Who's Who
| Artistic Director | Jasmin Vardimon |
| Associate Director | Guy Bar-Amotz |
| Executive Producer | Ian Ross |
| General Manager | Rebekah Jones |
| Educational Project Director | Mafalda Deville |
| Touring & Production Co-ordinator | Katie Bailey |
| Finance Manager | Jo Jowett |
| Marketing & Press | Helen Snell +44 (0)20 7240 5537 info@helensnell.com |
| Performing Company | Luke Burrough Tim Casson Olga Clavel-Gimeno Sam Coren Mafalda Deville Estéban Fourmi David Lloyd YunKrung Song Elena Stavropoulou |
| Creative Team for Yesterday | Chahine Yavroyan - Lighting Designer Michael Klega - Animation Linda Rowell - Costume Designer Nik Kennedy - Sound Designer |
| Patron | Sian Phillips CBE |
| Board of Directors | Stephen Munn (Chair), Philippe Carden, Suzie Leighton, Katie Normington. Johnny O’Reilly, Fabi Waisbort |
Jasmin Vardimon - Artistic Director
Jasmin was born and raised on a Kibbutz in central Israel. She joined the Kibbutz Dance Company, one of Israel’s largest dance companies, and in 1995, won a British Council ‘On the way to London’ Award. She moved to London in 1997 where she founded Jasmin Vardimon Company (previously Zbang).
Jasmin is an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells. Previously, she was an Associate Artist at The Place in 1998 and a Yorkshire Dance Partner from 1999–2005.
Her works for Jasmin Vardimon Company include: Justitia, Park, Lullaby, Ticklish, LureLureLure, Tête, Madame Made and Therapist. Lullaby gained her selection for the BBC documentary Dance Film Academy featuring the development of a film version of the piece (2005).
Jasmin has also choreographed for other companies including Hellenic Dance (Athens), CandoCo, WID, Bare Bones, Transitions and curated the Dance Ballads Festival at the Oval House.
She has received a number of awards including: the prestigious Jerwood Choreography Award (2000); the Jerwood Foundation’s ‘Changing Stages’ Award (2004); a nomination for ‘Best Female Artist’ at Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards (2003); The London Arts Board ‘New Choreographers’ Award (1998); The Colette Littman Scholarship Award (1997); The Havatzeleth Foundation Scholarship (1997 & 1995); the British Council’s ‘On the Way to London’ Choreography Prize for Israeli choreographer (1995); and the America-Israel Foundation Choreography Scholarship (1989 & 1991).
Guy Bar-Amotz - Associate Director
Guy Bar-Amotz has a Masters in Fine Art from Goldsmith’s College, London (1997) and was an artist in residence at Rijkacadamie in Amsterdam (1998–9). His work has been applauded worldwide, in venues such as the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Ikon Gallery Birmingham, Tate Britain and the Sidney Biennale. Guy has collaborated with Jasmin in various performances over the last six years, combining installation art with dance and video. Guy acts as a dramaturge for the Company.
Ian Ross - Executive Producer
Ian Ross joined the company as Executive Producer in September 2007.
Ian was Executive Director of Cambridge Arts for six years, from 1998–2004; General Manager at Bromley Churchill Theatre from 1998–2000; General Manager for The Theatre of Comedy Company from 1995–1998; Deputy Chief Executive of Norwich Theatre Royal from 1992–1995; and Executive Producer at PW Productions for a year.
Ian is Director of his own Production Company, B&R Productions Ltd and Todds Gallery Ltd, based in Hastings. Over the past four years he has worked as a Programming Consultant and Mentor with Arts Council England, South Coast Artists, Dab Arts Group, Fireraisers Theatre Company, New Vic Workshop, Allways Learning, Hastings Borough Council, The Lowry, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Churchill Theatre Bromley and Norwich Theatre Royal.
Ian has produced many theatre productions over the past 15 years both in the West End, nationally and internationally.
Chahine Yavroyan - Lighting Designer
As well as theatre, opera and dance, has lit objects, clothes, casts of one to 240, buildings, shows in back rooms of pubs as well as on main stages, site-specific, indoors and outdoors. Previous work with Jasmin – Justitia, Park, Lullaby and Ticklish. Other dance work with Bock & Vincenzi, Colin Poole, Candoco, Arthur Pita, Henrietta Hale, Dog Kennel Hill Project, Walkerdance, Rosemary Lee, Ricochet, Hofesh Shechter, Lea Anderson, Kate Brown, etc.
Linda Rowell - Costume Designer
Trained at St. Martins School of Art. Costume designs include Recall for Darshan Singh Bhuller’s Singh Productions at the Linbury Studio Theatre and on tour and Sita, choreographed by Darshan Singh Bhuller for Irek Mukhamedov and Company at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. For Michael Popper Seven Deadly Sins at the Musik Hochschule, Cologne and In Fact You Can… for Scottish Dance Theatre. Linda has designed for Intoto Dance Theatre, London Studio Centre’s graduate performance company for several years, creating costumes for Javier de Frutos, Aletta Collins, Michael Popper, Kerry Nicholls, Ramon Oller, Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie, Isira Makuloluwe, Luca Silvestrini and Janet Smith, amongst others. Most recently, Linda designed costumes for Okan’ Nijo (One) for Sakoba Dance Theatre choreographed by Bode Lawal.
Nik Kennedy - Sound Designer
Nik is a freelance sound engineer who has worked with Jasmin for the last three years. He has travelled extensively around the world with music, dance and theatre tours. He has toured with artists such as Oasis, Basement Jaxx, Erasure, Yazoo, The harder They Come, The People Show, The Whoopee Club, Rafael Bonchello and The Cholmodeleys and Featherstonehaughs. He is also involved in the sound design of “Death of a Double Act” a short film due to be released next year. Nik has also won great acclaim as DJ at many after show parties and events.
Luke Burrough - Performer
Luke graduated from The Laban Centre in 1995 and worked with Green Candle, Retina and Turning Worlds dance companies, before meeting Jasmin in 1997. He collaborated with the company on Therapist, Tete, LureLureLure and Ticklish taking a break in 2003 to train as a skipper and work for a while in the sailing industry. Returning to London in 2004, Luke took over a role in Lullaby, and was later involved in the creation of Justitia. He is very glad to be celebrating the 10th birthday of the company by performing in Yesterday.
Tim Casson - Performer
Tim trained at The BRIT School and Bird College. Upon completion of his training in 2006 Tim joined Jasmin Vardimon Company as an apprentice through London Contemporary Dance School and became a full member of the company in 2007. Tim has also worked with MWAG (Mother Wanted A Girl) and recently completed an MA in Contemporary Dance. Tim is pleased to be part of Yesterday celebrating Jasmin Vardimon Company's 10th anniversary!
Olga Clavel-Gimeno - Perfomer
Olga graduated with a Bachelor of Dance in the field of Interpretation and Choreography from the Alicia Alonso Senior Institute of Dance. She studied Classical Dance at the Superior Conservatory of Classical Dance in Valencia, Spain and won a scholarship to continue her studies at the Cátedra de Alicia Alonso in Madrid. During this period, she performed internationally in Cuba, Santo Domingo and across Europe as a prima ballerina and received the Rey Juan Carlos University ‘Best Interpretation 2000-2004’ Award. Following her studies, she became a member of the David Campos Classical Company. She completed her Doctorate of Scenic Arts at the University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid and moved to Barcelona to join the contemporary L’Anonima Imperial Company, touring globally from Singapore to Brasil and throughout Europe. She is currently promoting her own choreographies and has received awards from several contests (Burgos-New York in Spain, No Ballet in Berlin) and many others with her work Llena de Flores tu Boca. She joined Jasmin Vardimon Company in 2009 for Yesterday and the creation of the 7734.
Sam Coren - Performer
Sam grew up in Oxford dancing with Cecilia Macfarlane training primarily in improvisation and b-boying before graduating from London Contemporary Dance School, with a first class honours degree in 2009. During his time at The Place Sam began working freelance, performing across the UK in various festivals and projects including Resolutions, Edinburgh Festival, Sadler's Wells Gala and improvisation ensemble Trumpet Creeper, whilst also receiving choreographic commissions for which he works under the name 'Grotto'.
Mafalda Deville – Performer/Rehearsal Director/Educational Project Director
Finished her degree at Ginasiano Dance School-Portugal in 1997 followed by One Year Special at London Contemporary Dance School in 1998\99. Joins BCN Dance Company in January 2000, and starts developing her choreography skills, becoming the resident choreographer of the company. In 2003 joins Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company, and performs in Lullaby and Park. In 2005 she choreographed and performed for Dance\Film Directed and Produced by Israel Pimenta. In 2006 becomes the rehearsal director for JVC for the production Justitia. Aside from JVC, Mafalda keeps developing, her own physical theatre creative work and choreographed 10min. of Coffe in 2006. She has been selected by Aveirense Theatre to produce her work Kouglof in November 2006 and I prefer to stand...simbolically in 2007, and following her passion for education she runs her own Dance school Project in Porto-Portugal since September 2007.
Estéban Fourmi - Performer
Born in Le Mans, France, 1986. Estéban received his education in different art institutions including dance, music and drama at Conservatory of Angers and Paris. He finished his study in 2008 at Palucca Schule in Dresden where he danced for the Palucca Dance Studio performing works by William Forsythe, Sasha Waltz, Rui Horta and others. Since then Estéban has worked for the Staatstheater Kassel (Germany), Tanz factor (Switzerland) and other projects in Europe. He joined Jasmin Vardimon Company in 2010.
David Lloyd - Performer
David graduated from the West Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2006. He joined Buzz Dance Theatre Company in Perth Australia, works include Colourwheel, Chrissy Parrot’s Terminal Velocity, Amy Smiths’ Refund Policy, Cinderella Dressed In Yella regional WA Tour and Rabbit Australia Tour. He joined Yellow Glass Theatre/Eventainment’s production of Hair the Musical and RENT. David moved to London at the beginning of 2008, where he began working with Luca Silvestrini, shows include On Display for the Birmingham International Dance Festival 2008; Protein Dance Company's Dear Body (national tour 2008-09). Other companies include Gary Clarke Dance Company for Coal (national tour 2009); Mad Dogs Dance Theatre for working title Irreversible (2009); and Neon Productions Company for Falling from Trees (2010). David joined Jasmin Vardimon Company in 2009 for the creative development of 7734 and the performance of Yesterday.
YunKrung Song - Performer
Song was part of Jasmin's previous productions Parkand Justitia and is pleased to play a role in her latest work Yesterday. She has been involved in various dance choreography in Japan and Korea and trained in Dance Movement Therapy at Goldsmiths University in 2003.
Elena Stavropoulou - Perfomer
Graduated from Greek State School of Dance in 2007 and has performed as member of Hellenic Dance Company and other projects in Greece and Europe. She has been the apprentice of Jasmin Vardimon Company through London Contemporary Dance School since November 2007. She has studied music and is a member of 'Opus Femina' choir in Greece that has participated in several music festivals and competitions in Greece and abroad.
