Russell Maliphant is one of the great choreographers of our time. His work is characterised by a unique approach to the relationship between movement, light and music. He runs his own company and is an associate artist of Sadler’s Wells in London. He trained at The Royal Ballet School and graduated into Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet before leaving to pursue a career in independent dance. Maliphant studied anatomy, physiology and biomechanics, and qualified as a practitioner of the Rolf Method of Structural Integration (or Rolfing). Since 1994 he has collaborated closely with lighting designer Michael Hulls, evolving a language where movement and light are intimately connected and the meeting point becomes a new language in itself. He formed Russell Maliphant Company in 1996 and has also worked with renowned companies and artists including Sylvie Guillem, Robert Lepage, Isaac Julian, Balletboyz and Lyon Opera Ballet. He received numerous awards f.ex. the Time Out Live award for outstanding collaboration for his work Sheer and a South Bank Show dance award for the piece Choice. Maliphant was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts from Plymouth University. Russell offers the workshop Resonance of the body image – Embodiment A thematic bundle around ideas of collaboration and conversation, body image and contact improvisation.
Russell offers the workshop Resonance of the body image – Embodiment A thematic bundle around ideas of collaboration and conversation, body image and contact improvisation.