choreographer Thania Acarón (Orphaned Limbs Collective) in IN-FILLED-HER. He is currently in collaboration with award-winning folk duo, O’Hooley and Tidow, creating a dance-film for their latest album, the Hum.

 

 

 

Juan Leiba (In-Filled-Her, When in Roam)

 

Born in Buenos Aires, his training in dance starts with a research in Body Biomechanics and movement. His academic studies continue at the National Art University Institute and are completed at the Contemporary Dance Workshop of the General San Martin Theatre, on different techniques of Contemporary Dance. After that, he graduated from the Laboratory of Dramatic Research at the CCC Buenos Aires. Juan Leiba’s repertoire includes teaching contemporary dance, work in operas, aerial dance companies and dance film.

 

He was part of Luis Garay company (Argentina 2004­2005); Juan Onofri’s Grupo JOB (Argentina 2005­2007); Miguel Robles company (Argentina 2005­2010); Brenda Angiel aerial dance company (Argentina 2007­2010); José Vidal’s HOPSCOTCH (The Place, London 2010); Joumana Mourad’s IJAD Dance Company (London, 2010); Sirius Dance, directed by Pilar Dukes Torras and Nicolaas Mackmann (Barcelona, 2011); Por Instantes, directed by Julia Koch and Daniel Zippi (Barcelona 2012) and Lautaro Reyes’s Cámara Lúcida project (Barcelona 2012) as interpreter and also contributing with the creative process of the choreographies. In 2012 & 2013, he travelled for dance residencies in Edinburgh, Scotland to co-choreograph and perform IN-FILLED-HER, directed by Thania Acarón (Orphaned Limbs Collective), with whom he has collaborated since 2010. On February 2013 creates ­des, together with Sheila Ferrer, a project creating new ways of using research as a foundational base for approaching aerial dance in connection with the contemporary dance.

 

After performing as a dancer in the operas “Agrippina” and “Cendrillon”, at the Liceu Theatre of Barcelona (November 2013­ January 2014), he moves to Madrid, where he is founded Vuela Danza Aérea, an aerial teaching centre and company. www.vueladanzaerea.com.

 

Richard White (Guest Artist, The Witching Hour)

 

 

 

 

Richard White was an archaeologist and photographer, who began working as a dancer in 2000, taking as many classes and exploring as many different styles as possible.  In 2001 he studied at the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance and performed in Oedipus Rex by the Canadian Opera Company.  His studies continued at the University of Leeds where he undertook a BA(hons) in Dance.  Richard also performed in Random Dance Company’s production, Untold, as a community dancer. Richard currently leads several community dance projects in Aberdeen. (Photo credit: Colin Thom)