AT HOME

Welcome to AT HOME
It’s wonderful to have you with us tonight at the Dance House.
We hope you enjoy yourselves, if you do make sure to tell us on @ndcwales across social media.

Order of events:

Wild Thoughts
by Andrea Costanzo Martini
(20 minutes)

Pause
(10-15 minutes)

NO-SHOW
by Matthew Robinson
(11 minutes)

Interval
(20 minutes)

Ludo
by Caroline Finn  
(30 minutes)

Andrea Costanzo Martini

Andrea Costanzo Martini was born and raised in Italy where he received his first education in contemporary dance and ballet. He has danced in Aalto Theater Essen, Batsheva Young Ensemble, Batsheva Dance Company, Cullberg Ballet, Inbal Pinto and A. Pollack Dance Company. Since 2013 Andrea has been creating and performing his own works. He received the first prize for dance and choreography at the International Tanz Solo Competition Stuttgart in 2013 and was awarded several prizes for the solo works “What Happened in Torino” and “Occhio di Bue”. Andrea has focused on solo and duet works such as Trop, VoglioVoglia, SCARABEO (selected by Aerowaves 2018), but more recently started collaborating with companies such as Balletto di Roma and Balletto Teatro di Torino with the works Intro and Balera. Most recently Andrea’s research in dance focuses in both extreme physicality and theatricality in the performance act and explores the power balance between dancers and spectators. Always filled with humour and supported by a wide range of skills, Martini’s work questions and plays with the expectations of the dance medium. Trained in both ballet and contemporary technique, Andrea is also a Gaga instructor and has led dance workshops around the world since 2007. Andrea’s most recent works include ‘Mood Shifter’ and a piece for young audiences called ‘PayPer Play’.

Matthew Robinson

Matthew Robinson is a practising artist having worked as a dancer, choreographer, facilitator, Rehearsal Director and Artistic Director. Matthew became Artistic Director of NDCWales in September 2021. For many years Matthew danced for Scottish Dance Theatre, performing work by a diverse range of international choreographers including Sharon Eyal, Damien Jalet, Hofesh Shechter, and Victor Quijada. In 2013 he was invited to take on the responsibilities of Rehearsal Director, supporting the dancers and guest artists in their creative process, and the company on multiple international tours. Matthew was appointed Artistic Director of VERVE in 2016. Based at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, under his direction VERVE became known for its bold commissioning, collaborating with world-renowned and fresh choreographic voices to create distinct, engaging programmes of dance work. Reaching thousands of people each year, onstage, online and in outreach work, Matthew ambitiously led the company for five years. Matthew creates his own artistic work in independent, collaborative and commissioned contexts. As an artist he seeks to translate contradictions and complex feelings, through boldly physical and emotionally-layered choreographic construction. His latest work, September, is his second collaboration with music producer Torben Lars Sylvest. Matthew is a graduate of London Contemporary Dance School.

Caroline Finn

Born in England, Caroline Finn attended the Arts Educational School, Tring and then the Juilliard School, New York. As a dancer, Caroline was a member of Ballett Theatre Munich, Ballet Preljocaj and Compagnie Carolyn Carlson.
As a choreographer, Caroline has presented her works worldwide and choreographed for companies such as the National Ballet of Chile, Bayerisches Junior Ballet München, Ballettheater München, Tanz Luzerner Theater and VERVE.
She was awarded the Matthew Bourne New Adventures Choreographer Award 2014, and was then commissioned to create Bloom for Phoenix Dance Theatre.
Caroline was Artistic Director of NDCWales from 2015-2017 and during that time created 4 new pieces for the company including Folk, which won her the title of Best Female Artist. In 2018 she became Resident Choreographer to continue her work with the Company. Caroline was choreographer and co-director on NDCWales’ co-production, Passion, with Music Theatre Wales, which was named in the Top 10 Classical performances of 2018 (The Guardian).
Caroline has also collaborated with Welsh National Opera and Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Stockholm and she teaches and choreographs at conservatories and universities worldwide.
A founding member of Cie La Ronde (CH), she lives in Zurich and is a member of Tanztendenz München e.V.