About the artists

Gill Clarke, Siobhan Davies & Deborah Bull. Photograph by Sarah Ainslie

Deborah Bull has been a principal artist at the Royal Ballet since 1992 and one of its most articulate advocates for change and renewal. She has created roles for Ashley Page and Twyla Tharp and has received particular praise for her performance of the works of George Balanchine and William Forsythe. She has served on the board of the Arts Council England and The South Bank Centre, and as a Governor of the BBC. Deborah became Creative Director of ROH2 in 2002 and now serves as Creative Director of the Royal Opera House.

Gill Clarke studied English and Education at York University, she is a highly regarded independent dance artist and a regular Davies collaborator as well as a founding member. She was recipient of a London Dance and Performance Award and has worked with other choreographers and companies including Janet Smith, Rosemary Butcher and Rosemary Lee. A performer, teacher and choregrapher of international standing, she is also a vigirous campaigner for contemporary dance.

Siobhan Davies, orginally trained in art, has been at the forefront of new developments in dance for the past two decades, dancing with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre in the 70s before becoming its lead choreographer and then founding her own award-winning company since 1988. She has received numerous awards, including a Fulbright Arts Fellowship, four Digital Dance Awards, and six nominations for the Prudential Award for Dance, which she won in 1996. In 1993 and 1996 she won the Olivier Award for Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues and The Art of Touch respectively. The Art of Touch also won the 1996 Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Production. Davies was appointed both Choreographer in Residence and Senior Research Fellow at the Roehampton Institute, London and in October 1996, she accepted an Honorary Fellowship at Trinity College of Music.