We are delighted to introduce you to our four newest members of the dancer team!

Meet (from left to right) Dylan, Brima, Blair and Sophie.

Dylan, Brima, Blair and Sophie have all been busy training our Motionhouse-specific skills and learning our repertoire. They have also been working with the other Motionhouse dancers in teaching our community classes. Each of them have had their own journey with us leading to becoming full-time dancers.

Dylan was raised in Shropshire, UK and began his training with the DanceXchange CAT scheme and 2Faced Dance Youth. Dylan co-directed alongside Jules Young at NoSleep Dance Theatre, creating and performing works at Green Man Festival in 2019 and 2022. Dylan is interested in screendance and one of his most recent works was played at the Smithfields Festival site during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Dylan graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance with a first-class BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance 2022. He joined Motionhouse in 2022/23 as a Professional Placement Scheme Dancer through the postgraduate programme at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. In June 2023, Dylan joined the company as a full-time company member and has performed in Captive, HENGE, Knot and Starchitects and Starchitects Save Santa!

Brima’s dance journey started with a love for free running and sports. Growing up in Cambridge, he toured with National Youth Dance Company in 2014 before furthering his training at London Contemporary Dance School. Following his graduation, he worked as a personal trainer and fitness instructor before recently returning to the dance world. Brima joined Motionhouse in January 2024 as part of a 12-month paid traineeship.

Originally from The Lake District, UK, Blair began training in Breakin’ under the supervision of Robby Graham and Nathan Geering. Blair started his contemporary dance training with Cumbria Youth Dance Company and Eden Youth Dance Company. At the age of 15, he joined the CAT Scheme at The Lowry in Manchester and in 2017 he joined The National Youth Dance Company. He completed the Foundation Course at Northern School of Contemporary Dance before training at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in 2022. Blair joined Southpaw Dance Company in 2018 as an apprentice dancer. Prior to joining Motionhouse, Blair worked with artists including, Akram Khan Company, Southpaw Dance Company and Akeim Toussaint Buck. He joined us for our residency at Bluestone National Park Resort in Wales for HENGE in 2022 and 2023 as well as Starchitects Save Santa! before becoming a full-time company member in January 2024.

Originally from Cork in Ireland, Sophie started dancing at 5 years old, training in ballet and contemporary dance at Cork School of Dance. She also competed in acrobatic gymnastics for Ireland. Sophie started her professional dance training with the Barcelona Dance Centre and Area Jeune Ballet in Geneva. She graduated from Rambert School in 2022, where she worked with choreographers such as ALLEYNE Dance, Darren Ellis and Akram Khan. Sophie joined Motionhouse in 2022/23 as a Professional Placement Scheme Dancer through the postgraduate programme at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. She also performed HENGE with us at Bluestone National Park Resort in Wales as well as Starchitects Save Santa! before becoming a full-time company member in January 2024.