Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence

Kate believes in looking up and would like to encourage people to fly. She trained in dance at Thamesdown and Laban (1984 1989) and ran feminist dance company Nomads in the 1990s. Kate lectures at Bangor University and previously at University of Surrey where she pioneered a vertical dance module (2003 2010), fusing dance with her passion for rock... climbing. She is a qualified rock climbing instructor and her work is influenced by Wanda Moretti and Lindsey Butcher. She has taught at Les Rencontres de Danse Aerienne in France and the European Aerial Dance Festival in Brighton. Specialising in choreography performed on buildings and other vertical surfaces, Kate is perpetually inquisitive about the creative possibilities of Vertical Dance. She writes about site-specific performance and in 2010 published the first scholarly article on vertical dance. After spending her life in transit, Kate put down roots in Snowdonia, North Wales, in 2010. Simon is based in North Wales, working as a rigger and rigging consultant ( www.aerialrigger.com ). His rigging expertise is based on his professional rock climbing and mountaineering experience ( www.northwalesrockclimbing.co.uk) and he is a qualified mountaineering instructor (MIA) and member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI). Simon has been a volunteer for Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team, and is a qualified and experienced first aider with extensive experience in urban and remote emergency care. Simon applies problem solving aspects of mountain climbing and rescue to rigging for aerial performances. Although he works in theatres and regular performance venues, his specialised expertise is rigging for harness work at site-specific locations. He relishes the challenges of rigging from structures and buildings not normally used for performances, working with choreographers and performers to realise their artistic concepts. Simon has performed harness work and is sympathetic to the aesthetics of movement and performance. Lisa is a dancer, choreographer and ...Read More