Liam Francis
From: Brighton, UK
Joined Rambert: 2014
Previous companies: Zoo Nation Dance Company
Training: London Studio Centre, Zoo Nation Dance Company
Rambert highlight: Working with Ben Duke to create the Olivier Nominated ‘Goat’.
Career highlights: Performing in many ZooNation shows since 2009 and being Resident Director and one of the choreographers for ZooNation Youth Company’s 2013 show Groove On Down The Road at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Liam has also worked extensively in commercial dance, performing with various artists and on many TV programmes. In 2015, Liam was featured as the UK entry for the European Newcomer of the year in Tanz magazine’s International Critics’ Survey.
In 2018, he produced and directed LIAM FRANCIS & FRIENDS at Arts Depot, an evening of dance and music with some of his most inspirational artistic companions. 2018 also saw The Performance Research Journal publish Liam’s article What Is Whose and Who is What? An article that addresses creative process, co-creation and ownership. Liam is excited about investigating issues related to creative processes and contextual resonances in written work, as well as in his choreography which has been presented in the UK and USA.
Liam Francis in rehearsal for Life is a Dream (2018) © Camilla Greenwell
Liam Francis and Nia Lynn in Goat © Hugo Glendinning
Liam Francis in rehearsal for Life is a Dream (2018) © Pierre Tappon
Miguel Altunaga and Liam Francis in Flight (2016).
Nia Lynn, Liam Francis, Hannah Rudd in Goat © Hugo Glendinning
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In The Making: Liam Francis in "Solo" by Liam Francis (2018). ©Stephen Wright
Liam Francis in rehearsal for Patricia Okenwa's Hydrargyrum (2016).
Edit Domoszlai, Liam Francis and Adam Park in Frames (2015).
Liam Francis and Brenda Lee Grech in Mark Baldwin's Dark Arteries, on stage at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (2015), with the Tredegar Town Band.
Liam Francis, Daniel Davidson, Simone Damberg Würtz and Brenda Lee Grech, in The 3 Dancers (2015).
Liam Francis and Hannah Rudd perform an extract from Kim Brandstrup's "Transfigured Night"Made by Palace
