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Ian Brener

Brief Biography / CV:

Ian Brener is a specialist in Period Movement and Dance. He has been the choreographer and movement director for many shows such as A Patriot for Me, The Doll's House, Double Deceit and The Dark of the Moon for the Actor's Company. He also trained as aclassical singer and has choreographed a number of operas including Dido and Aeneas (Purcell Room) and King Arthur (Holywell Music Room).

He has choreographed final year shows for various drama schools including Women beware Women (Mill Studio, Guildford), A Laughing Matter (Pleasance Theatre) and A Country Wife (Embassy Theatre).

He choreographed for BBC television a live outside broadcast for Blue Peter and The Map Room.

Ian teaches period movement at the Royal College of Music, London, Guildford School of Acting, Mountview Academy, Central School of Speech and Drama and at the Oxford School of Drama.

Personal details:

Real Name:

Ian Brener

Mobile:

07977 222 623

Email:

ianbrener@tiscali.co.uk

Professional details:

Level of Expertise:

Experienced

Dance Styles:

Historical / Period, Movement Direction, Other (Specify)

Other Styles:

Restoration, Victorian, Shakespearean, 18th Century

Work Context:

Carnival / Street Theatre, Community Education, Corporate Sector, Opera, Site Specific / Outdoor Events, Straight Theatre (Drama), Television

Performers Worked With:

Actor-Musicians, Actors, Children (0-12), Dance Beginners, Dancers, Drag Artists, Learning Disability, Musicians, People other than professional dancers, People with special needs (Specify), Physical Disability, Singers , Teenagers (13-19)

Choreographer's Credits:

2009: Movement Director/Choreographer: 'A Country Wife' (Straight Theatre), Oxford School of Drama. Director: David Straun.

2008: Movement Director/Choreographer: 'A Patriot for Me' (Straight Theatre, Drag Artists), Actors' Company, New Players Theatre. Director: Daivd Harris.

2008: Choreographer/Performer: Regency event, Baroque N Roll (Site Specific), Victoria & Albert Museum. Director: Dawn Purkiss.

2008: Period Movement Director: 'A Laughing Matter' (Straight Theatre), Mountview Academy, Pleasance Theatre. Director: Georgia Bance.

2007: Choreographer: 'Christmas Carol' (Straight Theatre), Guildford School of Acting. Director: Antony Tuckey.

2007: Movement Director/Choreographer: 'Dark of the Moon' (Straight Theatre), Actors' Company, Jerymn St Theatre. Director: David Harris.

2007: Movement Director/Choreographer: 'Dido & Aeneas' (Opera), Oxford Girls Choir, Holywell Music Rooms. Director: Penny Martin-Smith. Starred: Roderick Williams.

2007: Choreographer: 'Women beware women' (Straight Theatre), Guildford School of Acting, Mill Studio. Director: Jay Villiers.

2007: Choreographer: 'Masque' (Education), National Maritime Museum.

2004: Dance Advisor: 'What I happened to do one summer' (Straight Theatre), Pleasance Theatre.

2004: Choreographer: 'Rape upon rape' (Straight Theatre), Central School of Speech and Drama, Embassy Theatre. Director: Paul Tomlinson.

2000: Choreographer: 'Blue Peter' (Television), BBC Television. Outside live broadcast.

2000: Choreographer: Hemel Hempstead Festival (Street Theatre), Dacorum Council.

1999: Choreographer: Community Project 'Baroque N Roll' (Community and Education), Shakespeares Globe Theatre.

1994: Choreographer: Masque, Baroque N Roll (Corporate Sector), Banqueting House.

1993: Choreographer: 'The Map Room' (Television), BBC Television.

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