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Meet the Team

At H&T Creative, our strength lies in our diverse and passionate team of artists, dancers, and creatives. We collaborate with a dynamic group of individuals who bring a wealth of experience, creativity, and energy to every project. Each member plays a vital role in bringing our vision to life, contributing their unique skills to create impactful and thought-provoking dance experiences.

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Our team blends emerging and established artists, all committed to pushing boundaries, telling stories, and fostering meaningful connections through dance and art.

 

Explore the profiles below to discover the talented individuals who make up H&T Creative.

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Dancer

Annelise Bucher

Annelise Bucher is a dance artist from Vancouver, Canada. She graduated from the Boston Conservatory with a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance, and London Contemporary Dance School with an MA in Screendance. Annelise has performed with dance companies Rosie Kay K2Co, JoliVyann, DIAVOLO Dance Theatre and Psychopomp Dance Theatre.

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Dancer

Alabama Seymour

Freelance dancer and aerialist from Cornwall, Alabama  (she/her) graduated from Rambert School before joining Pheonix Dance Theatre as an apprentice then company dancer, touring their 40th birthday program as well as their digital dance films. Upon leaving Phoenix Alabama has worked with Incandescence Circus and Cheap Date Dance Company.

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Artist & Designer

Alessandra Ausenda

Alessandra (she/her)  is a visual artist and educator whose practice involves collaboration and participation across artforms. With a background in Fine Art, she has pursued her career in the arts for over 30 years through exhibitions and working collaboratively with teams of artists, performers, teachers, young people and families. She holds a BA and MA in Fine Art from Falmouth School of Art – now Falmouth University. Alessandra has worked extensively with cultural organisations including Tate St Ives, Newlyn Art Gallery and the Exchange, KEAP and RIO. She has a track record of working with several performance and dance companies as designer and educator. These include Dance Republic 2, C-Scape, Hall for Cornwall and independent dance projects such as ‘Shorelines’ by Simon Birch. As a founding director of Tough Dough CIC, an arts organisation in Cornwall, she continues to address the role of creative activity and its wide reaching benefits. Current work includes setting up artist exchanges and community projects nationally and internationally inspired by the many ways in which we respond to the seed of an idea and find ways to make it grow.

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Mentor

Simon Birch

Simon Birch (he/him) trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and went on to perform in works by Nigel Charnock, Liv Lorent, Gill Clarke and  others. Simon has created  works for many of his own projects and has also been commissioned by, among others, Akram Khan, Cscape Dance Company, Freefall Dance and Verve. His work has been  toured throughout the UK and abroad. Simon was Rehearsal and Associate Director with balletLORENT for many  years.  Simon has worked across art forms using  film, text, movement and visual imagery; most notably collaborating with visual artist Trish O’Shea. Simon was the recipient of the Wooda Art Award 2008 and was a choreographer on the International Dance Course for Professional Choreographers and Composers in 1995 directed by Sara Rudner and Nigel Osborne. Simon has a passion for education. He was a  lecturer and Head of Faculty at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and  is currently a  part-time Senior Lecturer in dance and choreography at Falmouth University and is a qualified yoga teacher.

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Dancer

Alice Shepperson

Alice is a working class dance artist, rehearsal director, physical theatre performer, and clown.

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Alice has worked with companies and artists: Stopgap, Second Hand Dance, Rachel Clarke Dance, Liz Clark (Turned On It’s Head), Made by Katie Green, Casson & Friends, Highly Sprung, Hawk Dance Theatre and The Knotted Project.

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Touring to numerous locations, including: South Korea, Singapore, Reunion Island, Sweden, Spain, Malta, Italy, Germany, France and the UK.

Alice has lectured and taught at the University of Chichester, De Montfort University, London South Bank University and Kingston University, London. Alice aims to always evolve her way of cultivating and celebrating individuality whilst teaching and creating.

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Composer

Teresa Origone

Teresa Origone (she/her)  is a London based producer, composer and keyboard player. Her style incorporates elements of electronic and pop music to create a quirky, playful and dreamy sound. She has been composing for theatre since 2016, and has recently collaborated with choreographer Kloe Dean on her hip-hop theatre piece Man Up, for which she composed and performed the soundtrack, as well as several other dance projects.

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Stage Manager

Tali Foxworthy-Bowers

Tali Foxworthy-Bowers is a choreographer and movement director based in South East London. Born in Derbyshire and brought up in Edinburgh.

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Since graduating in 2019, Foxworthy-Bowers has gone on to expand her choreographic horizons. Her work has spanned many genres including physical theatre, film, music video, fashion and musical theatre, and has worked alongside industry professionals such as Paul Roseby OBE, Darragh O’Leary and Struan Leslie. Her work has featured in London Fashion Week and music videos for Eliza Oakes and Deco. She is now working alongside charities and touring her work, Monoslogue - a one-woman physical theatre show about living with chronic pain.

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