SIMON WALES, General Manager of Waddesdon Manor, who has been on the Motionhouse board for four years, will replace DOROTHY WILSON MBE as Chair of Motionhouse. Five other board appointments are: AMY DALTON-HARDY, Project & Development Manager at Culture Central; NAVEEN GUPTA, an accountant with over 15 years’ experience in senior finance roles; RAKHI RAJANI, an Innovation Consultant; TOBY SMITH, consultant to Greenwich+Docklands International Festival and Without Walls Consortium; and JOSIE STEVENS, a brand marketing and communications consultant.
21st December 2018
After many years as a member of the Res Artis network, D6 Director CLYMENE CHRISTOFOROU has been appointed as a new member of the Res Artis Board of Directors.
Several long-standing members of staff at Paines Plough are moving roles. General Manager AYSHA POWELL is moving to Punchdrunk to be Head of Finance and Operations; and Senior Producer HANNA STREETER is moving to the Orange Tree Theatre to be Executive Director.
Administrator CHARLOTTE WALTON is moving to New Adventures as Finance Manager and Assistant Producer HARRIET BOLWELL is moving to Coney as Producer.
After three years with the company, CAROLINE ROUTH will step down as Executive Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres. She oversaw the opening of the new £30m city-centre building, NST City, and is moving on to new opportunities.
14th December 2018
EMMA STEWART-JONES will be joining Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, as Chief Executive. Her new role will start in February next year, following five years at Creative Scotland. Her 23-year career has included work in national dance agencies, local authorities and as a freelancer.
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Amy Sinead Photography
The new Artistic Director of Artsadmin will be RÓISE GOAN. Currently working as Guest Dramaturg at Vooruit in Belgium, she is also Artistic Director of The Local Group, which creates performance projects with communities of place and interest in off-the-grid locations. She will join Artsadmin in summer 2019 during the organisation’s 40th anniversary year and will succeed Founder and Co-Director JUDITH KNIGHT MBE.
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Agata Stoinska
Previously Artistic Director of New York’s Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, dance artist BENOIT SWAN POUFFER has been appointed Artistic Director of Rambert. He became Guest Artistic Director of Rambert in April of this year, following MARK BALDWIN’S decision to stand down after 15 years in the role.
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Camilla Greenwell
RACHEL GIBSON, formerly Interim Director Dance Strategy at Arts Council England and Interim Executive Director at English National Ballet School, has been appointed Executive Director of South East Dance. She will be joined by JOHN STRUTHERS, who has become the charity’s new Chair.
After 14 years in post, LUKE JENNINGS has announced he will be leaving his role as dance critic at The Observer.
The Federation of Scottish Theatre has appointed co-Chairs of the board. They are BELINDA MCELHINNEY, Executive Producer of Glasgow’s new festival of contemporary performance, Take Me Somewhere; and LIAM SINCLAIR, designate Executive Director / Joint CEO of Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre. The Federation’s members agreed a change to the rules for the board would promote shared and flexible working practices at the highest level in the sector.