Guy Hoare
Lighting Designer
Guy has been designing Henri's work since the Company's formation in 1999. His latest designs for HODC include Little Red, Green in Blue, Tiger Dancing, Expression Lines, Second Signal and Front Line. Guy's other designs for dance include pieces for Mark Bruce, Shobana Jeyasingh, Ben Wright, The Snag Project, and Igloo. Other recent works include My Fair Lady in Singapore, City of Angels in Frankfurt, Wagner%u2019s Ring Cycle for Longborough Festival Opera, and Tosca, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Merry Widow and Simon Boccanegra in London. Also Assassins at Sheffield Crucible, Season's Greetings at Liverpool Playhouse, How Many Miles to Basra? at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Of Mice And Men at The Mercury, Colchester, A Streetcar Named Desire at Theatr Clwyd and UK tours of Old Times, Closer and The Caretaker.
Miguel Santos
Visual Artist
Born in Portugal, Miguel is an interdisciplinary artist/researcher exploring interactive and participatory art, where the role of the observer is equally important to the role of the artist in the construction of the artwork. He has been studying intersecting perspectives in the Fine Arts and Cognitive Sciences and the exploration and understanding of perception and construction of meaning by the observer and employing these findings in the production of interactive installations, videos and photography. He is currently a PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His work focuses on the creation of interfaces for the development of self-reflective experiences in the artwork exploring the art practice as the research methodology. His work has been exhibited in Portugal (Lisbon, Porto), U.K. (London, Sheffield), Holland (Host 7, Amsterdam), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (Host 6, Sheffeld pavillion project at the 52nd Venice Biennale) and Germany (Host 6, Sheffield pavillion project at the Documenta XII Kassel).
Visit www.santosmiguel.com for further information.
Elizabeth Baker
Costume Designer
Elizabeth studied dance and design at London Contemporary Dance School gaining a BA and MA in Contemporary Dance. After working as an apprentice in the costume department at The Place, Elizabeth has specialised in designing and making costumes for dance. She has been designing for HODC since the Company%u2019s formation in 1999. Her latest designs for HODC include Tiger Dancing, Second Signal and Front Line. She has also worked with Jane Dudley, Richard Alston, Darshan Singh Bhuller, CandoCo, Martin Lawrance, Roy Campbell-Moore, Magpie Dance and Tamara McLorg. Elizabeth currently works in the Royal Opera House costume department reviving ballet and opera productions.
Asalia Khadjé
Costume Designer
Asalia worked at Netherlands Dans Theatre (NDT) from 1989 until 2005 where she worked on various productions by renowned choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen and Ohad Naharin. In 1992 she started designing costumes for several choreographers such as Martino Müller, Gideon Obarzanek and Johan Inger. While at NDT she also worked as a freelance costume designer for young and upcoming choreographers giving them an opportunity to enhance their productions with professionally designed costumes. She is now a full time freelance costume designer and has recently worked for the Holland Dance Festival. In her collaborations with Henri Oguike Dance Company, she has designed costumes for Expression Lines, How I Look, Little Red, Green in Blue, Touching All and All Around.