Salamanda Tandem People
Artistic Director Isabel Jones
Isabel is an experienced collaborator, soundartist, singer, composer, choreographer and director of Salamanda Tandem UK, (est 1989). For 30 years Isabel has brought together performance, sound, movement, visual and sensory artists from the UK and all over the world, to make art works that cross boundaries between people and art forms to celebrate and cultivate human creativity. As director of Salamanda Tandem and a prolific creator and collaborator, her work has attracted Arts Council strategic organisation funding, and Grants for The Arts/National Lottery subsidy since 1994. In addition to that, Isabel as attracted grants, awards and commissions from the EU, Department of Trade and Industry, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, local authorities, Leeds University, Tallinn University, Opera North, Baerum Kulturhus Norway, Muse Company Japan, to name a very few. The key driver being meaningful relationships, and no-one more than Isabel accepts the role of artistic collaboration in that. Working across the fields of music, dance, visual arts, architecture, social care, academia, and health, she has directed, over 50 larger scale music and dance works, and many smaller ones.
Artist Collaborators whose work is featured on this site:
Poet/Musician composer: Tony Baker. Voice Artist: Nathan Campbell. Film Maker/academic: Stuart Collinson. Composer: Duncan Chapman. Curator: Stella Couloutbanis. Photographer/Yoga Teacher / Osteopath: Geoffrey Fielding. Technical Support / Advocacy: Derek Grant. Writer: Esther Harris. Dance Artist/ Care Professional: Julie Hood. Designer: Richard Hughes. Conceptual designer / voice: Lewis Jones. Viola Player/composer: Takashi Kikuchi. Creativity Evaluator/Composer: Ray Kohn. Artist Advocate: Laura Mansford. Dancer/choreographer: Helena Nicolao. Movement and Advocacy: Caroline Robinson. Tabla Player/musician: Biant Singh. Dance Artist: Indra Slavena. Dance Artist: Mickel Smithen. Dance Artist/yoga teacher: Natalie Speake. Dance Artist: Sam White. Performer: Polly Wiltshire. Dramaturgy: Mick Wallis
Artists working on Current projects
Soundwalk into Wellbeing Current project
Co-Creators: Soundwalk Into Wellbeing: Isabel Jones and Biant Singh
White Cane Touring project 2016- 2018
White Cane Co-composers / co-directors: Isabel Jones and Duncan Chapman
Co-Creator: Viola Player White Cane Takashi Kikuchi
Co-Creator Performer White Cane: Mickel Smithen
Previous projects associate artists in action below:
Indra
Isabel
Leroy and Tony
Indra
Mickel and Isabel
Mick
Natalie, Takashi, Mickel, Isabel and Chemaine
Helena, Isabel
Julie
Natalie and Polly in Leeds City Centre
Ray
Stella and Audience Members
Duncan, Isabel and Robbie
Sam, Indra
Company and Board Members:
Chair = Lisa Holmes (Producer)
Geoffrey Fielding (Osteopath),
Caroline Robinson (dancer/early years teacher trainer)
Company Manager: Stella Couloutbanis
Artistic Director: Isabel Jones
Adviser: Sibyl Burgess (Curator).
Dramaturgy: Mick Wallis ( Emeritus Professor Leeds University PCI)
