Percolator 2027: Aishwarya Raut, Kenny Wing Tao Ho and Hawiyya Dance Company
London Contemporary Dance School
About Percolator 2027: Aishwarya Raut, Kenny Wing Tao Ho and Hawiyya Dance Company
A Work-In-Progress Showcase
Aishwarya Raut, Kenny Wing Tao Ho and Hawiyya Dance Company
Like ideas slowly percolating and flavours brewing to perfection, Percolator is where new dance rises to the surface to be shared with an audience.
Join us for London Contemporary Dance School's final year showcase – an evening celebrating performances in progress by final year BA students.
Percolator 2027 features brand new works by choreographers Aishwarya Raut, Kenny Wing Tao Ho and Hawiyya Dance Company.
About the artists
Aishwarya Raut
Aishwarya Raut is a Mumbai-born dance artist trained in India and the UK, holding an MA in Professional Dance Performance. She works internationally as a performer, choreographer, teacher and actor, and has danced with Rambert, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Akram Khan Company and Lost Dog. Alongside her stage work, she collaborates with artists and brands across music, fashion, and film.
Since beginning her choreographic practice in 2024, her work has been presented across the UK, India, and Europe. She has been featured in Dance Magazine and Nowness, received UK National Dance Award nominations for Best Female Dancer (2024) and Outstanding Female Modern Performance (2025), and was named one of Bachtrack’s 10 Rising Stars in Dance and Choreography (2024/25).
Kenny Wing Tao Ho
Kenny Wing Tao Ho is a dance artist and choreographer based in London. Born in Mansfield to Cantonese and Hakka Chinese parents, Kenny started dancing by copying moves from the film You Got Served. He later studied dance at London Contemporary Dance School graduating with a first-class honours.
His early career includes performing in the London 2012 Olympics with Akram Khan, and creating Border Tales with Luca Silvestrini. Kenny has worked with a variety of artists over his career but is known for his work with dance and theatre companies, Protein Dance, Hofesh Shechter Company, and Gecko Theatre.
In 2025 Kenny co-founded YAK Dance with Yeji Kim. Their first work ARRIVAL was sponsored by ONEArt Centre’s International Choreographic Residency Program and was previewed to critical acclaim in Shanghai. His work has been presented internationally including commissions by XieXin Dance Theatre, NAFA School of Arts, and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Recent work includes ARRIVAL and Pigs in Heaven, WALLS, Flowers of Ruin, and Flowers of Ruin(Dino's and Flowers).
Hawiyya Dance Company – Sylvia Ferreira
All-women's company founded in 2017 that explores identity, culture, and resistance primarily through traditional Palestinian Dabke and Contemporary Dance. Engaging in large scale performances as well as on-the-street activism.
Sylvia Ferreira is a Co-Founder and Artistic Director at Hawiyya Dance Company. Sylvia holds a Bachelor of Dance and a Master of Choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Sylvia has an extensive portfolio of choreographies and performances both nationally and globally. She co-founded the Hawiyya Dance Company, a platform that intertwines dance and social advocacy, particularly with migrant and displaced communities. This impactful effort gained recognition and funding from the Arts Council and the British Council for its projects.
Sylvia's experience ranges from performance, choreography and movement direction in film and theatre to feature films, music videos, television shows and shows in world-class venues such as Shakespeare's Globe, V&A, Tate, The Place, National Theatre and many more. Sylvia continues to cultivate her unique perspective in bridging cultures through the universal language of dance.