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Daisy (Karen) Thompson
211-2001 Wall Street
Vancouver
BC
V5L 5E4
Cell: 6046573892
Email : Thompson.daisykaren@gmail.com
AS PERFORMER:
2011 Trisha Brown (USA) Barbican Centre, London
Walking on Walls, Planes & floor of the Forest: We performed these 3 works from the early 1970’s reflecting the economic environment of that time over a 3-month period. A collaboration between dance and visual art.
2010/11 Tania Bruguera (Cuba) & Franz Walter (Germany) - Hayward Gallery, London.
2 durational installation works performed over a 3-month period.
2010/11 Lizzi Kew-Ross (UK) - Laban Bonnie Bird theatre & The Old Vic Tunnels
Without Warning: A collaboration between dance, sound & lighting, in response to images from the book An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan.
2010 BBC Fairy Tales – Lambert Productions – Film
Part of a series of movement educational fairy tales for children under 8 years of age
2009 Warren Garland-Thomas (UK) – Goldsmiths University, London
Untitled: a series of flipbooks displaying several choreographed phrases
2008/2009 Naomi Lefebre-Sell (UK/Canada) – toured in London & Germany
Dharmakaya: A PhD performance that came from a research in how meditation can influence creative expression during a devising process, and be a crucial part in the presence of the performer both on and off stage.
2008 Henry Montes & Deborah May – Film (commissioned by rosschannel 4)
Outlook: 1 of a series of 8 artists’ films inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin (www.darwinoriginals.com)
2007 Eva Karczag (Netherlands) – toured in London
Untitled: A structured improvised stage performance
AS MAKER:
2011 Meadow – commissioned by Arts Council England & Stoke-on-Trent City Council
An inter-generational piece performed by a mixture of non-dancers and dancers. Stoke-on-Trent is going through a huge regeneration process at present, affecting residents in many ways. We looked at the themes of re-location, re-building, group support, rejection, and rehoused these images in the disused pottery factory site The Spode. (Rehearsal process can be viewed at www.vimeo.com/27328837).
2009 Both Perhaps Present – Commissioned by the EU
Toured in Ghent, Brussels, Hamburg & London, this movement analysis/performance was created during a 10-week European residency. Studying the works of Jonathon Burrows and Anna Teresa de Keersmaker, I used this residency to explore and refine methodologies used in my practice.
2008 The Space Outside (installation) – Final dissertation presentation
Toured in London (Laban & Siobhan Davies Studios), Brussels (Event for Collectif Bourborygme) & Lithuania (New/Now Festival). Stemming from a research in to the effects of the chair on the spine, this installation explores themes of power and hierarchy of architecture and design on the unconscious body.
AS TEACHER:
2011 Stoke-On-Trent College, UK – contemporary dance classes to group aged 16-18
2010-2011 Hayward Gallery, UK – participating in art - sculpture as dance/dance as sculpture
2010 Artscene, Belgium - physical theatre to a group aged 16-18
2010 Roeland, Belgium – dance, physical theatre and improvisation for teenagers.
2008-2010 Private tuition, Belgium- teaching English through movement.
2007 Central foundation girls’ school, UK– teaching repertory to group aged 14-16
2004-2006 Somerton high School, UK – teaching contemporary dance during arts days (over 2-days)
2004 Holsten Museum, UK – taught contemporary dance and created a dance piece with a group aged 14-16 based on Rudolf Nureyef exhibition at the museum.
COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCY PROGRAMS & SCHOLARSHIPS:
2011 $6250 (scholarship) -
2011 £7400 (commission) - Place, Space & Identity project. Commissioned by Fierce Earth, funded by Arts Council England (West Midlands) & Stoke-On-Trent City council.
2010 £6000 (scholarship) - DanceWEB scholarship - Impulstanz Festival, Vienna. Funded by Southbank centre London
2009 €5000 (residency fee)Dance Beyond Borders Residency program, scholarship funded by European Union
2009 Summer Studios, Brussels, organised by the P.A.R.T.S school for dance training.
ARTS MANAGEMENT/CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2011 ‘What Next’ festival –Siobhan Davies Studios, UK
Showcasing emerging artists I curated a 3-day event for national &international independent artists, consisting of workshops, discussions and presentations, focusing on ‘autonomy of the artist’ – how can independent artists create their own working conditions and visibility in a non-funded environment?
2010/11 Administration for Gill Clarke (Independent Dance)
2010 2 Exhibitions for Collectif-Borbyrgme - Belgium
A collection of dance, video and visual art, exhibited at a self-funded collective studios in Brussels.
2005-2008 Co-organiser of New Choreograph Showcase, - Laban. UK
An independently organised 3-day platform showing student works from 5 main schools in the UK. The idea was to break down barriers between the schools to encourage more collaboration and sharing of different styles.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
BA (Hons) Dance Theatre (1st Class) 2005-2008
Laban, London
Higher Diploma in Dance Studies (distinction) 2004-2005
Scottish School for Contemporary Dance
HND in Choreography (Distinction) 2002-2004
Bristol Dance Centre
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Angus Balbernie - composition/contact improvisation, Janis Claxton –Hawkins technique/improvisation, Lea Anderson-master class, Vincent Dance Theatre - master class, Gloria McLean - 2 week Hawkins workshop in New York, Eva Karczag - improvisation in performance, Lucia Walker - Alexander technique & dance, Miranda Tufnell- anatomy and body based exploration, Kirstie Simpson- improvisation/contact improvisation & music, Les Slovaks – improvisation/floorwork, David Zambrano – flying low & Passing through improvisation, Rasmus Olme – horizontal fall, Meg Stuart – Are we here yet workshop, Jeremy Wade – improvising from impulse
INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
Film, poetry, reading, walking, architecture, cooking, travel, music
