DETTA HOWE | LIZ RICHARDS
2010-11

DETTA HOWE: Detta has been an independent dance artist based in Hampshire for 16 years, choreographing, performing and teaching. She has choreographed over 25 works for her company Ginger Dance Theatre, which includes a work ‘Packed’ for primary aged children which toured with accompanying educational workshops in Hampshire schools.

Detta is now a full time Senior Lecturer at the University of Chichester where she teaches on both the BA and MA programmes. She has just begun her own Independent research MA where she hopes to challenge and explore her current working processes and both satisfy and provoke her continued curiosity about the dancing body.

Whilst Detta is part of the Associate Dance Artist Scheme she will work in collaboration with another artist to challenge herself choreographically and be inspired by new ideas and approaches to choreography. She is seeking to revitalise her own work as a performer, as well as develop further her creative practice as a mentor and teacher.

Detta’s News
In between teaching at Chichester University and touring with Mapdance Company, I have been in the studio generating my new piece Seeing Being..Being Seen.

What are you spending your money on?

"I have just bought a dance class card for Independent Dance, London. You pay £35 and that buys you 10 classes, bargain! I am looking forward to attending classes by Malcolm Manning. His practice have been inspired by the Feldenkrais Method and invites participants to explore body awareness and perception"

LIZ RICHARDS: Liz graduated from the University of Chichester in 2010 with a Masters degree in Dance Choreography. During her time at university her works were performed at the Cloud Dance Festival, as part of 3Fall Dance Company repertoire and performed in the Graduate fortnight at the Siobhan Davies Studios.

In 2008, Liz was awarded the Lea Anderson Choreographic Award and started to work on her choreographic vision of producing visually stimulating works for audiences new to dance. Her interest lies in a coherent movement vocabulary that enlivens her choreographies. A theatrical content is evident through her works, keeping the audiences engaged and entertained.

As an exciting, up and coming young professional, Liz aspires to develop through the Associate Dance Artist Scheme. Absorbing new creative ideas and professional training, her aim is to create new work allowing the public to see her as a fun, exciting new choreographer. Liz’s ambition is to establish her own company and studios in the future.