Gerrard Martin: Artistic Director/ Dance Artist
Gerrard Martin trained at De Montfort University, gaining a BA Hons in English Literature and Performing Arts; he then went on to Northern School of Contemporary Dance and obtained a Diploma in Professional Dance Studies. Gerrard was awarded an MA in choreography from the Central School of Ballet.
He has danced for Jose Agudo for Akademi, Rosie Kay Dance Company, and has toured nationally with Tavaziva Dance, Union Dance Company, as well as dancing for the West End's production of the Lion King, Ballet Black, Aletta Collins Dance Company, State of Emergency, and Phoenix Dance Company.
Aside from modelling, commercial dance contracts, and film engagements, Gerrard has also danced for National Theatre, has toured internationally with the English National Opera, and the Royal Opera House.
Gerrard has taught and mentored the Place, Mount View Theatre Arts Academy, The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, Trinity Laban, Rambert School & the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art & Arts Ed. He was an associate lecturer at the University of Northampton.
Gerrard has choreographed for the National Youth Ballet, Outbox Theatre, Longborough Opera, British Museum, Pegasus Opera and the National Portrait gallery. The West Bengal Federation of Dance, India commissioned Gerrard’s choreography for World Dance Day.
He created his project-based company Gerrard Martin Dance in 2011 and has had work featured at the Sadlers Wells, Tate Modern, National Portrait Gallery, RichMix and the Emerge, Between the Lines, South Bank Urban, Let’s Dance International, and Cloud Dance Festivals. Gerrard's work has also been selected for The Field Film festival, UK and the Athens Video Dance Project, Greece.
He is associate choreographer for the West End's production of Stranger Things and was an assistant choreographer on the English National Opera’s Porgy and Bess, One Love Musical, (Bob Marley), and the 40th UAE Royal Anniversary Performance, Abu Dhabi.
He is part of the first cohort of The Kerry Nicholls Dance Mentoring Programme, co founder of two organisations Black Artists in Dance (BAiD), & the Pathways House Collective. Gerrard is also an experienced Yoga Alliance trained yoga teacher and a experienced movement director.
Gerrard aims to produce works of emotive and socially relevant dance-theatre; to teach and facilitate creativity through movement, yoga, and dance, and wishes to collaborate and engage with artists across different mediums.
William Ervin: Dance artist
Will is an East Coast native. He earned a BFA in dance from Montclair State University. He also holds an MFA in dance from the University of Illinois. He has trained with Joffrey Ballet, EMIA, Rennie Harris, Jacobs Pillow, and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet.
As Artistic Director of his company Erv Works Dance, he has presented choreography at the Dumbo Dance Festival, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Recent works were choreographing for Kemar Jewels Dance Film project headlining the Global Black Pride event where Kemar’s work was presented after the keynote speaker Former President Joe Biden, Battery Dance Festival, Maria Torres’s Sol El Bario, and the Joyce Theatre in partnership with Future Dance Festival, 92nd Y, and The Martha Graham Dance Company.
Other accomplishments include performing in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club on Broadway, apprenticing with Camille A. Brown & Dancers, and interning with American Ballet Theatre’s Major Gifts Department. He was recently named Dance Lab NY by Josh Prince’s fall cycle choreographer, Dance on the Lawn's emerging commissioned choreographer, and has set work on Dimensions Dance Theater of Miami, Accent Dance NY & Brooklyn Ballet.
Karim Conde: Dance Artist
Karim Conde is a Moroccan of Guinean origin, 23 years old, he is an actor trained at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Rabat. He has performed in multiple theatre productions and participated in workshops led by both national and international directors such as Mohamed Elhor, Messaoud Bouhcine, Fargass Assandé, and Pascal Rambert.
He is also a contemporary dancer who has collaborated with various choreographers and com-
panies, including Cie Coljam, Cie Irtijal, Salima Moumni, and Khalid Benghrib. He is now pur-
suing a professional bachelor’s degree in dance and choreography at PARTS (Brussels).
Joanne Bernard: Dramaturg / Rehearsal Director
Joanne Bernard trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Her performing career started with Kokuma Dance Theatre Company based in Birmingham, which opened up opportunities to work and perform with international African and Caribbean artist.
Joanne was part of the choreographic platform State Of Emergency which resulted in her being asked to take on the role of Rehearsal Director for 4 seasons.
Joanne also became Rehearsal Director for Tavaziva in 2004 and shortly after Rosie Kay, during this time she became Movement Director for children’s theatre company Tutti Frutti and Red Earth Theatre.
Currently teaching Contemporary Technique BA Hons students at Salford University.
Kinnetia Isidore: Costume Designer
Kinnetia's theatre credits: Black Super Hero (Royal Court Theatre) Adult Children (Donmar); Our Generation (National, The Minerva Chichester); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Young Vic); The Wife of Willesden (co-designer; Kiln, Brooklyn Academy of Music, American Repertory Theater Boston); Enter Achilles (Rambert, Sadler’s Wells & Onassis Stegi), Scandaltown, Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith); The Night Woman (The Other Palace).
As associate costume designer, theatre credits: Constellations (Donmar, Vaudeville West End); Ragtime (ArtsEd); Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons (Harold Pinter West End).
William South: Composer & Multi-instrumentalist
Over a long and varied career composer and multi instrumentalist William South has enjoyed global and critical success with his projects Heavy Shift, Philadelphia Bluntz and The South Trio, freelanced on tour and in the studio with artists as diverse as David Byrne, Larry Heard, All Saints, Dead or Alive and Tom Jones among others, composed extensively for TV/media
(including BBC shows Hustle, Death in Paradise and Freefonix) and over the past few years after working as co-composer and band leader on the Punch Drunk immersive theatre show The Drowned Man has developed a passion and focus for composing for contemporary dance/ballet shows and works regularly with various institutions such as English National Ballet and Laban and choreographers such as Sarah Dowling, Stephen Pelton, Gerrard Martin, Jo Meredith and Feet off the Ground among others.
Other activities include regularly playing small jazz gigs and also mentoring young musicians. Currently teaching at Trinity, William has mentored many young musicians on to way to a career in music, notably recent Mercury Prize/Brit Award nominees Nova Twins who he taught from scratch right through to global touring and chart success.
Andrea Queens: Artist
Andrea Queens is an artist, artistic director, and founder working across performance, sound, movement, and community-led practice. Her work bridges artistic excellence with social intention, creating intimate, inclusive experiences that centre care, embodiment, and connection.
Working internationally as a leader, creator, performer, and educator, she has worked with a multitude of artists and organisations including the BBC, Apples and Snakes, Sky, British Council, Nike, Arts Council England, the University of East London, and Rambert School.
