TOUCHDOWN DANCE - Key Persons
Angus has created around 85 pieces and taught all over the world, including for many years at EDDC/artEZ Arnhem, Scottish School of Contemporary Dance, Dartington and Northern School of Contemporary Dance. He was visiting professor of choreography at KNUA Seoul, and still is at LEM Buenos Aires. An associate artist at Ehrenfeld Studios in Koln.
Holly is a dancer and performer specialising in improvisation and inclusive practice. She has been a member of Touchdown Dance since working on SENSE-8 in 2000. Holly previously taught performing arts and music for the RNIB, and now works as a freelance teacher, facilitator and visiting lecturer.
Jamus joined Touchdown in 2008. Previously a photographer of dance, sight loss took him to the other side of the camera. A weaver of embodied arts, he combines contact improvisation and somatics.
Katy is a dancer, film-maker, and the director of Touchdown since 1994. She works as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Somatic Movement Therapist. Katy has danced since the age of 3 and continues to dance and teach in community, education, health and arts contexts.
Robert teaches contact improvisation in Higher Education and elsewhere in the UK and abroad. He began working with Touchdown in 2000 while finishing his BA at the University of Surrey. He has performed with the company from 2002 onwards and has directed London Contact Improvisation since 2001.
Stuart is blind and autistic. He started dancing with Touchdown Dance in his early 20s, touring in several performances on main stages worldwide. Stuart has danced in Touchdown productions Closer, Apparently Normal and Follow the Frame.