JACK WEBB
BIOGRAPHY
WINNER OF THE 'ONE TO WATCH' AWARD AT THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS 2016, JACK IS ONE OF SCOTLAND'S LEADING DANCERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS/DIRECTORS WHO HAS WORKED AND PERFORMED AS A DANCER AND PERFORMER INTERNATIONALLY WITH VARIOUS COMPANIES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS OVER THE PAST DECADE, MOST RECENTLY WITH LEADING IRISH DANCE COMPANIES LIZ ROCHE COMPANY AND COISCEIM DANCE THEATRE AND COMPANY CHORDELIA, SCOTLAND. RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE 'AIDA' WITH IRISH NATIONAL OPERA, CHOREOGRAPHY BY LIZ ROCHE, 'GRAVITY FATIGUE' BY THE WORLD RENOWNED FASHION DESIGNER HUSSEIN CHALAYAN AND CHOREOGRAPHER DAMIEN JALET ON THE MAJOR PRODUCTION AT SADLER'S WELLS, LONDON AND AN APPEARANCE IN THE CENTENARY EDITION OF BRITISH VOGUE FOR HUSSEIN CHALAYAN PHOTOGRAPHED BY TIM WALKER. OTHER COMPANIES INCLUDE DAVID HUGHES DANCE SCOTLAND (WORKS BY KYLIE WALTERS), THE CURVE FOUNDATION DANCE COMPANY (WORKS BY HOFESH SCHECTER, HENRI OGUIKE, JONATHAN WATKINS AND MORGAN RUNACRE TEMPLE), COISCEM DANCE THEATRE, ALAN GREIG DANCE THEATRE, CROIGLAN INTEGRATED DANCE (WORKS BY DAVID BOLGER AND ADAM BENJAMIN), JOSE VIDAL COMPANY, DANCE THEATRE LUXEMBOURG, VIA NEGATIVA, COMPANY CHORDELIA DANCE THEATRE, LUCY SUGGATE, CHARLES LINEHAN, SIMON VINCENZI, BEN WRIGHT AND MATTHEW HAWKINS AMOUNG MANY OTHERS. MAJOR TV AND FILM PROJECTS INCLUDE APPEARANCES IN RTE'S 'CENTENARY', IRELAND, CHOREOGRAPHY BY DAVID BOLGER AND SUNSHINE ON LEITH, UK, CHOREOGRAPHY BY ARTHUR PITA. IN 2016 JACK WAS NOMINATED FOR 'BEST DANCE PERFORMER' AT THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS.
AS A CHOREOGRAPHER HE HAS CREATED AN ACCLAIMED BODY OF WORK, ESTABLISHING A BOLD AND DISTINCTIVE CHOREOGRAPHIC VOICE WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN MAJOR FESTIVALS AND THEATRES INTERNATIONALLY. HE HAS CREATED WORKS IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH MAJOR VENUES SUCH AS BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, GATESHEAD, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW AND WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, LONDON AS WELL AS RECEIVING MAJOR SUPPORT FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND. MOST RECENTLY HE REMOUNTED HIS WORK 'DRAWN TO DRONE' FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BALLET COMPANY, SCOTTISH BALLET AND HAS CREATED A NEW SHORT FILM IN COLLABORATION WITH MUSICIAN AIDAN MOFFAT FOR BBC ARTS' BBC LOOP SERIES AND A NEW WORK 'EACH FOR OTHER' FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE DANCE, BELFAST
FROM 2016-17 JACK WAS AN ASSOCIATE ARTIST AT TRAMWAY, GLASGOW.
TRAINING
SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE, 2003 -06
DANCE BASE EMERGING DANCERS BURSARY, EDINBURGH, 2007
COMPANIES (SCOTLAND, IRELAND, UK AND INTERNATIONAL)
LIZ ROCHE COMPANY, 'WRONGHEADED' AND 'I/THOU' BY LIZ ROCHE (IE)
IRISH NATIONAL OPERA, 'AIDA', CHOREOGRAPHY BY LIZ ROCHE, DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BARKER-CAVEN (IE)
COISCEIM DANCE THEATRE, 'BODY LANGUAGE' BY DAVID BOLGER (IE)
COMPANY CHORDELIA DANCE THEATRE (SCOTLAND), 'DANCE DERBY' AND 'LADY MACBETH:UNSEX ME HERE' BY KALLY LLOYD JONES (SCOTLAND)
CROIGLAN INTEGRATED DANCE. 'THIS IS' BY ADAM BENJAMIN AND 'FANCY DRESS' BY DAVID BOLGER' (IE)
DAVID HUGHES DANCE SCOTLAND. 'THE CHINASKI SESSIONS' BY KYLIE WALTERS AND 'IMPLODED' TANJA LIEDTKE (SCOTLAND)
ALAN GREIG DANCE THEATRE/GRANT SMEATON, 'DO YOU NOMI' (SCOTLAND)
VIA NEGAGTIVA (SLOVENIA)
DANCE THEATRE LUXEMBOURG, 'ULYSSES' BY JEAN GUILLAME WEIS (LUX)
JOSE VIDAL COMPANY, 'LOOP' (ENGLAND)
THE CURVE FOUNDATION DANCE COMPANY. 'FRAGMENTS' BY HOFESH SCHECTER, 'VIOLET' BY HENRI OGUIKE, 'BEYOND PREDJUDICE' BY JONATHAN WATKINS AND 'ON YOUR MARKS' BY MORGAN TEMPLE (SCOTLAND)
GRANGE PARK OPERA. 'THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN', CHOREOGRAPHY BY BEN WRIGHT, DIRECTED BY DAVID ALDEN (UK)
AS WELL AS MAGNETIC NORTH (ROUGH MIX RESIDENCY), SMALLPETITKLEIN AND MOXY BRAWL
CHOREOGRAPHERS/DIRECTORS (SCOTLAND, UK AND INTERNATIONAL)
HUSSEIN CHALAYAN AND DAMIEN JALET, SADLER'S WELLS, 'GRAVITY FATIGUE' (UK)
LUCY SUGGATE, 'COSMIC SCULPTURES' (SCOTLAND)
SIMON VINCENZI, 'LUXURIANT:WITHIN THE REIGN OF ANTICIPATION' (UK/POLAND)
ARTHUR PITA FOR SUNSHINE ON LEITH (SCOTLAND)
MATTHEW HAWKINS (SCOTLAND)
CHARLES LINEHAN (UK)
IAN SPINK, 'ZARABANDA' (SCOTLAND)
ANGUS BALBERNIE, 'MEATYARD' AND 'MEATYARD, MEAT, ME' (UK)
AS WELL AS MADIRA GREGUREK, LISA SINCLAIR, LUCY BOYES, SKYE REYNOLDS, SVENJA HAMEL, ANNA RAMSAY, LAURA SCOTT, RACHEL SMITH, ANGELA PRAED, HERMAN DIEPHUIS, TOMOKO HAYASHI, MOON SUNG LYUN
FILM/TV/DANCE FILM
DANCER IN 'CENTENARY', CHOREOGRPHY BY DAVID BOLGER, LIVE ON RTE1 (IE)
DANCER IN 'SUNSHINE ON LEITH', DIRECTED BY DEXTER FLETCHER AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY ARTHUR PITA.
PROMO FILM FOR PHILIPPE STARCK. CHOREOGRAPHY BY CHARLES LINEHAN. DIRECTED BY RUTH HOGBEN.
TV ADVERT FOR M AND CO. MOVEMENT DIRECTION BY NATASHA GILMORE.
AFFEXITY PROJECT. DIRECTED BY JEANETTE GINSLOV.
HIDDEN SPACES FILM AND INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCE. DIRECTED BY ANNA RAMSAY
FILM FOR TOMOKO HAYASHI. DOCUMENTARY ON HER WORK 'MUTSOGOTU' FOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL, USA
CHOREOGRAPHY
FACADES/FRONTS (2018) COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST, EMILY SPEED
EACH FOR OTHER (2018) COMMISSIONED BY MAIDEN VOYAGE DANCE, BELFAST
TO BE SEEN (2017) A BBC SCOTLAND COMMISSION IN COLLABORATION WITH AIDAN MOFFATT
DRAWN TO DRONE (2016) FOR SCOTTISH BALLET
THE END (2016) A TRAMWAY AND BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CO-PRODUCTION
INSIDE OPULENCE (2014) A WILTON'S MUSIC HALL COMMISSION
IN A LEISURELY OR AIMLESS WAY (2014)
QUARTET (2013) - A TRAMWAY CO-PRODUCTION
FLESHNOTE (2013)
TOGETHER IN SELF SCALE. (2012)
GLITTERGRID. (2012)
BETA WAVE TRANSPORT (2011)
IT'S A GRAND THING TO GET LEAVE TO LIVE (2010)
THE BRAVEST THING YOU CAN DO IS BE STILL (2010)
REPRODUCTIONS (2010)
YOU, EXCEPT BROKEN (2009)
THE ASYLUM DANCES (2008)
THE COLOUR OF MEMORY (2007)
COMMISSIONS
SENSE OF CENTRE (2018)
CREATED FOR THE MA CONTEMPORARY DANCE STUDENTS AT THE IRISH WORLD ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
EACH FOR OTHER (2018)
CREATED FOR AND COMMISSIONED BY MAIDEN VOYAGE DANCE, BELFAST
SPEED OF LIGHT (2017)
CREATED FOR FUSION YOUTH DANCE COMPANY FOR SPECTRA LIGHT FESTIVAL, ABERDEEN
TO THE FAR SIDE OF (2016)
CREATED ON THE BA STUDENTS AT TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY, MIDDLESBROUGH
IN ITS RUINS (2016)
CREATED FOR THE FINAL YEAR BA STUDENTS AT THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE. COMMISSIONED BY THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE
INSIDE OPULENCE (2014)
COMMISSIONED BY WILTON'S MUSIC HALL FOR WILTON'S STRIKE DANCE FESTIVAL
75 (2014)
CREATED ON THE BA STUDENTS AT TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY, MIDDLESBROUGH
COMMON CRANES (2014)
CREATED ON DANCE 4'S CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TRAINING STUDENTS
WOLF FABRIC(2012)
CREATED ON THIRD ROW DANCE COMPANY (THIRD YEAR STUDENTS) AT ROEHAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LONDON
OUR INTERRUPTED NOW (2011)
CREATED ON THE FINAL YEAR BA STUDENTS AT THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE. COMMISSIONED BY THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE (2011)
SPREADING FASTER THAN (2010)
CREATED ON THIRD ROW DANCE COMPANY (THIRD YEAR STUDENTS) AT ROEHAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LONDON.
AS WELL AS WORKS FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY COMPANIES
RESIDENCIES, FUNDING AND AWARDS
'ONE TO WATCH' AWARD FROM THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS
OPEN PROJECT FUNDING FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND TO CREATE AND TOUR 'THE END' 2016
CO-PRODUCTION WITH BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, 'THE END' 2016
CO-PRODUCTION WITH TRAMWAY, 'THE END' 2016
RESIDENCY AT CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN, JULY 2015
ARTISTS' BURSARY FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND, JANUARY 2015
CHOREOGRAPHIC COMMISSION FROM WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 2014
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND, AUGUST 2014
DANCE 4, NOTTINGHAM, RESIDENCY IN NOVEMBER 2013
DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH, RESIDENCY IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013
THE WORK ROOM, RESIDENCY IN OCTOBER 2013
LABOR GRAS, BERLIN, RESIDENCY WITH ROSALIND MASSON IN 2013
QUALITY ARTS PRODUCTION AWARD FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND FOR QUARTET AWARD TO CREATE AND TOUR QUARTET
CO-PRODUCTION WITH TRAMWAY FOR 'QUARTET' 2013
CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, RESIDENCY IN 2013
DANCE 4, NOTTINGHAM - RESIDENCY IN 2012
FUNDING FROM THE CHOREOGRAPHIC FUTURES SCHEME COMPRISING OF DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH, DANCE HOUSE, GLASGOW, THE WORK ROOM, GLASGOW AND CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN. SUPPORT TOWARDS THE QUARTET PROJECT IN EDINBURGH, BERLIN AND NEW YORK (2012)
LABOR GRAS, BERLIN - RESIDENCY IN 2012
DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH - NUMEROUS RESIDENCIES BETWEEN 2006-PRESENT
DANCE HOUSE, GLASGOW - NUMEROUS RESIDENCIES BETWEEN 2006 - 2011
THE WORK ROOM, GLASGOW - RESIDENCY IN DECEMBER 2011
CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN - RESIDENCY IN FEBRUARY 2012
CREATVE SCOTLAND - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO TAKE PART IN NEW TERRITORIES WINTER SCHOOL WITH VIA NEGATIVA (2011)
CREATIVE SCOTLAND - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO TAKE PART IN A NEW TERRITORIES WINTER SCHOOL WITH DAVID DORFMAN (2011)
THE SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO TAKE PART IN A MENTORING WINTER SCHOOL BY PETER BONEHAM (2010)
THE SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. 2009
THE SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING, 2008
EMERGING DANCERS BURSARY, AWARDED BY DANCE BASE, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR DANCE, EDINBURGH (2007)
VOLUNTEERING BURSARY AND FUNDING FROM PROJECT SCOTLAND (2006)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
INVITED CURATOR FOR THE SENSES SHOWCASE, DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH
INVITED SPEAKER AT DANCE UK'S LAUNCH DUNDEE EVENT.
BRITISH DANCE EDITION 2014 - FEATURED ARTIST ON THE PANEL DISCUSSING 'APPROACHES TO MAKING NEW CHOREOGRAPHY
MENTOR FOR MADIRA GREGUREK'S 'SURLA'
MEMBER OF THE WORK ROOM ARTISTS PANEL, GLASGOW
DANCE REVIEWER FOR THE SHIMMY SKINNY, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
JACK'S CHOREOGRAPHY HAS BEEN GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED IN THE PAST AND PRESENT BY TRAMWAY, GLASGOW, DANCE 4, NOTTINGHAM, CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN, CREATIVE SCOTLAND, WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, LONDON, DANCE HOUSE, GLASGOW, THE WORK ROOM, GLASGOW, DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH.
WINNER OF THE 'ONE TO WATCH' AWARD AT THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS 2016, JACK IS ONE OF SCOTLAND'S LEADING DANCERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS/DIRECTORS WHO HAS WORKED AND PERFORMED AS A DANCER AND PERFORMER INTERNATIONALLY WITH VARIOUS COMPANIES AND CHOREOGRAPHERS OVER THE PAST DECADE, MOST RECENTLY WITH LEADING IRISH DANCE COMPANIES LIZ ROCHE COMPANY AND COISCEIM DANCE THEATRE AND COMPANY CHORDELIA, SCOTLAND. RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE 'AIDA' WITH IRISH NATIONAL OPERA, CHOREOGRAPHY BY LIZ ROCHE, 'GRAVITY FATIGUE' BY THE WORLD RENOWNED FASHION DESIGNER HUSSEIN CHALAYAN AND CHOREOGRAPHER DAMIEN JALET ON THE MAJOR PRODUCTION AT SADLER'S WELLS, LONDON AND AN APPEARANCE IN THE CENTENARY EDITION OF BRITISH VOGUE FOR HUSSEIN CHALAYAN PHOTOGRAPHED BY TIM WALKER. OTHER COMPANIES INCLUDE DAVID HUGHES DANCE SCOTLAND (WORKS BY KYLIE WALTERS), THE CURVE FOUNDATION DANCE COMPANY (WORKS BY HOFESH SCHECTER, HENRI OGUIKE, JONATHAN WATKINS AND MORGAN RUNACRE TEMPLE), COISCEM DANCE THEATRE, ALAN GREIG DANCE THEATRE, CROIGLAN INTEGRATED DANCE (WORKS BY DAVID BOLGER AND ADAM BENJAMIN), JOSE VIDAL COMPANY, DANCE THEATRE LUXEMBOURG, VIA NEGATIVA, COMPANY CHORDELIA DANCE THEATRE, LUCY SUGGATE, CHARLES LINEHAN, SIMON VINCENZI, BEN WRIGHT AND MATTHEW HAWKINS AMOUNG MANY OTHERS. MAJOR TV AND FILM PROJECTS INCLUDE APPEARANCES IN RTE'S 'CENTENARY', IRELAND, CHOREOGRAPHY BY DAVID BOLGER AND SUNSHINE ON LEITH, UK, CHOREOGRAPHY BY ARTHUR PITA. IN 2016 JACK WAS NOMINATED FOR 'BEST DANCE PERFORMER' AT THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS.
AS A CHOREOGRAPHER HE HAS CREATED AN ACCLAIMED BODY OF WORK, ESTABLISHING A BOLD AND DISTINCTIVE CHOREOGRAPHIC VOICE WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN MAJOR FESTIVALS AND THEATRES INTERNATIONALLY. HE HAS CREATED WORKS IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH MAJOR VENUES SUCH AS BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, GATESHEAD, TRAMWAY, GLASGOW AND WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, LONDON AS WELL AS RECEIVING MAJOR SUPPORT FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND. MOST RECENTLY HE REMOUNTED HIS WORK 'DRAWN TO DRONE' FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BALLET COMPANY, SCOTTISH BALLET AND HAS CREATED A NEW SHORT FILM IN COLLABORATION WITH MUSICIAN AIDAN MOFFAT FOR BBC ARTS' BBC LOOP SERIES AND A NEW WORK 'EACH FOR OTHER' FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE DANCE, BELFAST
FROM 2016-17 JACK WAS AN ASSOCIATE ARTIST AT TRAMWAY, GLASGOW.
TRAINING
SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE, 2003 -06
DANCE BASE EMERGING DANCERS BURSARY, EDINBURGH, 2007
COMPANIES (SCOTLAND, IRELAND, UK AND INTERNATIONAL)
LIZ ROCHE COMPANY, 'WRONGHEADED' AND 'I/THOU' BY LIZ ROCHE (IE)
IRISH NATIONAL OPERA, 'AIDA', CHOREOGRAPHY BY LIZ ROCHE, DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BARKER-CAVEN (IE)
COISCEIM DANCE THEATRE, 'BODY LANGUAGE' BY DAVID BOLGER (IE)
COMPANY CHORDELIA DANCE THEATRE (SCOTLAND), 'DANCE DERBY' AND 'LADY MACBETH:UNSEX ME HERE' BY KALLY LLOYD JONES (SCOTLAND)
CROIGLAN INTEGRATED DANCE. 'THIS IS' BY ADAM BENJAMIN AND 'FANCY DRESS' BY DAVID BOLGER' (IE)
DAVID HUGHES DANCE SCOTLAND. 'THE CHINASKI SESSIONS' BY KYLIE WALTERS AND 'IMPLODED' TANJA LIEDTKE (SCOTLAND)
ALAN GREIG DANCE THEATRE/GRANT SMEATON, 'DO YOU NOMI' (SCOTLAND)
VIA NEGAGTIVA (SLOVENIA)
DANCE THEATRE LUXEMBOURG, 'ULYSSES' BY JEAN GUILLAME WEIS (LUX)
JOSE VIDAL COMPANY, 'LOOP' (ENGLAND)
THE CURVE FOUNDATION DANCE COMPANY. 'FRAGMENTS' BY HOFESH SCHECTER, 'VIOLET' BY HENRI OGUIKE, 'BEYOND PREDJUDICE' BY JONATHAN WATKINS AND 'ON YOUR MARKS' BY MORGAN TEMPLE (SCOTLAND)
GRANGE PARK OPERA. 'THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN', CHOREOGRAPHY BY BEN WRIGHT, DIRECTED BY DAVID ALDEN (UK)
AS WELL AS MAGNETIC NORTH (ROUGH MIX RESIDENCY), SMALLPETITKLEIN AND MOXY BRAWL
CHOREOGRAPHERS/DIRECTORS (SCOTLAND, UK AND INTERNATIONAL)
HUSSEIN CHALAYAN AND DAMIEN JALET, SADLER'S WELLS, 'GRAVITY FATIGUE' (UK)
LUCY SUGGATE, 'COSMIC SCULPTURES' (SCOTLAND)
SIMON VINCENZI, 'LUXURIANT:WITHIN THE REIGN OF ANTICIPATION' (UK/POLAND)
ARTHUR PITA FOR SUNSHINE ON LEITH (SCOTLAND)
MATTHEW HAWKINS (SCOTLAND)
CHARLES LINEHAN (UK)
IAN SPINK, 'ZARABANDA' (SCOTLAND)
ANGUS BALBERNIE, 'MEATYARD' AND 'MEATYARD, MEAT, ME' (UK)
AS WELL AS MADIRA GREGUREK, LISA SINCLAIR, LUCY BOYES, SKYE REYNOLDS, SVENJA HAMEL, ANNA RAMSAY, LAURA SCOTT, RACHEL SMITH, ANGELA PRAED, HERMAN DIEPHUIS, TOMOKO HAYASHI, MOON SUNG LYUN
FILM/TV/DANCE FILM
DANCER IN 'CENTENARY', CHOREOGRPHY BY DAVID BOLGER, LIVE ON RTE1 (IE)
DANCER IN 'SUNSHINE ON LEITH', DIRECTED BY DEXTER FLETCHER AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY ARTHUR PITA.
PROMO FILM FOR PHILIPPE STARCK. CHOREOGRAPHY BY CHARLES LINEHAN. DIRECTED BY RUTH HOGBEN.
TV ADVERT FOR M AND CO. MOVEMENT DIRECTION BY NATASHA GILMORE.
AFFEXITY PROJECT. DIRECTED BY JEANETTE GINSLOV.
HIDDEN SPACES FILM AND INSTALLATION/PERFORMANCE. DIRECTED BY ANNA RAMSAY
FILM FOR TOMOKO HAYASHI. DOCUMENTARY ON HER WORK 'MUTSOGOTU' FOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL, USA
CHOREOGRAPHY
FACADES/FRONTS (2018) COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST, EMILY SPEED
EACH FOR OTHER (2018) COMMISSIONED BY MAIDEN VOYAGE DANCE, BELFAST
TO BE SEEN (2017) A BBC SCOTLAND COMMISSION IN COLLABORATION WITH AIDAN MOFFATT
DRAWN TO DRONE (2016) FOR SCOTTISH BALLET
THE END (2016) A TRAMWAY AND BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CO-PRODUCTION
INSIDE OPULENCE (2014) A WILTON'S MUSIC HALL COMMISSION
IN A LEISURELY OR AIMLESS WAY (2014)
QUARTET (2013) - A TRAMWAY CO-PRODUCTION
FLESHNOTE (2013)
TOGETHER IN SELF SCALE. (2012)
GLITTERGRID. (2012)
BETA WAVE TRANSPORT (2011)
IT'S A GRAND THING TO GET LEAVE TO LIVE (2010)
THE BRAVEST THING YOU CAN DO IS BE STILL (2010)
REPRODUCTIONS (2010)
YOU, EXCEPT BROKEN (2009)
THE ASYLUM DANCES (2008)
THE COLOUR OF MEMORY (2007)
COMMISSIONS
SENSE OF CENTRE (2018)
CREATED FOR THE MA CONTEMPORARY DANCE STUDENTS AT THE IRISH WORLD ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
EACH FOR OTHER (2018)
CREATED FOR AND COMMISSIONED BY MAIDEN VOYAGE DANCE, BELFAST
SPEED OF LIGHT (2017)
CREATED FOR FUSION YOUTH DANCE COMPANY FOR SPECTRA LIGHT FESTIVAL, ABERDEEN
TO THE FAR SIDE OF (2016)
CREATED ON THE BA STUDENTS AT TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY, MIDDLESBROUGH
IN ITS RUINS (2016)
CREATED FOR THE FINAL YEAR BA STUDENTS AT THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE. COMMISSIONED BY THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE
INSIDE OPULENCE (2014)
COMMISSIONED BY WILTON'S MUSIC HALL FOR WILTON'S STRIKE DANCE FESTIVAL
75 (2014)
CREATED ON THE BA STUDENTS AT TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY, MIDDLESBROUGH
COMMON CRANES (2014)
CREATED ON DANCE 4'S CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TRAINING STUDENTS
WOLF FABRIC(2012)
CREATED ON THIRD ROW DANCE COMPANY (THIRD YEAR STUDENTS) AT ROEHAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LONDON
OUR INTERRUPTED NOW (2011)
CREATED ON THE FINAL YEAR BA STUDENTS AT THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE. COMMISSIONED BY THE SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE (2011)
SPREADING FASTER THAN (2010)
CREATED ON THIRD ROW DANCE COMPANY (THIRD YEAR STUDENTS) AT ROEHAMPTON UNIVERSITY, LONDON.
AS WELL AS WORKS FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY COMPANIES
RESIDENCIES, FUNDING AND AWARDS
'ONE TO WATCH' AWARD FROM THE SUNDAY HERALD SCOTTISH CULTURE AWARDS
OPEN PROJECT FUNDING FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND TO CREATE AND TOUR 'THE END' 2016
CO-PRODUCTION WITH BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, 'THE END' 2016
CO-PRODUCTION WITH TRAMWAY, 'THE END' 2016
RESIDENCY AT CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN, JULY 2015
ARTISTS' BURSARY FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND, JANUARY 2015
CHOREOGRAPHIC COMMISSION FROM WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 2014
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND, AUGUST 2014
DANCE 4, NOTTINGHAM, RESIDENCY IN NOVEMBER 2013
DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH, RESIDENCY IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013
THE WORK ROOM, RESIDENCY IN OCTOBER 2013
LABOR GRAS, BERLIN, RESIDENCY WITH ROSALIND MASSON IN 2013
QUALITY ARTS PRODUCTION AWARD FROM CREATIVE SCOTLAND FOR QUARTET AWARD TO CREATE AND TOUR QUARTET
CO-PRODUCTION WITH TRAMWAY FOR 'QUARTET' 2013
CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, RESIDENCY IN 2013
DANCE 4, NOTTINGHAM - RESIDENCY IN 2012
FUNDING FROM THE CHOREOGRAPHIC FUTURES SCHEME COMPRISING OF DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH, DANCE HOUSE, GLASGOW, THE WORK ROOM, GLASGOW AND CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN. SUPPORT TOWARDS THE QUARTET PROJECT IN EDINBURGH, BERLIN AND NEW YORK (2012)
LABOR GRAS, BERLIN - RESIDENCY IN 2012
DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH - NUMEROUS RESIDENCIES BETWEEN 2006-PRESENT
DANCE HOUSE, GLASGOW - NUMEROUS RESIDENCIES BETWEEN 2006 - 2011
THE WORK ROOM, GLASGOW - RESIDENCY IN DECEMBER 2011
CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN - RESIDENCY IN FEBRUARY 2012
CREATVE SCOTLAND - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO TAKE PART IN NEW TERRITORIES WINTER SCHOOL WITH VIA NEGATIVA (2011)
CREATIVE SCOTLAND - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO TAKE PART IN A NEW TERRITORIES WINTER SCHOOL WITH DAVID DORFMAN (2011)
THE SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TO TAKE PART IN A MENTORING WINTER SCHOOL BY PETER BONEHAM (2010)
THE SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING. 2009
THE SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL - PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING, 2008
EMERGING DANCERS BURSARY, AWARDED BY DANCE BASE, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR DANCE, EDINBURGH (2007)
VOLUNTEERING BURSARY AND FUNDING FROM PROJECT SCOTLAND (2006)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
INVITED CURATOR FOR THE SENSES SHOWCASE, DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH
INVITED SPEAKER AT DANCE UK'S LAUNCH DUNDEE EVENT.
BRITISH DANCE EDITION 2014 - FEATURED ARTIST ON THE PANEL DISCUSSING 'APPROACHES TO MAKING NEW CHOREOGRAPHY
MENTOR FOR MADIRA GREGUREK'S 'SURLA'
MEMBER OF THE WORK ROOM ARTISTS PANEL, GLASGOW
DANCE REVIEWER FOR THE SHIMMY SKINNY, EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
JACK'S CHOREOGRAPHY HAS BEEN GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED IN THE PAST AND PRESENT BY TRAMWAY, GLASGOW, DANCE 4, NOTTINGHAM, CITY MOVES DANCE AGENCY, ABERDEEN, CREATIVE SCOTLAND, WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, LONDON, DANCE HOUSE, GLASGOW, THE WORK ROOM, GLASGOW, DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH.