A showcase will be held next month.
The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced the selected choreographers for its new artist development programme for early-career musical theatre choreographers, Theatre Dance Lab.
The two successful applicants are Tinovimbanashe Sibanda and Rhys Wilkinson.
As a choreographer, Tinovimbanashe Sibanda’s previous credits include: Die Walküre (Santa Fe Opera), Millennials (The Other Palace), A Christmas Carole (Trafalgar Entertainment/Tuckshop), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (ArtsEd), Made in Dagenham (Mountview), RENT, Sister Act, A Chorus Line (ArtsEd) and I Want – a musical theatre revue (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama).
Meanwhile, among Rhys Wilkinson’s previous credits are: Movement Director on Bat Boy (Musical in Concert) at The London Palladium, Choreographer on Stephen Schwartz at 75 (Concert) at The Lyric Theatre, which received a WhatsOnStage award nomination for Best Concert Event, Movement Director for No Limits at The Turbine Theatre. They have also appeared in musicals such as &Juliet, Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical and most recently Why Am I So Single?.
The Theatre Dance Lab offers two early-career musical theatre choreographers a paid residency to develop their practice, which will result in a showcase performance set to take place on the 19th September.
This public event will showcase three performance pieces from each choreographer following a two-week development period with a cohort of professional dancers, interspersed with moments of ‘in conversation’ with Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Artistic Director Drew McOnie.
Talking about the news McOnie said: “I’m so excited to see the culmination of the first Theatre Dance Lab. This showcase will present the brilliant work that both Tino and Rhys have developed during their time with the programme and will also provide a unique opportunity for audiences to meet each of these exceptional artists and experience their work in an authentic and stripped back environment. I’m hugely grateful to both The Dorfman Foundation and the Garrick Charitable Trust for their support in bringing this project to fruition.”
To find out more visit: https://openairtheatre.com/production/theatre-dance-lab-showcase