Gravity & Levity

Lindsey Butcher
Artistic Director & Performer

Since graduating from London School of Contemporary Dance in 1984 Lindsey has worked with many dance companies and choreographers as both an independent dancer and aerialist. These include... more info

In 2006 Gravity & Levity performed Why? at Fort Dunlop at the national launch of Architecture Week and Lindsey began working on the current production shift with Creative Producer Emma Haughton and ArtsAgenda.

On this production we are delighted to be collaborating with an extraordinary team of artists including...

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Lindsey Butcher

These include Extemporary Dance Theatre, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Random Dance Co (Brighton festival), Siobhan Davies (Bank project), Walker Dance/Park Music, Charlie Morrissey, Vincent Dance Theatre, Disco Sister, The Royal, Royal Danish and English National Operas.

In 1989 Lindsey joined Ra-Ra Zoo Circus Theatre and so began training in aerial, acrobatic and juggling skills. Her circus experience includes; Gandini Juggling Project, Momentary Fusion, No Ordinary Angels, Green Candle, Amici, Desperate Men, Carnival Fabulon, Tango and Crash, Same Sky, ‘Wallpaper’ with Bedlam/Physical Recall, ‘True’ for the Fierce Co (Tramway commission), Scarabeus, Dream Engine and Stomps’ ‘Lost and found orchestra’.

Lindsey also regularly choreographs for The Dream Engine, most recently for the FA cup final and ‘Muse’ tour. She has also choreographed Scarabeus’s last two Bloomsbury commission aerial events and for Caravan Stage’s ‘Vanishing Currents’ tour. Lindsey acts in an advisory capacity to several companies including Dundee Rep/STD’s production of ‘Monkey' and for Stomp’s Lost and Found Orchestra.

In 2003 Lindsey won the Jerwood award for Circus resulting in a commission for Fin Walker to choreograph Why?. This piece formed the foundations for the Taking Flight production and Gravity & Levity was born.

Emma Haughton & ArtsAgenda

ArtsAgenda is a creative producer of artists, whose work demonstrates awareness to space and aesthetics and is dedicated to creating compelling immediacy with its audience.

Emma Haughton joined ArtsAgenda in 2006 as a producer with over fifteen years' experience in managing and producing live performance and events. From 2002 she was producer for UK experimental theatre company, People Show.

Other UK companies and artists she has worked with include Divas Dance Theatre, Theatre & Beyond, Boardwalk Productions and Mark Lecky, as well as Canadian company Theatre Gargantua and USA performance artist Camille Thoman. Other work includes three years at Goldsmiths College, London in both the Centre for Cultural Studies and the Centre for Urban & Community Research. In 2001 she programmed and produced Goldsmiths Festival of Art & Innovation.