Current Dancers

We have invited essexdance, who worked with us on developing the 16 [R]evolutions, to bring the new production to New York. The dancers below, with whom we worked in England, are scheduled to join us for premiere on January 11th.

The creative process led by the artistic directors relies on improvisation as a source of inspiration, and the insights provided by this group of performers brings a richness to the work that would not otherwise be there.

(L-R: Johanna Levy, Daniel Suominen, Lucia Tong, Robert Clark)

Robert Clark

Robert Clark was born in England and trained at the Laban Centre London where he graduated in 2003 with a first class degree in Dance Theatre. He joined Edge, the postgraduate performance company at the Place, for 2003/04 where he worked with choreographers including Trisha Brown, Ben Wright, Kerry Nichols and Vanessa Haska. Since leaving EDge Robert has performed with Lisa Tourun Dance Company, Cie Felix Ruckert and Sasha Waltz and Guests. He is also developing work as an independent choreographer.

Johanna Levy

Originally from France, Johanna Levy was trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon and Rudra, the school of Maurice Béjart in Switzerland. She then did a BA and an MA in Performance Art in Paris witch she was awarded with the highest honors. She settled a dance company with five other dancers. At the same time she worked for a project in music, dance and architecture with the conductor Nicolas Frize and the choreographer Julie Des Prairies. Johanna moved to London in September 2004 and has worked with UK based choreographers: Joumana Mourad (Ijad Dance Company) and director: Jason Hird (Institute for Crazy dancing).

Daniel Suominen

Daniel Suominen completed a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre at Laban Centre London. As a free-lance dancer he has worked with Stefan Hahn’s Dance Company (Germany), Arte Latino (UK) and with Thomas Freundlich (Finland). In 2003 and 2005 he toured the Middle East, performing repertoire under the direction of Adam Darius with the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Noor Al-Hussein. He has also collaborated with the performance group Igloo at the Royal Opera House Clore Studio during summer 2004. Recently, he has worked with Angela Praed in Body of Long Memory, Backlight Dance Company, with former DV8 artists Liam Steel and Rob Tannion, and Ana Sanchez-Colberg. As a choreographer he has produced SOLO001 (video work, 2002), Urban Score (2003) and Ephemera (2004).

Lucia Tong

Lucia Tong was introduced to modern dance while earning her B.Sc. in Environmental Science at the University of California-Berkeley.  Having studied Chinese dance from an early age, she continued her training as a member of the Hong Kong National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.  Lucia has performed with the Bay Area Repertory Dance Company, Wood Dance, the Joe Good Performance Group and Greensco amongst others. Before arriving in Europe as an Impulstanz DanceWeb Scholar, she worked as a freelance dancer in Hong Kong.  Lucia is delighted by this opportunity to work with Troika Ranch.

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