Our panel of experts will choose the ultimate winner of the Dance Your City competition at the Live Final on 2 March 2012. Check out the finalists here www.southbankcentre.co.uk/dyc
Blanca Li
Born in Granada Spain, Blanca Li studied dance in New York and then relocated to France where she founded her own company in 1993. Since then she has created and produced a wide range of dance and non-dance projects featuring flamenco, feature films, classical ballet, multi-media exhibitions and hip hop. In 1999 she created the award-winning Macadam Macadam featuring 11 hip hop dancers, roller skaters and a BMX biker. In recognition of her innovative contributions to contemporary dance, Blanca Li is a recipient of the Manuel de Falla Award, the Globe de Christal and the Premio Max and was named Chevalier de l´Ordre du Mérite and Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.
Kate Prince
Kate is the Artistic Director of ZooNation Dance Company which she founded in 2002. In May 2010 she became an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells and ZooNation became a Resident Company.
In 2008 Kate directed and co-choreographed ZooNation’s five-star award-winning production Into the Hoods at the Novello Theatre which became both the first ever Hip Hop dance show to open in the West End and the longest running dance show in the West End’s history. In 2011 Kate wrote, directed and co-choreographed ZooNation’s production Some Like it Hip Hop at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre which enjoyed a critically successful sell-out run.
Kate has choreographed for two seasons of So You Think You Can Dance (BBC) and for the movie StreetDance 3D.
Kenrick “H20” Sandy
Kenrick “H2O” Sandy is a choreographer, performer, teacher and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Oliver Awarded Boy Blue Entertainment. Kenrick’s career spans over 10 years, both nationally and internationally. Video choreographic credits include Peter Andre and Plan B, Alexandra Burke, Misteeq, Beverley Knight, Big Brovas, Victoria Beckham, Sophie Ellis-Bexter, Dizzee Rascal and All Saints. Boy Blue Entertainment’s production of Pied Piper won an Olivier Award and the company won Best Dance Act Award at the Black Entertainment Film, Fashion, Television and Arts Awards in 2010. With this incredible list of achievements Kenrick is highly recognised as one of the most accomplished Hip Hop specialists from the UK today.
Peter Maniam
PeterManiam is the Projects Manager at Breakin Convention, the UKs festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre. Launched in 2004, the festival profiles the world’s elite hip-hop performers, nurtures UK-based talent and challenges the possibilities of Hip Hop Dance Theatre. Based at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, the festival now includes a UK tour to Plymouth, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Inverness, Sheffield, Brighton, Bristol and Leeds.
Wendy Martin
Wendy joined Southbank Centre in the Spring of 2011 as the Head of Performance and Dance. She had previously been living and working in Australia. In 2000 Wendy joined Cultural Affairs a the City of Sydney and was responsible for curating a program of outdoor performance across the city during the Olympics as well as producing the live event and broadcast for the arrival of the Olympic Flame into the City of Sydney. At the end of 2000 Wendy joined Sydney Opera House as a producer where she developed a number of significant events and productions. In 2006, Wendy was appointed Head of Theatre and Dance at Sydney Opera House and developed the international performance series “Adventures.” This program has presented work by artists including dancer Sylvie Guillem, director Peter Brook, Juliette Binoche, Akram Khan, Hofesh Shechter, Improbable Theatre, Patti Smith, and comedian Daniel Kitson. She produced Nigel Jamieson’s award winning physical theatre/dance work, Honour Bound that toured Australia, the UK and Europe in 2007. In 2008 Wendy founded SpringDance Australia’s only international contemporary dance Festival that is now a much anticipated annual event. In May 2011 she moved to London to take up the position of Head of Performance and Dance at Southbank Centre.
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