Esther Huss
DANCE TRAINING:
2016 + 15 Butoh, Yoshito Ohno, Yokohama, Japan
2000- 03 London Studio Centre BA (Hons) in Theatre Dance
1995 + 98 RAD Summer School, London
1998 'Pretty Ugly Dance Co.', Freiburg, Chor. Amanda Miller, Apprentice
1991-00 Ballet Studio Susan Carter (Ex-Royal Ballet dancer),
Germany: Pre-Intermediate RAD exam
CHOREOGRAPHY/ MOVEMENT DIRECTION:
2021 Stairwall - the things we climb (Cambois miners welfare institute)
2021 suited (dance city Newcastle)
2019 all in a row (southwark playhouse)
2019 BRIDGES - DANCE FOR EUROPE, European Film Project, Comp. Katie Doherty,
Choreography
2018 THRILLER - NO MORE (Daylight)
2017 SPEAKING BODIES (New Diorama Theatre)
2016 BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK (Stratford Circus)
2016 WHEN WE SEE WE ARE ONE (Sadler's well's Lilian Bayliss)
2015 WE ARE HERE (Stratford Circus)
2015 MARY POPPINS (Lilian Bayliss)
2015 BLOOM (New Diorama Theatre)
2015 FREEDOM DANCE (Whittington Hospital)
2014 DANDELION COLLECTIVE (Islington Town Hall)
2013 SCROOGE – A modern version (Jacksons Lane)
2012 HARINGEY MOVES, BIG DANCE event
2012 TRINKETS (Tate Britain)
2011 HAIRSPRAY (Lilian Bayliss Sadlers Wells)
2011-13 SHE, Music Video, Amber Records
2006 JUST TWO (Courtyard Theatre London)
PERFORMANCE:
2021 stairwall - the things we climb (Cambois Miners Welfare Institute)
2021 suited (dance city)
2020 THE FREE ARTIST? (Research and Consultation Project) chor. Jacky Lansley
2020 WE ARE ANIMALS (R+D) Jacky Lansley
2019 ESTER, (A garage in northumberland) w/ visual artist claudia sacher
2019 PICNIC AT THE STONE CIRCLE (Ladycross Quarry)
2019 COLOURSCAPE (Waddesdon Manor)
2019 ABOUT US (MAO Gallery), Chor. Jacky Lansley
2018/17 ABOUT US (UK-TOUR) Chor. Jacky Lansley
2017 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2016 ABOUT US (Siobhan Davies Studios) Chor. Jacky Lansley
2015 PLANETA KA (Unicorn Theatre) Chor. Jordi Colominas
2013/14 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2013 CHIMERA (Bernie Grant Theatre) Chor. Jo Meredith
2012 GUEST SUITES (UK Tour) Chor. Jacky Lansley
2009 PESTIVAL (Southbank Queen Elizabeth Hall)
2009 OUTSPOKEN DANCE (Hackney Empire) Chor. Ashleigh Tresize
2009 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2008 LA CALISTO (Royal Opera House) Chor. Beate Vollack
2008 BIG DANCE, Trafalgar Square, Chor. Aletta Collins
2007 METROPOLIS (Fabrics London), FutureShorts Film Prod.
2006 FAUST (Royal Opera House) Chor. Michael Keagan Dolan
2006 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2005 A MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE (Royal Opera House) Chor. Ron Howell
2005 KOOL DOWN (Somerset house) Chor. Aletta Collins
2003 PUNK (Barbican Theatre) Chor. Aletta Collins
PERFORMANCE - TV/ MUSIC VIDEO:
2015 LIVING DAYLIGHTS with Paul Whitehouse, Sue Pollard
2013 SHE (Robert ninot Music Video) AmberRecords
2011 RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME, WRONG REASON (King Jacks Music Video),
2011 QUEENS GUARDS (BBC World News + Love Infomercial) Dir. Jamie Lane
2011 GET READY AND BE COUNTED (Orange Mobile Phone Ident)
2008 WE ARE BEAUTIFUL (Leicester Highcross Ident) Dir. Joost van Gelder
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2013-2019 DAYLIGHT DAY CENTRE, Islington, weekly movement session - adults w/
learning difficulties + disabilities (LDD)
Ongoing DANDELION COLLECTIVE, Inclusive Adult + Children Dance Group, Co-founder
and weekly Movement tutor
2013-2019 1-1 Teaching with Young adults w/ LDD
2013-2017 LABURNUM BOAT CLUB, Inclusive Dance session, kids aged 9-14yrs
2015-2019 DANCE RESEARCH STUDIO, The Speaking Dancer, Professional Interdisciplinary
Performance Training Programme, Tutor
2014-2018 NEWHAM 6TH FORM COLLEGE, Sardines Dance, Inclusive Dance Session, Adults
with and without LDD
2014 CAMDEN SOCIETY, Islington, Term break dance session, 12-16yr olds (LDD)
2014 LAMBETH COMMUNITY, ‘Movement, Language, Communication’ workshops
2014 CAMDEN SOCIETY, Islington, Term break dance session, 12-16yr olds (LDD)
2013 HOXTON HALL, Teenage Funky Contemporary Class, Dance Tutor
2012 THE BROOK AND THE WILLOW SCHOOL, Haringey, Inclusive Dance session, 6-14yr
2012 HARINGEY MOVES, Legacy Trust UK, Organiser + Teacher of BIG DANCE project in
Haringey, all ages and abilities, London
2012 NEWHAM CHILDMINDING ASSOCIATION, Dance Session, 6-12yr olds
2012 STRATFORD CIRCUS, ‘Creative Club', Guest Artist – Teacher, 2-11yr olds
2011 MANLEY COURT NURSING HOME, T-Dances with the elderly
2011 ENTELECHY ARTS, The Albany, Movement Teacher
2010 WILLIAM C HARVEY SCHOOL (SEN), Tottenham, Volunteer
2008 GOLDCARE NURSING HOME, Hampstead, Movement teacher for the elderly
SKILLS:
Improvisation, Partnering, Choreography, Characterisation, Piano, Drama, TaiChi, Props Improvisation, Excellent People Skills, Mentoring Experience, Workshop Facilitator, Partnering Skills, Choreography, Basic Makaton
DANCE TRAINING:
2016 + 15 Butoh, Yoshito Ohno, Yokohama, Japan
2000- 03 London Studio Centre BA (Hons) in Theatre Dance
1995 + 98 RAD Summer School, London
1998 'Pretty Ugly Dance Co.', Freiburg, Chor. Amanda Miller, Apprentice
1991-00 Ballet Studio Susan Carter (Ex-Royal Ballet dancer),
Germany: Pre-Intermediate RAD exam
CHOREOGRAPHY/ MOVEMENT DIRECTION:
2021 Stairwall - the things we climb (Cambois miners welfare institute)
2021 suited (dance city Newcastle)
2019 all in a row (southwark playhouse)
2019 BRIDGES - DANCE FOR EUROPE, European Film Project, Comp. Katie Doherty,
Choreography
2018 THRILLER - NO MORE (Daylight)
2017 SPEAKING BODIES (New Diorama Theatre)
2016 BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK (Stratford Circus)
2016 WHEN WE SEE WE ARE ONE (Sadler's well's Lilian Bayliss)
2015 WE ARE HERE (Stratford Circus)
2015 MARY POPPINS (Lilian Bayliss)
2015 BLOOM (New Diorama Theatre)
2015 FREEDOM DANCE (Whittington Hospital)
2014 DANDELION COLLECTIVE (Islington Town Hall)
2013 SCROOGE – A modern version (Jacksons Lane)
2012 HARINGEY MOVES, BIG DANCE event
2012 TRINKETS (Tate Britain)
2011 HAIRSPRAY (Lilian Bayliss Sadlers Wells)
2011-13 SHE, Music Video, Amber Records
2006 JUST TWO (Courtyard Theatre London)
PERFORMANCE:
2021 stairwall - the things we climb (Cambois Miners Welfare Institute)
2021 suited (dance city)
2020 THE FREE ARTIST? (Research and Consultation Project) chor. Jacky Lansley
2020 WE ARE ANIMALS (R+D) Jacky Lansley
2019 ESTER, (A garage in northumberland) w/ visual artist claudia sacher
2019 PICNIC AT THE STONE CIRCLE (Ladycross Quarry)
2019 COLOURSCAPE (Waddesdon Manor)
2019 ABOUT US (MAO Gallery), Chor. Jacky Lansley
2018/17 ABOUT US (UK-TOUR) Chor. Jacky Lansley
2017 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2016 ABOUT US (Siobhan Davies Studios) Chor. Jacky Lansley
2015 PLANETA KA (Unicorn Theatre) Chor. Jordi Colominas
2013/14 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2013 CHIMERA (Bernie Grant Theatre) Chor. Jo Meredith
2012 GUEST SUITES (UK Tour) Chor. Jacky Lansley
2009 PESTIVAL (Southbank Queen Elizabeth Hall)
2009 OUTSPOKEN DANCE (Hackney Empire) Chor. Ashleigh Tresize
2009 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2008 LA CALISTO (Royal Opera House) Chor. Beate Vollack
2008 BIG DANCE, Trafalgar Square, Chor. Aletta Collins
2007 METROPOLIS (Fabrics London), FutureShorts Film Prod.
2006 FAUST (Royal Opera House) Chor. Michael Keagan Dolan
2006 TURANDOT (Royal Opera House) Chor. Kate Flatt
2005 A MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE (Royal Opera House) Chor. Ron Howell
2005 KOOL DOWN (Somerset house) Chor. Aletta Collins
2003 PUNK (Barbican Theatre) Chor. Aletta Collins
PERFORMANCE - TV/ MUSIC VIDEO:
2015 LIVING DAYLIGHTS with Paul Whitehouse, Sue Pollard
2013 SHE (Robert ninot Music Video) AmberRecords
2011 RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME, WRONG REASON (King Jacks Music Video),
2011 QUEENS GUARDS (BBC World News + Love Infomercial) Dir. Jamie Lane
2011 GET READY AND BE COUNTED (Orange Mobile Phone Ident)
2008 WE ARE BEAUTIFUL (Leicester Highcross Ident) Dir. Joost van Gelder
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2013-2019 DAYLIGHT DAY CENTRE, Islington, weekly movement session - adults w/
learning difficulties + disabilities (LDD)
Ongoing DANDELION COLLECTIVE, Inclusive Adult + Children Dance Group, Co-founder
and weekly Movement tutor
2013-2019 1-1 Teaching with Young adults w/ LDD
2013-2017 LABURNUM BOAT CLUB, Inclusive Dance session, kids aged 9-14yrs
2015-2019 DANCE RESEARCH STUDIO, The Speaking Dancer, Professional Interdisciplinary
Performance Training Programme, Tutor
2014-2018 NEWHAM 6TH FORM COLLEGE, Sardines Dance, Inclusive Dance Session, Adults
with and without LDD
2014 CAMDEN SOCIETY, Islington, Term break dance session, 12-16yr olds (LDD)
2014 LAMBETH COMMUNITY, ‘Movement, Language, Communication’ workshops
2014 CAMDEN SOCIETY, Islington, Term break dance session, 12-16yr olds (LDD)
2013 HOXTON HALL, Teenage Funky Contemporary Class, Dance Tutor
2012 THE BROOK AND THE WILLOW SCHOOL, Haringey, Inclusive Dance session, 6-14yr
2012 HARINGEY MOVES, Legacy Trust UK, Organiser + Teacher of BIG DANCE project in
Haringey, all ages and abilities, London
2012 NEWHAM CHILDMINDING ASSOCIATION, Dance Session, 6-12yr olds
2012 STRATFORD CIRCUS, ‘Creative Club', Guest Artist – Teacher, 2-11yr olds
2011 MANLEY COURT NURSING HOME, T-Dances with the elderly
2011 ENTELECHY ARTS, The Albany, Movement Teacher
2010 WILLIAM C HARVEY SCHOOL (SEN), Tottenham, Volunteer
2008 GOLDCARE NURSING HOME, Hampstead, Movement teacher for the elderly
SKILLS:
Improvisation, Partnering, Choreography, Characterisation, Piano, Drama, TaiChi, Props Improvisation, Excellent People Skills, Mentoring Experience, Workshop Facilitator, Partnering Skills, Choreography, Basic Makaton
