Who We Are
Artistic Director:
Jen Wren
Jen Wren is a hugely experienced and multi-skilled performance artist committed to working in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary territory. In a career spanning 3 decades, Jen has been involved in 130+ international artistic projects - presenting work for both stage and film. Her choreography has been shown within the UK, Spain, Pais Vasco, France, Netherlands, USA, South America, Qatar and Singapore. Jen‘s productions are known for communicating universal themes grounded in artistic, human, historical or scientific concepts, and rooted in stories and real lived experiences that connect people and place.
She has worked with a vast array of artists and organisations in roles as performer, producer, director, dramaturg, rehearsal director, teacher and creative enabler. Jen received an MA from The Northern School of Contemporary Dance, with a thesis that focussed on the traditional, trans-disciplinary and intercultural arts in a contemporary context. She has lectured for a variety of institutions and sits on boards/discussion groups representing the arts, cultural and well-being with organisations across the UK.
“One of the most incisive and innovative choreographers working in the UK dance scene”
Graham Watts (Dance Critic Circle)
The Board
The Board of Trustees of Slanjayvah Danza is responsible for setting the vision and strategy of the company. They are collectively dedicated to the success of Slanjayvah Danza, ensuring that we connect in an authentic way with promoters, audiences, participants and artists.
Community Focus Group
We are really pleased to have a team of local volunteers who form our Community Focus Group.
We meet quarterly to ensure that what we do at base and beyond can have a positive effect with and within our community in The Carse of Gowrie.
The team are a vital link to reaching and including as many people as we can with what we do and are a valuable resource for information, suggestions, opinions and support.
We look forward to bringing you more information on who these mysterious folks are in the very near future!
We have had the pleasure of working with some fabulous collaborating artists over the last 19 years….
We thrive in collaboration and have enjoyed working with many fellow artists including: Frank McConnell, Kathleen MacInnes, Adela Ramos, Ivan Ramos, Luisa Galan, Phil Sanger, Susana Aguilar, Keira Martin, Maria Vega, Rosa Cisneros, Magi McGlynn, Jeane Denny, Taylor Han, Laura Booth, Sam Vaherletto, Katy Armstrong, Charlotte Mathiessen, Maribel Ortiz Garcia, Sophie Stephenson, Lowenna Hosken, Amir Giles, Riccardo Meneghini, Vivien Wood, Richard Easson, Azzura Ardovini, Olivia Quayle, Yiannis Tsigkris, Aurora Fearnley, Jamie Donoughue, Lee Aing, Jon Owen, Ross Ainslie, Guillermo Salinas, Cormac Byrne, Al McSween, David Connah, Adam Wilks, Mark Baker, Thom Hall, Lynn Wiseman, Pete Shenton... and many others.