•GREY PICKET FENCE [in development]•
IMAGES BY IAN HIPPOLYTE
A draft work created at the Royal Ballet & Opera, performed in the Clore Studio.
Role (Choreographer)
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CAST//
Ravi Cannonier Watson | Scarlett Harvey | Amos Child | Tristan-Ian Massa | Yuki Nagayasu
•Romeo & Juliet•
IMAGES BY CHARLIE FLINT
A Theatre Royal Stratford East production, in collaboration with Sadler’s Wells.
Role (Associate Choreographer)
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CAST//
Joy Adeogun | Sue Agyakwa | Aneeza Selina Ahmed | Amélie Bardsley | Isobel Beney | Dhruv Bhudia | Katie Blake | Yaorao Cai | Bubbly Choudhury | Panitsa Christodoulou | Vernel Creavalle | Louis Donovan | Claire Dooley | Alya Mey Dormen | Bre Francis | Michael Grady-Hall | Sharon Grandison | Ben Hocken | Bill Hopkinson | Sam Larsen | Ying Hui Tham | Natasha Lewis | Christvie Mvioki | Joshua Ogbue | Dami Ojobaro | Shakira Paulas | Oliver Pritchard | Rhys Quilley | Louise Rowe | Andi Rroku | Ibraheem Shah | Nissy Valeria Suárez Maldonado | Nathan Terence Bucio | Naomi Tobias | Praeploy Pam Tomuan | Polly Towers | Sophia Towli | Reanna Vernon
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CREATIVE TEAM//
By William Shakespeare | Adapted by Kwame Owusu | Co-Director: Emily Ling Williams | Choreographer & Co-Director: Malik Nashad Sharpe | Set & Costume Designer: Liam Bunster | Lighting Designer: Alex Fernandes | Sound Designer: Nicola T Chang | Associate Choreographer: BLUE MAKWANA | Associate Director: Roberta Zuric | Young Actor Company Director: Grace Duggan | Community Company Director: Simone Watson-Brown | Fight Director: Sam Lyon-Behan | Voice and Dialect Coach: Hazel Holder | Intimacy Director: Sophie Cooch | Company Intimacy Facilitator : Waldrop | Costume Supervisor: Olivia Ward
•Love to Love You Baby: Donna Summer Reimagined•
A Roundhouse Three Sixty event.
Role (Associate Movement Director)
CREATIVE TEAM AND PRODUCTION TEAM//
Co-Curator / Creative Director – ESKA | Roundhouse Co-Curator / Associate Creative Producer – Jack Prideaux | Music Director – Ben Trickey | Movement Director – Sarah Golding Associate Movement Director – BLUE MAKWANA | Choir Director – Alice Grant |Roundhouse Project Producer – Rachel Evans
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ARTISTS//
Mica Paris | Tom Rasmussen | Kele Le Roc | Stush | DJ Spinada | Le Gateau Chocolat | Roses Gabor | Kelli-Leigh | Teni Tinks | Katy B | MNEK | NIA | Marla Kether
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PERFORMERS//
Roundhouse Vocal & Movement Collective (VMC) and students from London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS).
•TOASTED•
A commission for the Young Associates 2024 Mixed Bill ‘Four’, at Sadler’s Wells.
CHOREOGRAPHER// BLUE MAKWANA
DANCERS aka $UPER$TARZ //
Charlotte Edmonds | Serena McCall | Tanisha Addicott
Kibrea Carmichael | Tabitha O’Sullivan | Honey Makwana
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CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM//
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Producer: Lucy Clarke-Bishop | Producer of Learning & Engagement: Christopher Haddow: Dramaturg and Mentorship: Tim Casson | Creative Mentor: Lisa Welham | Project Coordinator: Zeynep Gunaydin | Lighting Designer: Millie Hawkes | Lighting Programmer: Composer: Dylan Jones | Voice Over Artist: Gavin Dunn | Voice Over Artist: Emet Yah-Khai | Costume Designer: MAKWAAN | BSL Interpreter: Bharti Kothari | Production Manager: Adam Carrée | Technical Production Manager: Mishi Bekesi
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Images by Jack Thomson: https://www.instagram.com/j_a_c_k__t_h_o_m_s_o_n/
A full recording of this work is available on request. Please email blue@bluemakwana.art if you wish to view this footage.
•MY GLIMMER BOO•
A duet commission for the Young Associates 2023/2024 Mixed Bill at the Lilian Baylis Studio theatre.
CHOREOGRAPHER// BLUE MAKWANA
DANCERS aka $UPER$TARZ //
Tanisha Addicott | Lauren Jenkins
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CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM//
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Producer: Lucy Clarke-Bishop | Dramaturg and Mentorship: Tim Casson | Creative Mentor: Shelley Maxwell | Project Coordinator: Zeynep Gunaydin | Lighting: Millie Hawkes | Sound Engineer: Jacques Jenkins | Voice Over Artist: Gavin Dunn | Costume Designer: MAKWAAN
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Images by – Jack Thomson – https://www.instagram.com/j_a_c_k__t_h_o_m_s_o_n/
•DIGITAL COMMISSION – SADLER’S WELLS•
Introducing the next generation of choreographers
FULL VIDEO : https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/blue-makwana/
TRAILER
Taking a broad approach to choreography, BLUE MAKWANA pairs her versatile skill set with a hybrid genre score and lighting to achieve stylistic fusion. A medley of textures, dance styles and energy lie at the root of BLUE’S choreographic language.
Commissioned by Sadler’s Wells | Directed by Camilla Greenwell | Choreographed & performed by BLUE MAKWANA | Director of Photography: Laura Aguilera | Assistant Director: Rosin Little | Music by: Jan Brzezinski | Focus Puller: Recel Wynsley Tonelada | Gaffer: Jorge Higgins | Spark Dax Sharkey | Edited by Camilla Greenwell in collaboration with BLUE MAKWANA | Colourist Francis Qureshi / Wild Island Films | Graphic Design: AnaSFresneda | Equipment: Edwards Films | Lighting: SHL Film & TV | Producer: Lucy Clarke-Bishop | Programme Leader: Tim Casson | LE Assistant: Zeynep Gunaydin
•A TOUCH OF RED•
This piece is a created with the intention to fuse styles, have fun and showcase talent – with a touch of red.
Choreographed for The Urdang Academy
DANCE CAPTAINS//
Amy Narramore | Emmie Dawson | Abby Stockwell
DANCERS//
Chrissy Appiah | Molly Baxter | Asa Clark | Lily Crockford | Fern Curtis-Brown | Heulwen Davies | Emmie Dawson | Daisy Desborough | Sarah Louaka | Zaz Mallet | Billy Medlin | Amy Narramore | Tamzin Nelson | Alex Porton | Millie Queripel | Abby Stockwell | Olivia Cullen | Iona Gabriel | Portia Jeffries | Mason Woods | Lauren Arnold
MUSIC//
‘A Pale’+ ‘Malamente’ by Rosalía
‘TKN’ by Rosalía and Travis Scott (DJ Smemo Remix)
•A CLUSTER OF STRANDS •
Choreographed for Dance City CAT
Rehearsal Assistant: Jess Hill
DANCERS//
Lily Atkinson | Vita Barwick-Plant | Megan Chaytor Wilson | Shannon Collingwood | Millie Cullen | Farrah Lily Dixon | Lily Star Ferguson | Kate Liddle | Lizzie Pearson
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MUSIC//
Text written by Lily Atkinson
‘Tema 1’ by Divan Gattamorta,
‘Esferas’ by Divan Gattamorta,
‘Whip My Hair’ by Willow Smith
•TOYING WITH A FLEX•
Bodybuilding is a work of art, creating an array of feelings, thoughts and viewpoints on the aesthetics, lifestyle choices and extreme dedication we witness within this sport.
Instead, we take away the opinions, criticism, envy or confusion and we play.
Choreographed for The CAT Programme at The Place
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DANCERS//
Amelie Clement-Ridge | Avalon Grace | Elsie Bonfield | Isla Morris-Pratt | Khanyi Akinsku | Malu Summerfield | Praise Likely | Samuel Loza | Willow Wilson | Zak Michael-Smith | Artemis Buxton | Gabriela Demetriou
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Camera Operators: Roswitha Chesher + Martin Collins | Rehearsal Assistant: Alexander Love | Costume: Frances Morris | Costume Assistant: Noémie Laffargue | Lighting: Lucy Hansom | Music: ‘Barbapapa’s Groove’ by Barbatuques
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Specific shown section choreographed by BLUE MAKWANA + Isla Morris Pratt @isla.rmp
•FREEDOM•
Choreographed for The Urdang Academy
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DANCERS
Finley Jury | Sofie Freeman | Rachel Mingay | Lizzie Rowlands | Sarah Dave | Freya Briggs | Ella McCann | Tate Tooby | Layla Hall | Laveda Dione | Scarlett Hogan | Kali Rowe | Angelica Brosnan | Karys Rozario | Remi Walsh | Sophina-Louise Bradshaw-Davis | Jordan Maisuria-Wake | Aaron Crockford | Hannah Jean-Baptiste
Images by Eliza Wilmot – https://www.instagram.com/elizawilmotphotography/?img_index=1
BLUE MAKWANA 