Co-artistic director Rob Tannion is one of
the UK's most influential physical theatre practitioners.
Alongside his work with Stan Won't Dance, Rob has maintained his influential profile. In 2005/6 he was Associate Choreographer for the original stage version of Lord of the Rings, which premiered in Toronto in March 2006 and won a 2006 Dora Maver Moore Award for Choreography. He first collaborated with Peter Darling in the casting process for Billy Elliot the Musical in 2003/4.
As a performer, collaborations have included projects with Austrian cross-media artist Klaus Obermaier, DV8 Physical Theatre 1995-2000 (Enter Achilles, Bound to Please, The Happiest Day of My Life, The Cost of Living), Complicité 2002-04 (Noise of Time, Strange Poetry) and Russell Maliphant Company 1998 and 2001 (Critical Mass).
• Choreography / direction credits include .... Take Action : Stunt Dancing director/choreo/performer (dance/martial arts, 2005, Royal Festival Hall, London), Apparition co-choreo/performer (dance/new media, 2004, international tour 2004/5) with Klaus Obermaier, Intent choreo/performer (2003, Purcell Room, RFH, London ), Fetish : Stories director/choreo (2003, City Hall Theatre, Hong Kong), Dinner (2002, National Palace of Culture, Sofia)
• Screen credits include .... Stig of the Dump (BBC 2001, winner International Emmy), Resident Evil (feature 2001), Function at the Junction (short 2001), flex (Chris Cunningham short, 2000), The Truth (Ricochet Dance Company, 2003), Enter Achilles (DV8 Physical Theatre 1996, winner International Emmy)
