dancer under red light in business suit holds a breifcase
by Thomas Carsley

Fan the Flames

Production Info
12 Minutes

Weary and frustrated with the world today, an office worker, a student and a lonely old man each find their inner strength. Elegant, energetic and emotive dance. Featuring new music from composer Eric Martin Kamosi.

Creative Team

Choreographer: Thomas Carsley 
Composer: Eric Martin Kamosi 
Lighting Design: Geraint Chinnock, Will Lewis
Costume Supervisor: Deryn Tudor  

Created with dancers: Niamh Keeling, Edward Myhill, Marine Tournet 

First performed: 12 November 2022 at The Welfare, Ystradgynlais 

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Thomas Carsley

Thomas Carsley is a recent graduate from Liverpool Institution for Performing Art. He started choreographing more when starting his training at LIPA and his style of dance and choreography comes from Contemporary/hip hop movement that includes experimentation to express the mood of the whole theme. Thomas also got to the grand final of BBC Young Dancer in 2019 and worked with different mentors including Ivan Blackstock and Kenrick Sandy.

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Eric Martin Kamosi

Eric Martin Kamosi is a guitarist, electronic musician and composer who creates folk, rock, concrete, electronic and minimal music using a variety of instruments, field recordings and electronic sounds. He has written and performed for professional dance and physical theatre and created music installations, sound design, algorithmic compositions and music for live instruments as part of a BA (Hons) ‘Creative Sound and Music’ degree from the University of South Wales, a Master’s degree in ‘Digital Composition and Performance’ from the University of Edinburgh and an Mmus at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Having taken part in a media composition traineeship and created music for screen and live theatre, Eric continues to be interested in working with artists from a wide range of disciplines.

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