Salamanda Tandem People
Artistic Director Isabel Jones
Isabel is an experienced collaborator, soundartist, singer, and director of Salamanda Tandem UK, (est 1989). Over nearly 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.
Co-Director White Cane Tour: Duncan Chapman
Co-Creator White Cane Takashi Kikuchi
http://www.paraorchestra.com/person.php?id=26 http://balujimusicfoundation.org/mediavideo/inner-vision-orchestra-on-bbc-world-tv-2014.php
Co-Creator White Cane: Mickel Smithen
Co-Creator: Soundwalk Into Wellbeing: Biant Singh
Associate Artists, Wellbeing Practitioners and Advocates featured on this site:
Tabla Player/musician: Biant Singh, Dance Artist: Mickel Smithen, Viola Player/composer: Takashi Kikuchi, Designer: Richard Hughes, Dance Artist: Indra Slavena. Dance Artist: Sam White. Artist Advocate: Laura Mansford. Photographer/Yoga Teacher Osteopath: Geoffrey Fielding. Composer: Duncan Chapman, Technical Support / Advocacy: Derek Grant, Movement and Advocacy: Caroline Robinson, Film Maker/academic: Stuart Collinson, Creativity Evaluator/Composer: Ray Kohn, Voice Artist: Nathan Campbell, Dance Artist/ Care Professional: Julie Hood. Performer: Polly Wiltshire, Dancer/choreographer: Helena Nicolao, Poet/Musician composer: Tony Baker. Writer: Esther Harris. Dance Artist/yoga teacher: Natalie Speake, Dance Artist: Chemaine Cooke,
A few photos of associate artists in action below:
Indra
Isabel
Leroy and Tony
Indra
Duncan and Chandra
Mickel and Isabel
Mick
Natalie, Takashi, Mickel, Isabel and Chemaine
Helena, Isabel
Julie
Natalie and Polly with audience in Leeds City Centre
Ray
Stella and Audience Members
Sam White, Indra Slavena and Audience members
Company Manager: Stella Couloutbanis
Board Members:
Chair = Lisa Holmes (Producer) Geoffrey Fielding (Osteopath), Caroline Robinson (dancer/early years teacher trainer)
Adviser: Sibyl Burgess (Curator).
Dramaturgy: Mick Wallis ( Emeritus Professor Leeds University PCI)
