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Audiences- Beautiful
- Gorgeous
- Awe inspiring
- Congratulations on a sterling show, artistry, and scale, a wonderful achievement. A triumph! (Liz Aggiss, Divas Dance Theatre)
- The show was delightful - I enjoyed every minute.
- A wonderful and unique event.'
- What a performance...so original, creative and amusing. Viva pedal power!
Participants- Participation in the BB was a truly life affirming experience
- I had such fun messing about on and off my bike. It was a huge commitment but well worth it!
- The whole experience was really friendly, supportive, exciting and great fun - thank you!
- The bicycle ballet team were fantastic and really inspiring.'
- I think at least a few people will have gone home and got their bike out of the shed. And we all did stuff I don't think we expected
- It was amazing to dance with my bicycle as my partner - it made complete sense, after all, we see each other and ride together almost every day!'.
Category Archives: Biogs
Flick Ferdinando – Blazing Saddles
Flick is a performer & director in the devised theatre sector, creating work for indoor & outdoor venues. She was head of theatre & artistic advisor for the BA Hons at the National Centre for Circus Arts (formerly The Circus … Continue reading
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Hazel Lam, Blazing Saddles & Strictly Cycling Performer
Hazel Lam graduated from Northern Ballet School, Manchester in 2006 & joined the Cairo Opera Ballet Company as a corps de ballet. She was soon promoted to be a soloist in the company. Returning to the UK, she discovered circus … Continue reading
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Eleni Papaioannou, Blazing Saddles Performer
Eleni is a freelance dance artist & performer specialising in physical theatre & improvisation. She completed her undergraduate studies at London Contemporary Dance School & has since worked professionally with various choreographers & artists such as Luca Silvestrini (Protein Dance), … Continue reading
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Jo Dyer, Blazing Saddles Performer
After studying Modern Languages at the University of Bristol, Jo trained in Contemporary Dance & her main dance practise is now Contact Improvisation. She has performed her own work widely, including A Tin Drum (award … Continue reading
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Mary Roubos, Blazing Saddles Performer
Born in Australia, Mary studied theatre at the University of Melbourne. During her time there she worked on many devised, immersive & physical pieces with directors Daniel Schlusser & butoh performance artist Yumi Umiumare. In the UK, she graduated from … Continue reading
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Bryony Thomas, Blazing Saddles Performer
Bryony has a first class degree in experimental theatre from Brunel University & attended the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She has been performing & directing professionally for the last 10 years, with recent work at The Liverpool Playhouse, The … Continue reading
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Everyday Hero – Technical Spec
Everyday Hero is approximately 25 minutes long and is performed twice on one day. The show is performed in the round and requires: Level, hard standing space approx 20m x 15m Rope, cones, chalk or similar to de-marcate the performance … Continue reading
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Final R&D for workshop to perform as part of Everyday Hero
Everyday Hero is nearly finished, but we’re looking for up to 20 participants (sighted people with dance experience, and interested visually impaired people) to work with us to help develop a free workshop which will tour alongside the show. This … Continue reading
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Tracey Hammett, Writer Everyday Hero
Tracey Hammett is a script writer, lyricist and poet. Born in Cardiff, she studied English and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths College. She started writing for the BBC CBeebies Channel when it launched in 2000 and has been writing for many … Continue reading
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