RESOLUTION 26: Fin de Fiesta, JJ James and Lauren Scott

Resolution Festival

This image is divided into three parts. On the left, woman standing on stage in front of a group of musicians, wearing a long dark skirt and white jacket, captured in between movements with her arms by her sides. In the centre, person wearing a navy shirt and two blue shirts styled as a skirt with red sneakers, caught mid-movement, setting the fabric into motion. On the right, a person with long platinum blonde hair covering their face, wearing a white tank top and leather trousers, kneels on grass while holding a leaf blower aimed at their face, setting their hair into motion.

About RESOLUTION 26: Fin de Fiesta, JJ James and Lauren Scott

Woman standing on stage in front of a group of musicians, wearing a long dark skirt and white jacket, captured in between movements with her arms by her sides.

Encuentros

Encuentros recreates on stage the essence of the London Juergas (Flamenco jams, artistic gatherings).

In this piece, musicians and dancers from multiple backgrounds exchange their stories in the common ground that Flamenco offers.

An invitation to witness how art brings people together.

About Fin de Fiesta

Lydia Ayllón is a Barcelona-based dancer and movement artist whose work blends flamenco and contemporary dance methodologies. She has presented her choreographic creations in London (Soleá de mi Casa, 2023) and at the Resolution Festival (HAwyIRe, 2024).

Fin de fiesta creates space for London’s flamenco community and beyond: A nomadic platform where artists from diverse cultures meet, jam, create and share. Through its events, it celebrates flamenco as connection, communication, and a living intercultural art form.

cast and creatives

Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer: Lydia Ayllón

Creative Producer: Irene Giménez

Assistant Producer: Tanya Costa

Dancers:Sheryn Akiki, Lourdes Fernández, Nathaniel Mackie, Victor Ramos el ChuliandJuan Sánchez

Singer, Guitarist and Rubab Player: Maria de Huelva

Singer, Percussion and Dancer: Laura González

Guitarist: Michael Mcmahon

Percussion: Agoney Hernández, Jabbar

Singer: Carlos de Luisa

Person wearing a navy shirt and two blue shirts styled as a skirt with red sneakers, caught mid-movement, setting the fabric into motion.

Ad-lib

An intimate improvised solo work from street dance artist Lauren Scott, presented in the round. Drawing from popping and hip hop techniques, the piece showcases the raw artistry of freestyle, using isolation and illusionary movement to create a compelling dialogue with a ranging sensory soundscape, from jazz to electronic music

Like a live instrumentalist, Lauren interprets and relates to the immediate sensations within the space, offering a visceral, shared experience. By surrounding the artist in this stripped-back performance, you'll feel the intensity of freestyle and the raw qualities of movement unfold in real-time, blending the liveness of street dance with the intimacy of theatre.

ABOUT LAUREN SCOTT

Lauren Scott is a movement artist specialising in street dance, with a practice rooted in popping and hip hop, and complemented by contemporary influences. Her artistic approach is informed by her training at drama school and London Contemporary Dance School. This dual foundation allows her to fluidly navigate between naturalism and surrealism in performance. She integrates street dance elements (popping, animation, hip hop) with theatrical techniques, composition, form and structure.

As a member of The Architects Crew and IndaFam (IndaHouse UK) and an active member of the UK street dance scene, Lauren Scott engages in battle culture and theatre, continuously exploring how street dance can evolve and expand within contemporary theatrical spaces.

A person with long platinum blonde hair covering their face, wearing a white tank top and leather trousers, kneels on grass while holding a leaf blower aimed at their face, setting their hair into motion.

COPTERS AND HEARSES

Thelovechild between choreographer JJ James and fashion designer Joca Veiga.

Following the futile journey to the fully optimised human through a landscape of over-consumption, modern day health culture and “self-care”, this work zooms into the monotony of the capitalist machine and the guises of fulfilment that fuel it.

Six performers cycle through doomed rituals of modern-day culture, consistently failing to transform into their spotless selves. What is left once the obsession is over, once the caricature is fully replicated? What do we have left that we cannot commodify?

About JJ JAMES

JJ James is a Bristol born performer and choreographer based in London. Since graduating from Rambert School and VERVE 22, they have worked on a wide range of productions in gallery spaces, stages and screen. Their emergent choreographic work centres around queerness, performance art and current culture online and on land. Collaborator Joca Veiga is a Portuguese designer based in London, and is a graduate of Middlesex University. After graduating Joca worked as a menswear designer for the likes of Givenchy and Vivienne Westwood. Credits include Doja Cat, Rosalia and Lisbon Fashion Week.

cast and creatives

Choreographer and Director: JJ James

Fashion Designer and Art Director: Joca Veiga

Dramaturg: Sula Castle

Rehearsal Director: Sophie Ormiston

Composer: Seirian Griffiths

Performers: Louisa Fernando, Darinka Bojorquez, Sam Dilkes, Nicole Nevitt, Natnael Dawit and Yu-chien Cheng.

Credits highlight main roles of contribution. This work has been a collaborative process between generous and versatile artists, influence can be found across all aspects of the team.