Charlotte Vincent

UK, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

‘One of the UK’s most challengingly theatrical choreographer-directors’ The Observer

‘Extraordinary… strongly affecting, not least thanks to Charlotte Vincent's sure sense of how much lowering an audience can take…’ The Independent

‘Vincent pulls off a powerful feat - creating a moving portrait of grief while making us laugh.’ The Guardian

Charlotte Vincent formed Vincent Dance Theatre (VDT) in 1994 and has directed all the company’s work to date. Full-length productions include Broken Chords (2005), Punch Drunk (2004) and Drop Dead Gorgeous (2001). Shorter works include Look At Me Now, Mummy (2008), Test Run (created for Dance Umbrella, 2006) and Fairy Tale (children’s show, 2006). Other work includes On The House (live/video installation 2000/03), Shifting Intimacies (interactive video and sound installation, 2006), Glasshouse (16mm film) and Body:Ink (art publication). Charlotte performed with VDT until 2002, and has directed and designed the company’s work since 2005.

Charlotte’s work with VDT has been commissioned by ICA/Capture4, Year of Photography and the Electronic Image, The Place, London, Arnolfini, Tron, Lakeside Arts Centre, The Point, Tramway, Greenroom, Sheffield Theatres, Hall for Cornwall, Site Gallery, Yorkshire Dance, Dance Exchange, Swindon Dance and Danceworks UK.

Charlotte has also choreographed work for x-IDA Dance Company (Austria), Senza Tempo (Spain), Teeside Dance Initiative (UK), Taipei Crossover Dance (Taiwan), Welsh Independent Dance (UK), Anjali Dance Company with TC Howard (UK), Theater Der Welt Festival (Germany), Gravity and Levity (UK), Bare Bones (UK) and Cloudgate 2 (Taiwan).

Charlotte teaches extensively at higher education and professional level in universities, colleges, venues and dance agencies across the UK and abroad. She spent many years initiating projects in community settings with young offenders, long-term unemployed, women, people with disabilities and people with learning difficulties as well as choreographing projects with young people across the UK. Charlotte regularly mentors emerging artists in the UK as well nurturing younger practitioners who join VDT as performers.

Charlotte is committed to raising the profile of female led arts practice through writing and lecturing, and is regularly asked by leading UK dance bodies and Arts Council England to contribute to discussions around the future of dance practice. She leads all VDT’s research projects and is committed to furthering notions of what dance theatre can be in the contemporary context.

Charlotte is Artistic Advisor to Danceworks UK in Sheffield and on the Artistic Advisory Steering Group at Yorkshire Dance. She lives in Sheffield and hopes one day to develop a dedicated studio space for VDT in this city.

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