charlie morrissey ...

DIRECTOR

Charlie has been directing, performing, teaching, collaborating and researching for fifteen years nationally and internationally.

He creates large and small - scale site - specific and theatre and gallery based performance work with diverse groups in a variety of contexts.

He has made performances involving thousands of gallons of water, ice, pyrotechnics, projection and fire, and performers have danced on, in, and under water, and in elaborate installations housed inside and out. His performances range from these complex large - scale works, to intimate and highly physical performances involving one or two performers, on bare stages in theatres and galleries.

His work is informed and inspired by ongoing collaborations with dance artists including: Steve Paxton, Lisa Nelson, Scott Smith, Becky Edmunds, K.J.Holmes, Kirstie Simson, Henry Montes, Gill Clarke, Lindsey Butcher and many others and with composers/sound artsists including: Philip Jeck,  Kaffe Mattews, Thor MacIntyre – Burnie, Brian Duffy, Barnaby O’Rorke and others.

His process is often collaborative and the finished pieces are the result of working closely with a variety of visual artists, sound artists/composers,  lighting designers and pyrotechnicians including Graeme Gilmour, Walter Bailey, Mike Roberts and The World Famous, Michael Mannion, Phil Supple and many others.

He teaches in a variety of contexts in Britain and abroad for independent organisations, privately and for universities and colleges. Recent teaching includes the Laban Centre - London, The Place – London, University College Chichester, London Contact Improvisation, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, CanalDanse – Paris, Independent Dance – London, University of Brighton, Siobahn Davies Dance Company and The Bank Project amongst others.

Click here to see images of Charlie and Paul's previous projects

Reviews

“…hypnotic...gleeful...sublime...some truly electric moments and life throws up precious few – grab them while you can.”
The Guardian on Absolute Zero directed by Charlie Morrissey.

“It was genuinely joyful…gloriously imperfect… I left bowled over”
The Guardian on The Smallest Room co-directed with Becky Edmunds

“…brave and articulate… gripping… fast and funny… spectacular… a curiously cleansing experience.”
The Independent on The Smallest Room co-directed with Becky Edmunds

“(a) joy to watch – both in terms of conception and execution… every move was a celebration of physicality and rigour”
The Scotsman on A Tacit Assembly co-directed with Becky Edmunds for Guangdong Modern Dance Company (China)