Awakenings
Aletta Collins
Aletta was born in London and studied for four years at the London Contemporary Dance School. She was a dancer and choreographer for London Contemporary Dance Theatre. She recently directed This is the Place, a celebration of 40 years or contemporary dance at The Place. Future work includes Maybe Yes Maybe, Maybe No Maybe for Phoenix Dance Theatre and directing and choreographing Carmen for the Salzburg Festival conducted by Simon Rattle.
Aletta is an Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House and recently she choreographers and directed an original stage version of The Red Balloon based on the book by Albert Lamorisse for ROH2 at the Linbury.
Work as a choreographer includes bloom for Rambert Dance Company, Kool Down commissioned by Somerset House, Les Noces for the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Rattle, and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman/Nicholas Wright, directed by Nicholas Hytner, at the National Theatre.
Work as a director and choreographer includes Dido and Aeneas and Les Noces for Opera North, Philip Pullman's Aladdin for Bristol Old Vic, for which she co-wrote the adaptation, and The Barber of Seville at the Savoy Theatre.
She created The Big Dance, a public event for people in Trafalgar Square on 12 July 2008.