Creative / Artistic Team

Speaker

Martin Lawrance

Resident Choreographer

Ballet Manila Inc.

Martin Lawrance was born in Leicester and began dancing with Leicester Youth Dance Theatre under the direction of Sue Rosenbloom. He trained at Coventry Centre for the Performing Arts and then at London Contemporary Dance School. He first worked with Richard Alston whilst performing with the postgraduate performance group 4D. He danced with Richard Alston Dance Company from 1995–2007 having over 25 Principal roles created for him, becoming Rehearsal Director in 2007-2020.

In 2000, Martin was invited by Meltdown Festival director and composer Scott Walker to make Thimble Rigging to an original score. He has created five works for London Contemporary Dance School, and two works, Grey Allegro and Silken Steel, for the State School of Dance in Athens. In June 2003, Martin presented a full evening of his work at The Place, and in 2004 Charge was commissioned for The Place Prize. Grey Allegro and Charge were subsequently taken into the Richard Alston Dance Company repertoire.

Creations:

For Richard Alston Dance Company:

  • About Face
  • Brink
  • Stealing Poison
  • Body & Soul
  • To Dance and Skylark
  • Lie of the Land
  • Other Than I
  • Madcap
  • Burning
  • Stronghold
  • Tangent
  • Cut and Run
  • Detour
  • A Far Cry

For Ballet Black:

  • Pendulum
  • Captured
  • Limbo
  • Table Talk (a dance film during the pandemic period)

For Scottish Ballet:

  • Run For It (for Dance GB)
  • Dark Full Ride (for Edinburgh International Festival 2013)

For New York Theater Ballet:

  • Grey Clouds

For Ballet Manila:

  • Misfit or Maverick
  • Rebel
  • Amid Shadows
  • Aria
  • Winding Road
  • Sketches of Romeo
  • Home (for Silver Lining - online video)
  • Unearthed
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Summer Heights High (for Star City)