Henri Oguike

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  Henri Oguike was born of a Nigerian father and a Welsh mother in West Glamorgan, Wales.He studied music, drama and dance at Swansea College prior to furthering his studies at the London Contemporary Dance School between 1991-1993.In 1994 he danced with "4D" (the School's postgraduate performance group), who commissioned him to choreograph Doors and Sundials.
  
  Henri was a founder member of the Richard Alston Dance Company (RADC), with whom he danced from 1994-98.In 1998 he left RADC to develop an independent career as a dancer, teacher and choreographer.
  
  In 2001, HODC received the Time Out Live awards 2001, as Most Outstanding New Company and embarked on its third UK tour, visiting 31 UK venues, including two live music performances at Stratford Circus, East London.
  
  Commissions for 2003 include With My Sighs for West Glamorgan Youth Dance Company, Splinter for Laban, two duets for Escapade, a live outdoor performance at London's South Bank Centre commissioned by Akademi/South Asian Dance UK, two new works for HODC and a new work for Phoenix Dance Theatre.In July 2003 Henri was one of four chosen UK choreographers for Jerwood Changing Stages Choreolab, Birmingham.

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  Renowned for his vigorous, intricate and strong sense of musicality, dancer and choreographer Henri Oguike and his company of seven dancers return to The Lowry on Wed 6 February.Winner of Jerwood Choreography Award and Time Out Award, the four dance Mixed Bill includes world premières of Touching All and All Around.Both of these latest creations feature a series of solos and duets and the Mixed bill is completed by Green in Blue and Little Red which both premièred in 2007 to public and critical acclaim. Green in Blue is Henri Oguike's first foray into jazz and was created in collaboration with the internationally renowned saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy.
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  Born in West Glamorgan, Nigerian/Welsh choreographer Henri Oguike studied music, drama and dance at Swansea College.He went on to train at the London Contemporary Dance School and danced with 4D, its postgraduate performance group and later with the Richard Alston Dance Company.He then founded his own company in 1999, which quickly made an impact, picking up the Time Out Live Award for ‘Most Outstanding New Company' in 2001.
  
  Henri's work regularly features music and composers from diverse musical genres ranging from baroque to contemporary.As well as impressing with his own company, Oguike has been commissioned to make pieces for Phoenix Dance Theatre, Transitions Dance Company and National Youth Dance Wales of which he is Artistic Director.

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  Born in West Glamorgan, Nigerian/Welsh choreographer Henri Oguike studied music, drama and dance at Swansea College.He went on to train at the London Contemporary Dance School and danced with 4D, its postgraduate performance group.In 1994, he became a founder member of the Richard Alston Dance Company and danced with the Company until 1998.He then founded Henri Oguike Dance Company in 1999 which quickly made an impact, picking up the Time Out Live Award for Most Outstanding New Company in 2001.
  
  Oguike is passionate about the relationship between live music and dance.
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  As well as impressing with his own company, Oguike has been commissioned to make pieces for Phoenix Dance Theatre, Holland Dance Festival, South Bank Centre, Transitions Dance Company, Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo and National Youth Dance Wales of which he has been Artistic Director for 4 years.
  
  Henri has taught, performed and choreographed extensively in the UK and abroad including Israel, Monaco, Holland, Germany, France, Austria, Portugal, China and most recently, the USA.Both he and his company have been the recipients of many prestigious awards.In June 2007, Henri Oguike was awarded the AoC Gold Award for Further Education Alumni in recognition of his achievements in his chosen career.Most recently, he has been nominated for the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards for Outstanding Repertoire and by the Manchester evening News Theatre Awards for Dance.
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  Henri Oguike and composer John Cooney exploring various starting points based on Stravinsky's ballet score Apollo

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  Henri Oguike, a former postgraduate dancer at LCDS
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  Henri Oguike, Artistic Director, Henri Oguike Dance Company

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  Henri Oguike, founder member of the Richard Alston Dance Company, brings his award-winning company to Woking for the first time.Acclaimed for his vigorous, intricate choreography and a strong sense of musicality, the charismatic Oguike and his company of six dancers present a diverse repertoire of energy-fuelled dance including two new works and live music with a string quartet.
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  Oguike steals the stage with a dynamic solo, Frames Per Second, in which he explores the relationship between movement, light and sound.

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  Henri Oguike, one of the most musical choreographers of his generation, returns with a company of eight dancers to offer an evening of expansive dancing, intuitive choreography and live accompaniment.This programme includes world premières of Green in Blue and Little Red.Friday 19 January: 1400hrs (schools matinee)Henri Oguike Dance Company.£12 / £8 (group rates available)The special matinee programme features a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes with Henri Oguike Dance Company for an insight into the daily training of dancers, a Lecture-Demonstration on Front Line by Artistic Director/Choreographer Henri Oguike and the performance of two defining pieces from the company's current repertoire.

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  Young Welsh choreographer Henri Oguike recently won of the Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Repertoire.

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  Artistic Director: Henri Oguike
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  F.P.S. (Frames Per Second) Oguike explores the relationship between movement, light and sound in this work danced to a Schubert String Quartet frequently interrupted by electronic beeps. (solo, 10 minutes)
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  Front Line "For Oguike the dance is the music shaped by its moods and motives.

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  Embracing all that's new and exciting in contemporary dance, Transitions Dance Company presents new work from Luca Silvestrini and Bettina Strickler (Artistic Directors of Protein Dance), Jerwood award-winner Ben Wright, Richard Siegal (Ballett Frankfurt) and Bonnie Bird Choreography award-winners Cristian Duarte and Shani Granot; plus a revival of Henri Oguike's ‘Brightside' (2002).
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  Final year students from Laban perform work created by choreographers Henri Oguike, Lisa Torun and Jonzi D; accompanied by live music from Trinity College of Music.

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  Henri Oguike, one of the most musically aware choreographers of his generation, returns with his eight-strong troupe to offer a mixed bill which promises grandly expansive dancing and intuitive choreography.
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  Set to the quietly beautiful Saharan blues of guitarist Ali Farka Toure, Expression Lines sees Oguike evoke the harsh contrasts of equatorial sand and sky in an intense yet reflective solo.
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  Henri Oguike is in no danger of losing his status as one of our most musically astute choreographers.(The Times)
  
  Already he's proved himself one of the most versatile dance-makers in the business.

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