Who's Who: Look At Me Now, Mummy
| Direction & Design | Charlotte Vincent |
| Lighting Design | James Harrison |
| Devised & Performed by | Aurora Lubos |
| Understudy / Rehearsal Director | Valentina Formenti |
Aurora Lubos - Performer (Poland)
Aurora has worked extensively with Dance Theatre of Gdansk and was commissioned to make a duet, Uff…! with Leszek Bdzdyl as part of the Summer Dance Festival in Gdansk. In 1999 she collaborated with Avi Kaiser and Gdansk's finest contemporary dancers, making and touring In the Body. In 2001 she performed in Papugaj choreographed by Tatiana Baganowa and in Avi Kaiser's Endstation - ZASPA in 2002. With Patryjca Kujawska, she co-founded KLM Group and created Te Takie Te. Aurora first came across VDT's work when Charlotte was invited to Gdansk to workshop choreographic ideas as part of the Baltic University of Dance Winter Explosion festival. For VDT Aurora has performed in Caravan of Lies (1999), made and toured Drop Dead Gorgeous (2001), Let The Mountains Lead You To Love (2003), Punch Drunk (2004), Broken Chords (2005) and Fairy Tale (2006). Aurora lives in Gdansk, Poland.
Valentina Formenti - Performer (Italy)
Originally from Italy, Valentina trained at London Contemporary Dance School 1991-94 and joined the 4D Performance Group in 1994-95. As a professional performer she has worked with The Cholmondeleys & Featherstonehaughs, Bock & Vincenzi, Protein Dance Company, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, Mark Bruce, Bedlam Dance Company, Aletta Collins, Jazz Exchange, Royal Opera House and English National Opera. An experienced teacher, Valentina teaches contemporary classes at The Place, for New Adventures and English National Opera. She also works as a camera-operator at The Place. Valentina's first collaboration with Vincent Dance Theatre was Punch Drunk and Broken Chords in 2007. Valentina is based in London.
James Harrison - Lighting Design (UK)
James began his training in lighting and sound at Sheffield University (1994), working primarily with live bands, and went on to graduate in Theatre Design at Bretton Hall College (1999). He has designed lighting for several Sheffield-based companies, including Third Angel (Where from Here, Believe the Worst, Leave No Trace, Presumption) Dead Earnest (Stalingrad, set & lighting), Point Blank (Roses & Morphine, set and lighting) and Vincent Dance Theatre’s Drop Dead Gorgeous (2001), Let the Mountains Lead You to Love (2003), On the House (2003), Punch Drunk (2004/5), Broken Chords (2005), Fairy Tale (2006) and Test Run (2006). As a Production/Technical Manager, James has toured nationally and internationally with theatre and dance companies Third Angel, Blast Theory, Scarlet Theatre, Vincent Dance Theatre, Wendy Houstoun and Forced Entertainment. His work also includes teaching and implementing sound, set and lighting designs to community and school groups in and around Yorkshire, as well as production management within this context and regular work with Danceworks, supporting international dance companies visiting Sheffield Theatres. James lives in Sheffield.
Charlotte Vincent – Artistic Director (UK)
Charlotte Vincent formed Vincent Dance Theatre in 1994 and has directed all the company’s work to date. Productions include Test Run (created for Dance Umbrella 2006), Shifting Intimacies (interactive installation 2006), Fairytale (2006), Broken Chords (2005), Punch Drunk (2004), Let The Mountains Lead You To Love (2003), On The House (2000/03), Drop Dead Gorgeous (2001), Glasshouse (16mm film) and Body:Ink (art publication). She performed with VDT until 2002, and returned in 2006 to replace TC Howard in Broken Chords. She has designed the company’s work since 2005.
Charlotte’s work with VDT has been commissioned by ICA/Capture 4, Year of Photography and the Electronic Image, The Place, Arnolfini, Tramway, Green Room, Sheffield Theatres, Hall for Cornwall, Site Gallery, Yorkshire Dance, Dance Exchange, Swindon Dance and Danceworks UK. Charlotte has also choreographed productions for x-IDA Dance Company (Austria), Senza Tempo (Spain), Teeside Dance Initiative (UK), Taipei Crossover Dance (Taiwan), Welsh Independent Dance (UK), Anjali Dance Company with TC Howard (UK) and Cloudgate 2 (Taiwan). In 2007 Charlotte is making new work with Gravity and Levity Aerial Dance Company. In 2007/8 she is collaborating with Liz Ranken and Gregory Thompson, commissioned by the RSC/Tron Theatre to create a work centered around Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece.
Charlotte teaches extensively at higher education level in the UK and abroad at universities, colleges and dance agencies. She has taught extensively in the community setting leading projects with young offenders, long-term unemployed, women, people with disabilities, people with learning difficulties and has choreographed projects with young people across the UK. She contributes to the documentation of female arts practice through lecturing and publications and is engaging in mentoring emerging artists on a regular basis.