Siobhan Davies
Siobhan Davies
Siobhan Davies CBEwas a dancer with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre during the 1970s, and became one of its leading choreographers creating groundbreaking work such as Sphinx. In 1988, she founded her own company, Siobhan Davies Dance...
aware good improve work
They improve greatly, and sometimes I go and see the performances they do and I am consciously aware that there isn't enough work for the good dancers.
among dancers forward genuine interest money
We need to find the money to do it again, but there was such a genuine interest among the dancers who did come forward that I feel we should.
dance play influence
It's not just for its influence on us, but to knowknow that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence.
independent years choices
Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work.
track want made
If I only made dances about my own experience in dance, it would always be on my track, and I don't want that, I want to be on the track of where dance can take me.
dance ideas world
The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas.