ABSTRACT
Jonathan Burrows danced for many years with the Royal Ballet in London before leaving to pursue his career as a choreographer. He is known internationally for a body of work including the film ‘Hands’ with Matteo Fargion and director Adam Roberts for the BBC/Arts Council (1995), ‘The Stop Quartet’ (1996), ‘Weak Dance Strong Questions’ with Jan Ritsema (2001), and ‘Both Sitting Duet’ (2002), ‘The Quiet Dance’ (2005), ‘Speaking Dance’ (2006) and ‘Cheap Lecture’ (2009) with Matteo Fargion. He tours widely with his performances, winning a New York Dance and Performance ‘Bessie’ Award for ‘Both Sitting Duet’ in 2004. He has made commissioned work for William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt, Sylvie Guillem and The Royal Ballet, and been an associate artist at Kunstencentrum Vooruit in Gent, London’s South Bank Centre and Kaaitheater Brussels. In 2002 Jonathan was given an Award by the Foundation For Contemporary Performance Arts in New York, in recognition of his ongoing contributions to contemporary dance. He is a visiting member of faculty at P.A.R.T.S., the school of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in Brussels, and his Visiting Professorships include the Department of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway University of London and the Performance Studies Department at the University of Hamburg. He currently lives in Brussels.
