WHO
WE ARE
We are Last Legs Dance Theatre. Our work combines Contemporary Dance, Improvisation, Comedy and Music to produce Theatrical Productions. As mature dancers, we use our experience within Theatre to convey stories and themes that inspire our creativity. Our performances offer an alternative perspective on relevant subjects, expanding concepts that are both engaging and educational to audiences.
LLDT Team.
Peter Anderson
Artist Director
Marie-Louise Flexen
Collaborative Artist
Peter Anderson is the co-founder of LLDT. He trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and spent 20 years dancing professionally in a number of Contemporary Dance companies throughout Europe. His choreography has toured internationally and he has been a guest lecturer for creative thinking in universities and businesses. He was the founder of Watch My Back comedy improvisation group and produced the comedy series 'Saman Gaman' for Icelandic TV.
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He has created dance films that have been screened at dance festivals across Scandinavia and the UK.
Marie-Louise is the co-founder of LLDT. She is an experienced professional dance artist, performer & award-winning choreographer with 25 years experience, working extensively with renowned dance makers & theatre directors.
Marie-Louise received a Dance UK Award for Inspiring Leader of The Future in 2015. She was a finalist in the major contemporary choreography award The Place Prize in 2005, and nominated for a Total Theatre Award 2007. Between 2004 – 2014, she created many Arts Council funded projects & commissions for a range of exciting collaborations, as well as productions of her own.
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Louise
Sprekelsen
Musician/ Artist Co-ordinator
Sarah Gilmartin
Fundraiser/Lighting design
Louise contributes two different roles within LLDT. She is a music collaborative artist and as assistant to the director helps reduce Peter's struggle with dyslexia with social media support, admin and proofreading.
Louise studied at the Royal College of Music in London. She was the Principal Oboe of Orquesta do Norte, Portugal, a chamber orchestra in the north of Portugal under the baton of Ferreira Lobo. She held this position for two years until being invited, at the age of only 26, to take the Principal Oboe position of the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra in Toluca, Mexico under Maestro Batiz.
After five years of touring as well as weekly TV and radio broadcasts, Louise returned to the UK as a freelance Oboist, performing as guest Principal with orchestras such as the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan and many others.
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Louise also has another ‘string to her bow’ being a Holistic Therapist and Energy Healer.
Sarah Gilmartin trained at the Royal Academy of Dancing, London Contemporary Dance School and Dance Voice at CCCU. With over 25 years experience in dance as a teacher, artist, arts officer, producer and fundraiser.
Sarah now focuses on developing dance and other arts for health opportunities for older people and people with dementia. Managing and delivering sessions, courses, festivals and projects, as well as supporting artists including through training and mentoring programmes.
Sarah currently runs iID (Inclusive Intergenerational Dance), works as a freelance producer and dance artist and for AWP Mental Health Trust as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist.
Guest Artists.
Chioma
Uma
Actor/Musician
Robert
Perry
Musician
Chioma Uma joined us with her artist talents for the Robert Wedderburn Project.
Chioma graduated from Rose Bruford College with a degree in Actor Musicianship. She made her first professional onstage debut as ‘Hattie’ in Kiss Me Kate! at The Watermill Theatre (2019) and returned to perform as ‘Tom of Warwick’ in their concert rendition of ‘Camelot’ this summer. In 2019, she also had her first leading role playing Cinderella in ‘Cinderella The Rockin’ Panto!’.
Additionally, Chioma has composed and musically directed for theatre in the past, co-commissioned to compose for Ockham’s Razor’s last show, This Time (2019).
Robert joined us in our first LLDT improvisation project. His unique bass improvisational sound connected deep into the movement inspiration for our live performance.
Robert is a composer, arranger, bassist and musical Director at Periscope Ensemble.
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