Percolator
London Contemporary Dance School
About Percolator
Join us for Percolator, an evening to showcase and celebrate performances in progress by final year BA students at London Contemporary Dance School.
The idea of Percolator is to produce a new piece of work within a short rehearsal period. The resulting work is striving to be spontaneous and fun. Quite literally, new ideas and new choreography brewing!
This year, the curated artists for the Percolator performance are Ceyda Tanc, Olu Alatise and Shannelle 'Tali' Fergus.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
About Ceyda Tanc
Ceyda is a British-Turkish choreographer and Artistic Director of Ceyda Tanc Dance, founded in 2012. Ceyda presents live work in theatre settings, festivals, galleries and alternative event spaces. In 2021 she advised on English National Ballet’s Raymonda and subsequently created Nefes for the company. In 2024 she co-created BACI with support from the British Council, a cross-cultural collaboration featuring 67 British and Turkish dancers.
With community and participation at the core of her practice, Ceyda has created numerous commissioned works for youth groups and under/postgraduate companies and delivered on CAT (Centre for Advanced Training) schemes nationally (The Place, FABRIC, Dance East). She is an Associate Lecturer at University of Chichester and runs a successful youth dance programme from her multi-arts space, THE STUDIO in Brighton.
www.ceydatancdance.com
About Olu Alatise
Olu Alatise is a Dance Artist, Choreographer, Educator and Curator. She is the artistic director of Afroqueens Dance Company and the co-founder and organiser of Afrodanceblast Showcase and Afro & More battles.
With over 20+ years experience in the dance industry in different facets of the industry as a Dancer, Choreographer, Talent Management, Cultural Ambassador and Curator; Olu has changed how African street dance is seen within the commercial and education circuit.
Dance Artist credits include:Wicked, Wicked for Good, Jax Jones, Rihanna, Drake, Steff London, Lily Allen, Laura Mvula, Britain's Got Talent, Spotify and more.
Choreography / Movement Artist credits include: Steff London, Olympics '12 , Wagamama, Adidas, Nike, Sports Direct, Mr Eazi, Wizkid, Sports Direct and more.
Olu recently developed her first full length production funded by the Arts Council National Lottery called Journal of 7 and is passionate about creating work that challenges and engages cultural nuances.
The piece is yet to be developed but will be created with a mixture of choreography and improvisation using dance styles within the Afro and Hip-Hop world.
About Shannelle 'Tali' Fergus
Shannelle ‘Tali’ Fergus is a London-raised, Margate-based creative working within the dance community and in the dance industry, with 20+ years’ experience and a unique 360 perspective, working across performance, choreography, teaching and talent management.
Choreographer/Movement Director credits include:
Theatre: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (West End, UK Tour), mum. edit. more (Rich Mix, The Place, Wellcome), Redlands (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Live Performance: Griff, Rita Ora, The X Factor Italia, Years & Years.
Tali served as Agency Manager of ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company from 2011 to 2024, providing performing and creative talent for stage, screen and corporate productions. She continues to do this independently.
Tali is founder, producer and lead facilitator of identity. ideas. industry. (iii), a programme and method designed to encourage dance artists’ curiosity about their creativity and the industry at large, through movement, conversation and literature.