2017 House Programs Tree of Codes | Page 13

DANCERS REBECCA BASSETT-GRAHAM Company Wayne McGregor JORDAN JAMES BRIDGE Company Wayne McGregor Born in Ontario, Canada, Rebecca Bassett-Graham trained at the New Zealand School of Dance, graduating in 2011. Rebecca interned with New Zealand Dance Company during their 2012 Rotunda development project, and with DanceNorth during director Raewyn Hill’s work Bolera. Rebecca performed in DanceNorth’s Townsville Queensland season and through the Australian Ballet’s Melbourne season. Rebecca moved to London in 2013 and worked with Lewis Major, performing at Sadler’s Wells and the TEDx conference in London. Rebecca performed her own works When All is Said and Done at the Australian & New Zealand Festival of Literature and Arts in London, and It’s Complicated and the assessor, the latter co-choreographed by Jono Selvadurai, at the C12 Dance Theatre Emerge Festival in 2015. Rebecca has worked closely with Beyond Repair Dance Company and has participated in research and development for The Light Surgeons. Rebecca joined Company Wayne McGregor in 2017. Born in Manchester, Jordan James Bridge started dancing at the age of 14 and went on to train at London Contemporary Dance School working with Kerry Nicholls, Richard Alston and Tony Adigun. After graduating, Jordan joined Alexander Whitley Dance Company performing The Measures Taken and The Grit In The Oyster nationally and internationally. Jordan has toured with Tavaziva Dance Company in 2015/16 and 2017 in the evocative work Africarmen. In 2016 Jordan joined Michael Clark Company, performing a featured role in LAND during the critically acclaimed To a Simple, Rock and Roll… Song which toured nationally and internationally. Jordan has been commissioned to create work at various institutions and is currently Resident Choreographer for Berkshire County Dance Company Youth, which was awarded Best Performance at the 2016 U.Dance Awards from Youth Dance England. Jordan joined Company Wayne McGregor in 2017. CATARINA CARVALHO Company Wayne McGregor Guest Artist Catarina Carvalho is a London- based dancer and choreographer. Born in Lisbon, Catarina trained at École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower in France with a scholarship from the Ambrosoli Foundation (Zürich). Catarina’s career began at Ballet de L’Ópera National du Rhin, experiencing a broad range of the company’s repertoire under the direction of Bertrand D’At. Catarina then moved back to Lisbon and worked with various choreographers including Javier de Frutos, Vasco Wellenkamp and Rui Horta among others. Catarina danced for Company Wayne McGregor from 2008—17 and has toured nationally and internationally in various company productions including Entity, FAR, Atomos and Tree of Codes. During this time Catarina was also Rehearsal Assistant and assisted Wayne McGregor in Dyad 1909, Future Self and Outlier. Catarina continues to collaborate with Studio Wayne McGregor in many projects and often teaches workshops and masterclasses as part of Studio Wayne McGregor’s Learning program.