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“Lewis Cooke is a multidisciplinary movement artist based in Brussels. He has studied deeply and is influenced mainly by contemporary, floorwork, acrobatics & boxing. Lewis has worked with artists such as Akram Khan, Alleyne Dance, Punchdrunk & Anton Lachky Company to name a few. Lewis is also a researcher for Ferus Animi // Terra Nova, a group of cross-disciplinary craftsperson’s researching in the fields of human physiology and performance, through both an artistic and scientific lens.

Lewis graduated from London Contemporary Dance School, Completed a 9 week programme for mindfulness at Oxford School of Mindfulness Centre & has a level 2 AIDA Freediving Certificate.”

Multi-award-winning Alleyne Dance is a unique and powerful company that blends Caribbean, Hip Hop and Kathak, within a contemporary dance context. The choreographic language focuses on rhythms and textures with movement that is athletic, fast paced and dynamic, with infusions of lyrical and fluid motion.

Founded in 2014 by award-winning sisters, Kristina and Sadé Alleyne, the company strives for high quality and excellence in our three main objectives:

Performance: with productions made for the stage, outdoors and film.
Participation: with bespoke training classes and workshops for community groups, youth groups, vocational institutions, professional companies, and dance festivals.
Development: by nurturing the professional journey of dancers as they find their artistic voice and strengthen their skills.

In recognition of their outstanding contributions to dance, Sadler’s Wells has announced Sadé and Kristina Alleyne as the next Guest Artistic Directors of the National Youth Dance Company for the 2025/26 season. Alleyne Dance also receives commissions to create work on other professional companies that tour nationally and internationally.

Some include:
Martha Graham Dance Company (USA)
Trioler Landstheater: Ballet Company (AT)
Phoenix Dance (UK)
2Faced Dance Company (UK)

Some of the awards received include:
Best Independent Company – National Dance Awards (UK)
Black Female Icons of Lewisham – Brockley Max and The Mayor of London (UK)
Bench 2019 Women of Colour Commission (UK)
Multiple Awards for of Dance Film, (Re)United from, Frostbite, National Dance Awards and more.

www.alleynedance.com

Florian Vuille is a swiss-born performer, he starts performing in 2010 as a Clown in Circuses around Europe (France, Switzerland, Finland, Belarus, Germany). 2012 he moves to Brussels and slowly shifts from the circus to dance. In 2013 he meets David Zambrano and trains and works with him since then (performing, assisting, etc.). Also he is involved in project with kids and dance, and has worked together with Anne-Lore Baekeland and Mat Voorter. He collaborates and performs also with Paola Di Bella, Daniele Bianco, Peter Jacquemyn, Fanny Brouyaux, and is one of the core-members of the collective Brut Movement. In his performances, he likes to call upon his various backgrounds.

Lewis Cooke is a multidisciplinary movement artist based in Brussels. He has studied deeply and is influenced mainly by contemporary, floorwork, acrobatics & boxing. Lewis has worked with artists such as Akram Khan, Alleyne Dance, Punchdrunk & Anton Lachky Company to name a few. Lewis is also a researcher for Ferus Animi // Terra Nova, a group of cross-disciplinary craftsperson’s researching in the fields of human physiology and performance, through both an artistic and scientific lens. Lewis graduated from London Contemporary Dance School, Completed a 9 week programme for mindfulness at Oxford School of Mindfulness Centre & has a level 2 AIDA Freediving Certificate.