Jonny Hibbs is a CHoreographer and TEACHER of DANCE AND THEATRE.

Jonny Hibbs is a choreographer, movement-director and teacher based in the UK. His work explores what happens when the body is allowed to think for itself - uncovering stories, feelings and human connection through dance and movement.

From professional productions to training vocational students and working in community settings, Jonny creates work that invites people to think and move differently from each other.

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TRAINING & Education

cHETHAM’S sCHOOL OF mUSIC

Jonny attended Chetham’s School of Music, a vocational music school, as a first study violinist. He studied with violin tutors Kristoffer Delatko, Cathy Perkins and Connie Del Vecchio, as well as with Owen Cox and Qian Wu. The training incorporated rigorous technical classical music training and ensemble playing with academic music education at a high level.

lONDON Studio Centre

Jonny achieved a Leverhulme Trust Scholarship to attend London Studio Centre on the Contemporary Dance Pathway. He was taught by teachers such as Luke Birch, Paul Liburd, Edd Mitton, Emily Powell, Nathan Johnson, Leesa Philips and Sue Booker.

Jonny worked with choreographers Faye Stoeser (ELKEIDO), Jack Philp, Michael Naylor and Aaron Vickers.

Upon graduating, he won an award for his achievement in Contemporary Dance and graduated with First Class Honours.

Rambert School

Jonny researches dance practices at Rambert School and works towards his Masters in Dance Research. His research focuses around his own choreographic practice, using reflective methods and ‘Practice as Research’ to understand more about his creative choices and artisty.

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Choreography and Teaching

Jonny teaches a contemporary class created from Cunningham and Release methods that prepares dancer’s bodies to be available for different choreographic tasks that they may meet during their working day.

Jonny also specialises in teaching the Physical Voice for Dancers, which combines dance improvisation with vocal warm ups and text-work, to help bridge the gap between technical dance training and dance-theatre. Jonny is the module lead for the Physical Voice for Dancers at London Studio Centre.

Jonny’s choreography is created through rigorous and autonomous rehearsal with dancers. Jonny creates movement that dancers then manipulate and elaborate with their bodies, before it is structured into a logic that works for the piece.

Jonny has created work with dancers that have toured to off-west end venues such as Theatre Royal, Plymouth, New Wimbledon Theatre and he has created work for students at London Studio Centre, on the Centre of Advanced Training Scheme, for local dance schools across the UK and with community ensembles for heritage projects.

Jonny currently researches performance and is available to lecture theory for performance modules across higher education.

Performing

Jonny is an actor-musician with extensive dance training represented by Adam Cooper, please email info@adamcoopertalentagency.com with projects or audition and tape requests.

COMMUNITY

Jonny’s work with communities establishes connection, opportunity and joy at the heart of neighbourhoods and public organisations. Through dance, Jonny’s community projects bring accessible movement and dance practices to those that wouldn’t consider themselves professional dancers. It celebrates the joy of dance that can be felt and enjoyed by all minds and bodies.

Corporately, Jonny delivers engaging team-building days of dance that help boost teamwork, improve well-being, encourages creativity, promotes inclusion and supports joyful organisational cultures through fun and accessible dance events.

Movement For Musicians

Jonny supports the physical well-being of musicians through dance-led movement workshops that work to prepare the minds and bodies of musicians for instrumental practice.

Using the Merce Cunningham technique, Jonny delivers workshops for musicians of all ages and experiences that encourage movement-based warm ups, reduce musician injury risk and influence positive motivation in a musician’s practice. Jonny builds on his training as a violinist at Chetham’s School of Music and his career in dance to create these sessions, which can be tailored to each musician/organisation.

Contact JONNY

Interested in the services mentioned above? Or do you want to enquire about another kind of project which isn’t mentioned? Please get in touch by using the form or emailing jonnyhibbschoreographer@gmail,com