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Divya Kasturi is an artist who defies easy description. A multifaceted Dance practitioner with more than three decades of performing experience, Divya is a virtuosic Performer, Choreographer and Teacher of Bharatanatyam. She constantly innovates with the form and the content through her allied skills in Kathak, Carnatic vocals, Western Contemporary Dance, British Physical Theatre, Indian Television crafts whilst blazing a trail with her innovative Interdisciplinary explorations with Virtual Reality, Hologram technology and other Digital forms.

Born, brought-up in Chennai(India), Divya Kasturi’s work has been seen all over the world including in New York, Sydney, Paris, and Mumbai. Her ‘Forgot Your Password’ is a first-of-its-kind endeavour in integrating Bharatanatyam and 3D Hologram Technology. Her one-woman solo Dance-theatre production ‘To Varnam…With Love’ and ‘Now Here’ involved a bespoke exciting visual design. Her most recent work embarks on incorporating Bharatanatyam into the world of Virtual Reality Headsets. This project is taking shape as a result of her Questlab residency with Studio Wayne McGregor.

Liam Francis is an independent dance artist, choreographer and facilitator. His career began at ZooNation Dance Company where he worked extensively in the hip hop and commercial dance industry. He trained vocationally at London Studio Centre (INTOTO) and graduated with a First Class BA Hons degree in 2014. Liam spent seven years as a leading dancer with Rambert Dance Company, performing and creating roles in works by choreographers such as Mark Baldwin, Kim Brandstrup, Christopher Bruce, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Merce Cunningham, Ben Duke, Sharon Eyal, Andonis Foniadakis, Wayne McGregor, Marion Motin, Patricia Okenwa, Hofesh Shechter, Alexander Whitley, Wim Vandekeybus and Didy Veldman.

Liam’s choreographic work has been performed in London, Oxford, Rotterdam, Hannover, Rome and New York. He is also currently an MA student at Rambert School where his research explores the phenomenological concepts of Flow State and Place through choreography and movement.

In 2019, Liam founded the Artistic Gremlin Workshop. This was an expansion of his own personal practice that sought to address the unhelpful and often negative thoughts that would come up whilst creating work. The Artistic Gremlin Workshop now affords artists, of any level and from any field, a reflective rest stop where they can explore the intrusive critical voices that visit during their practice. The goal of this shared reflective practice is to build empathy in the creative community, and to assist the development of healthier relationships between artist and those unavoidable voices.

Vicky is a dancer, choreographer and teacher specialising in Hip Hop and Street Dance forms. In a career spanning two decades as a freelance artist, she has worked on a range of projects across film, theatre and television. Examples include: choreography and movement direction for London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Ceremony, Street Dance 3D and Trainspotting T2.

Vicky has previously worked as a performer, teacher and choreographer for the Olivier Award-winning dance company Boy Blue, working on productions such as Pied Piper and The Five and the Prophecy of Prana. She has also taught at LAMDA, University of East London and frequently teaches the youth company in ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company.