CLOD ENSEMBLE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Current Director of Development and Enterprises
- Director of Development & Enterprises, Royal Opera House
Current Director of Development and Enterprises, Amanda leads a team of 37 fundraisers that are responsible for 28,000 key business, funder and advocacy relationships at the Royal Opera House. ROH is home to two of the world's greatest artistic companies, The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet, performing with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Amanda is amongst the teaching staff of the Master in Performing Arts Management programme in Milan, established by Accademia Teatro alla Scala.
Job Titles:
- London Arts and Health, Director
Anna has lived experience of birth trauma and has worked with UCH maternity (2018) Tea and Toast: Poems for New Mums, Maternal Journal Maternal Journal (2021) and The Mum Poem Press (2021) Songs of Love and Strength exploring this topic. Anna is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Royal Society of Public Health. She is a trustee for the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society which was founded by her own Mother who has RA, 21 years ago as a patient-led charity, supporting people living with Arthritis.
Anna is also currently doing a part-time PhD at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and her project is in collaboration with young people who are experiencing invisible chronic illness.
At London Arts and Health, Anna has driven content and ideas around cultural social prescribing, practitioner care and networking with key stakeholders in Creative Health across London. Anna authored the Cultural Social Prescribing Myth Buster, co-chairs the London Action on Creative Health stakeholder group and runs initiatives such as the Digital Sandpit for LAH.
Job Titles:
- Research Manager ( Performing Medicine )
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- Head of Producing & Touring, Sadler 's Wells
Originally from Brazil, Bia Oliveira has been involved with performance for over 25 years as a performer, producer and director, working mainly internationally. In the last 15 years Bia has focused on the production, touring, management and administration of arts projects, working across the spectrum of theatre, visual arts, dance, live art and performance. Head of Producing and Touring at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, Bia leads on the touring of Sadler's Wells productions, working alongside Artistic Director & CEO Alistair Spalding and Executive Producer Suzanne Walker on securing co-production partnerships. Bia also produces some of Sadler's Wells higher profile productions, documentaries, digital projects and installations. Bia is currently working with Tanssin Talo, Finland's first house dedicated to dance to open in Helsinki, at the end of 2021. Bia is an advisor on Tanssin Talo's SPARKS project, working with a group of artists moving from mid to large-scale stages.
Job Titles:
- Digital Creator & Platform Co - Ordinator
Camara joins us as the Digital Creator & Platform Coordinator.
Camara comes from an arts background, having worked in theatre, music and heritage. Camara specialises in content production, graphic design and campaigns.
Camara is a strong advocate for under-represented communities, working to provide access, platform voices and promote awareness of inequality through her art. Camara sits on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of Ordinary People, working to increase access to the arts in South East England. Camara is also an Advisor for Wellbeing in the Arts and leads their QTPOC peer support group.
Job Titles:
- Programme Manager ( Performing Medicine )
Carly joined Performing Medicine in 2016, as Programme Manager and Associate Artist. She is involved in planning, designing and facilitating arts-based training for healthcare professionals and medical students working with a team of Associate Artists.
She has over 20 years' experience in the dance sector of pioneering and leading participatory dance interventions with marginalised groups with a focus on transformation including working extensively in criminal justice and mental health both in the UK and Internationally. Carly is interested in the impact of the arts in improving people's lives, health and wellbeing.
Job Titles:
- Executive Producer ( Performing Medicine )
Catherine is responsible for strategic vision at Performing Medicine. After graduating in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford, Catherine was awarded a European bursary to train in production at the National Film & Television School's Short Course Unit. Over the next ten years, Catherine went on to develop, produce and direct a wide range of broadcast and arts funded films.
Catherine joined EdComs, a leading educational communications agency, in 2007 where she founded the company's in-house film unit. As Head of Film, Catherine led the team to win the prestigious ‘Evcom Production Company of the Year Award' in 2015. Work focused largely on young people's health, curiosity and learning and was created for clients such as Wellcome, Public Health England, Sport England and the British Council.
Job Titles:
- Learning and Talent Development Producer
Claire has worked in the dance sector for over 25 years - firstly as a dancer and rehearsal director for Wayne Mcgregor, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Theatre-Rites and Clod Ensemble, amongst others. She then crossed over into producing and programming for Agudo Dance Company, Akram Khan Company, Nottingham Lakeside Arts and Sadler's Wells Theatre.
She maintains a teaching practise and has made a significant contribution to health and wellbeing for dancers in company, studio and higher education settings.
Claire joined Clod Ensemble in 2022, as Learning & Participation Producer, to develop the innovative Reboot, Ear Opener, and Clod Intensive programmes. She looks forward to supporting many artists and young people in various areas of their professional development.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate Artist
Djenaba is an Associate Artist and joined Clod in 2021 as Music and Sound Creator as part of the Jerwood Arts Bursary Scheme. Djenaba uses multidisciplinary skills in sound and visual art in their own work and with Clod Ensemble. They are a multi-instrumentalist, composer, experimental sound and visual artist based in London uses double bass, violin and original sounds to explore alternative communication and connections with space and nature.
Job Titles:
- Research & Projects Coordinator ( Performing Medicine )
- Research & Projects Coordinator at Performing Medicine
Eliz is Research & Projects Coordinator at Performing Medicine. She studied Psychology (BSc) at Reading University and Global Health & Social Justice (MSc) at Kings College London. Previously working in Market Research and as a Research Assistant at Kings, she has a strong research background and an interest in Global Mental Health where she has contributed to several published journal articles in this field.
Job Titles:
- Research Manager at King 's College London
Fatimah Awan is currently Research Manager at King's College London. Prior to this she worked at a number of higher education institutions in research management roles, including the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Royal College of Art and Queen Mary University of London. Fatimah also held academic positions and was a Research Fellow in Media Users and Creative Methodologies at the University of Westminster, London, and taught media and cultural studies for a number of years at Southampton Solent University. She has a PhD from Bournemouth University, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA).
Job Titles:
- Arts Project Manager, Freelance
Frank is a dedicated arts project manager and committed social change activist with over 20 year's experience working at senior management and board level in the voluntary and community sector.
He is the Operations Manager for the World Cities Culture Forum; a Mentor and Assessor for CLOCK Your Skills; Co-Director of Margate Carnival; Trustee of The Show Crib youth charity; Director of GB Carnival, Advisor to the Federation of Latin American Artists and Groups and co-producer of the NATYS: New Acts of The Year comedy showcase, and, with Hear Me Out Music, Voices to the World
His recent work includes: Creative Producer for Bernie Grant Arts Centre; Programme Director professional development programmes: Generation Uncovered and Soho Theatre's New Comedy Promoters (2021/22); Producer for Carnival Arts projects: Wiphala Pride (2020); and Go Wild, the Socially Distant Doorstep Carnival (2020 & 21); Producer for Hearticulate and Facemasks Pioneers, grassroots community arts and public health awareness projects.
For his MA in Creative Industries Futures and Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice Award, Frank is researching the Caribbean Carnival artform, Junkanoo, and the folklore and legends which travelled to the slave plantations during the genocide of African people in the 17th & 18th centuries.
Job Titles:
- Head of Communications
- in 2022 As Head of Communications
Fred joined Clod Ensemble in 2022 as Head Of Communications. Prior to joining Clod, he spent several years working for the online record shop and music website Norman Records, first as a writer and subsequently as Features Editor. In a freelance capacity, he has written about music, art and culture for publications including Vice, Bandcamp Daily and Novara Media, and has worked with the Youth Music charity and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Fred is also a musician and performer who has toured nationally and internationally, sharing the stage with acts including The Bug, Micachu & the Shapes, Melt Yourself Down and Marie Davidson. Between 2014 and 2022 he was a member of the Leeds-based co-operatively run music venue and rehearsal space Chunk, serving on Chunk's management committee between 2020 and 2022.
Job Titles:
- Bourgeois & Maurice, Co - Founder
Writer and performer George Heyworth is the Bourgeois half of acclaimed music-satire duo Bourgeois & Maurice. Born from the alternative cabaret and clubland scene of mid-00s London, Bourgeois & Maurice have gone on to tour the world with their brand of highly acerbic, ultra-contemporary cabaret. George's other performing credits include Clod Ensemble's On the High Road (UK tour, 2019) and Henry Fry's First Time For Everything (Hachette audiobooks, 2022). As a writer he has been commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe, Birmingham Rep, BBC Radio 3 and HOME Manchester.
Barrister, James St Ville was called to the Bar in 1995. At Gray's Inn, he was awarded the Bird & Bird Award for Intellectual Property, the Moot Society Prize and the Prince of Wales Award. At St. John's College Cambridge, he was a Morton Scholar and awarded 1st Class Honours in Engineering, Sir Joseph Larmor's Plate, the St.John's College Prize and the University IEE Institution Prize. He is recommended as a Leading Junior in Information Technology and Intellectual Property by Chambers UK and by Legal Experts and is a chartered engineer with commercial experience of electronics, optical communications and engineering.
Job Titles:
- Director of English National Opera Baylis
- Director of Strategy
Jenny is the Director of Strategy and Learning & Participation at the ENO, where she is responsible for leading the ENO's learning and participation programme and for developing organisational strategy. Since joining the ENO in June 2020 Jenny has developed a range of new programmes and initiatives, including the award winning ENO Breathe, an arts and health collaboration with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust that aims to provide crucial support for people recovering from Covid-19. The programme now works with over 30 NHS Trusts across the country, and has received widespread press and media coverage from both across the UK and globally. Prior to this, Jenny was Director of Creative Learning at the Barbican and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she worked for just over a decade on a range of participatory arts programmes across visual arts, theatre, dance, film, music and literature. Highlights in her time there include the flagship schools programme, Barbican Box; launching the London training centre for the world's first disabled-led youth orchestra, the National Open Youth Orchestra, in partnership with Open Up Music; and a National Creative Learning Award for the department's three-year partnership with The Garden School in Hackney, a school for learners with autism. Jenny trained at postgraduate level as both an artist and educator.
She has a Masters (Distinction) in Theatre Directing from Middlesex University and the Russian Institute of Theatre Art (GITIS), a PGCE from the University of Greenwich and an MA (Hons) from the University of St Andrews. She is a trustee on the Board of the Clod Ensemble.
As development manager, Julia is responsible for fundraising, new partnerships and opportunities for growth across Clod Ensemble's programmes. Julia has a background in science - she has a BSc in Biology and worked in development and operations for the charity Sense about Science. She holds an MSc in Strategic Charity Marketing and Fundraising from Bayes Business School.
Job Titles:
- Digital Platforms Co - Ordinator ( Ear Opener )
- Digital Platforms Coordinator for Clod Ensemble 's Ear Opener
Kira is the Digital Platforms Coordinator for Clod Ensemble's Ear Opener. In her role, Kira is responsible for strategy, planning, content creation and maximizing growth across the Ear Opener social community. She has a background in Music - with a BA in Music Technology from the University Of Sussex, and has worked as a digital content/music consultant managing social channels for Pink Floyd, Phil Collins and up-and-coming YouTubers.
Job Titles:
- Head of Innovation at Chelsea
- Innovation Business Partner, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Mike is Head of Innovation at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, leading the CW Innovation, a collaboration between the trust and CW+. He works collaboratively with the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator to support the widespread adoption of innovation across the NHS with the aim of putting them into the hands of patients and staff more quickly. Prior to his current role, Mike was Programme Director for long-term conditions at Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, building new approaches to tackling the social determinants of ill-health.
Prior to that he was Head of Health Investment, leading the establishment of the NHS's first Investment Fund (the Bright Ideas Fund), Health Foundry, one of the UK's first dedicated digital health co-working spaces, and investing in Europe's first digital health accelerator, Healthbox. Mike has supported the development of innovation programmes within public sector organisations since 2001 including at the Centre for Applied Microbiological Research, the Harwell Research Centre, and Culham Fusion.
Job Titles:
- Finance
- Head of Operations
Olivia Amory studied English at Bristol University before starting her career in arts administration. She has worked for the Independent Theatre Council (ITC), World Stages London, The Print Room and Shakespeare School Festival. She worked as an independent producer before joining Clod Ensemble in 2017 as General Manager. She is now Head of Operations and Finance.
Paul is co-artistic director of CLOD ENSEMBLE and has written critically acclaimed original scores for all the company's productions to date - ranging from totally acoustic works, to multi speaker installations. Each score is a bespoke piece that is in a dialogue with the visual material; Silver Swan is an acapella piece for seven classical singers; Under Glass is an entirely recorded surround-sound installation; whilst An Anatomie counterpoints electronics, live orchestral music and a rock band.
As a leading composer on the British theatre scene, Paul has written dozens of scores for theatre in the UK and internationally. He has written music for and with a hugely diverse range of musicians from Manchester Camerata and Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik; to Dangermouse, the Welsh National Opera male chorus and Mark E Smith (The Fall).
Paul has a long-standing collaboration with theatre and opera director Katie Mitchell for whom he has written over twenty scores in theatres across Europe, including Waves and Wunschkonzert, and with Gare St Lazare with whom he created Here All Night (Lincoln Center, New York, Brighton Festival, The Abbey, Dublin) an acclaimed words and music piece using texts by Samuel Beckett. In Spring 2019 Paul composed the score for Norma Jeane Baker of Troy featuring Renee Fleming and Ben Wishaw, as part the inaugural season at The Shed, New York.
In TV and film, he has collaborated with Simon Amstell, French auteur Arnaud Desplechin, award winning Anglo Irish Director John Michael McDonagh and written scores for David Sedaris audio books. Other works include The Weather Man (Opera North) and Liebeslied/My Suicides, a collaboration with photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg (ICA/Genesis Foundation), gallery installations (ICA, Ceri Hands) museum installations (V&A) and one-off events (e.g. 500th anniversary of Hampton Court video/firework event).
Paul is a powerful advocate for the access of young people to live music and leads CLOD ENSEMBLE's inspirational project for music creators, Ear Opener.
Job Titles:
- Production & Engagement Coordinator
Pembe is a multidisciplinary backstage creative, specialising in live audio, stage, production and tour management. With a background in youth work, public speaking and diversity consultancy.
She is the founder of Petok Productions, a women, trans and non-binary led production company recognising women, trans and non-binary people working behind the scene, screens and lens. - www.petokproductions.com
Roxanne is Executive Producer, working with the Artistic Directors to shape and deliver Clod Ensemble's artistic programme, across live performances, public events and participation. She leads on the strategic development of new partnerships and projects. She studied Drama & Theatre Arts at University of Birmingham.
Roxanne has worked across the live arts sector creating bold, impactful cultural programmes in venues, producing organisations and with independent artists including Fuel, The Old Vic, Tobacco Factory, Battersea Arts Centre, OperaUpClose, Theatre Royal Plymouth, 14-18 NOW.
Featuring a choir of seven unaccompanied singers, Silver Swan is set to Paul Clark's acclaimed score which takes two seventeenth century melodies and weaves them into a beautifully haunting texture.
A performance that responds to the space in which it is performed - sometimes a choreographed concert, sometimes a visual poem featuring dancers and actors - Silver Swan has been performed at venues including Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, V&A's Raphael Room and McEwan Hall, Edinburgh.
Silver Swan was originally commissioned by BAC and supported by ENO Studio and the National Theatre Studio. Since then it has been supported by Garrick Charitable Trust, The Leche Trust, PRSF, RVW trust and the Hinrichson Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Artistic Director
- Artists
Over 27 years, Suzy Willson has created an extraordinary body of work that has pushed the boundaries of choreographic practice. After training with legendary theatre and movement teacher Jacques Lecoq in Paris she created CLOD ENSEMBLE with composer Paul Clark, creating award-winning, movement- based performance work which ‘defies categorisation'. Her work is provocative, uncompromising and finely crafted - ambitious in scale and concept - shown in art galleries, theatres, dance houses and public spaces in the UK and internationally.
From the choral lament Silver Swan in Tate Modern's vast Turbine Hall, to Red Ladies - performed across an entire city (complete with helicopter, stretch limousine and owl) - to An Anatomie - dissecting Sadler's Wells auditorium and stage - Suzy's work has always encouraged people to see familiar spaces from a new perspective. She has inspired a generation of artists and choreographers who want to make interdisciplinary work and has created a powerful platform for artist development.
Suzy's work in the area of movement and medicine is pioneering. The Performing Medicine programme encourages people working in healthcare to appreciate the choreographic, non-verbal and spatial dimensions of care as well as inviting the general public to consider themes at the heart of 21st century medicine. She is Professor of Movement, Arts & Medicine at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.
Suzy is powerful advocate for the importance of dance, movement and choreography in our culture and an articulate spokeswoman for its potential to change the way we think about our bodies and how they move in relation to the contexts and spaces we inhabit. She is a regular contributor to journals and books on both performance and medicine - with articles in Dance Theatre, The Guardian, The Lancet, Performance Research, Routledge and Methuen edited collections, and has been interviewed on BBC Radio, More4 News and Sky Sports after a project with footballers at Cardiff FC.