Profile for Maddy Wynne-Jones

I am a dance maker based UK, where I have worked as a performer, teacher and choreographer since finishing my training in Canada. In 2007 I founded Tempered Body Dance Theatre, a contemporary dance collective. Tempered Body Dance Theatre is the Resident Company of Chisenhale Dance Space and the Associate Company of Rich Mix, London. Beyond my work with Tempered Body, I choreograph in a freelance capacity for music videos, multi-media productions, and corporate and commercial events.

My work begins with an exploration into foundational emotions. I believe that every human body has a visceral response to dance, and that this response allows for an unencumbered journey through our shared experience of being alive; a journey embarked on by performer and observer collectively. I am fascinated by space and the body’s ability to exist in it. I am drawn to the architecture of the body as it locates and carves out moments and experiences in this space.

I am humbled by the present tense of dance; that it can exist only now. When I create, I try to inhabit that now and allow my physicality to respond to the unpredictable influences that live there. For me, there is honesty in this surrender.

My practice is about moving through and beyond the vocabulary of traditional dance in order to navigate the paths that give pulse to the narrative I am exploring. Additionally, I am committed to the strength and versatility of the body and hope to make work that pushes physical boundaries and amplifies the integrity of our corporeal force.