Clients include
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet's Babel. Photo by Christophe Raynaud de Lage
Testimonials
Takeshi Matsumoto
Choreographer – Club Origami
– currently on world tour
''Working with Lou was not just a partnership but a transformative experience that greatly contributed to the success and meaningful impact of Club Origami .Lou's caring approach - both critical and reflective- involved questioning aspects I hadn't considered, thus enriching the entire creative process.''
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Choreographer - Belgium
Winner 2 x Olivier Award
and Benois Prize for Danse
'From the beginning, I was struck by her grasp of group dynamics, her curiosity in and her understanding of contemporary performance and above all, her capacity to observe without intrusion or judgement. Despite the seeming "outsiderliness" of her position, she was soon accepted by the entire team of about thirty people from more than ten countries - musicians, dancers, actors, carers, choreographers and technicians. The discussions we had on some of the key issues in the creative process - such as role of the director (and therefore the performer) in collaborative devising or the questions of signature in multiply authored work - were invigorating and eye-opening to all of us. I deeply appreciated Lou's ability to situate her perspective within its inevitable individual subjectivity, never imposing an opinion as more than itself - a rare quality.''
Damien Jalet
Choreographer
Winner 2 x Olivier Award
and Benois Prize for Danse
''Lou finds a balance between subjectivity and objectivity, respecting our desires and visions but being able to question them when they don't really convince her. In this way she's a real interlocutor. She pushed us to be intelligible and rigourous in our choices, encouraging us to analyse our doubts and helping us to identify what we were really looking for. Pushing us out of our comfort zones and evaluating any propositions in the context of an overall coherence.
She's a collaborator with a total investment in the creative process - I was repeatedly very impressed by how serious and committed Lou was during the making process.''
Aakash Odedra
Artistic Director
Aakash Odedra Company
''Lou is an incredible collaborator: she occupies many spaces in any creative process both personally and professionally, and when she’s involved she is fully and totally invested, helping translate our personal lives and experiences into creative gold dust. Both and Samsara and #JeSuis won awards and critical acclaim, and this wouldn’t have been possible without Lou.''
Naomi Alexander
Artistic Director
Brighton People's Theatre
''Lou is the organisational and performance dramaturg for Brighton People’s Theatre and her involvement in the growth of the company and its work has been invaluable. I do not use that word lightly. She is invaluable to us.
She has a bright, witty intelligence, that simultaneously disarms and charms those around her. She is able to make insightful observations about artistic process and emerging product, about dynamics in the room and in the organisation. She is open, curious, critical and reflective. She is never afraid to tell the truth as she perceives it, no matter how challenging this may be. She does so with sensitivity and a deep knowledge of what works and what doesn’t. She is an absolute pleasure to work with.''
Simone Mousset
Choreographer
Luxembourg & UK
''I’ve been working with Lou for many years and her holistic and analytical approach has been extremely helpful to sort through a range of production-, practice-, and work-life-related questions and processes. The sessions have helped me make sense of and advance in areas where I have felt stuck for a long time, and they have triggered new possibilities and ways forward. I’ve felt inspired by the ideas and actions that these sessions have directly led to and supported me with, and I am deeply grateful to Lou for her kind and honest work with me. Doing this online worked really well for me, adding a useful flexibility to the sessions and the exchanges in between, and Lou manages that online space with much care and awareness.''
Cath James
Artistic Director
South East Dance
''As Associate Dramaturg at South East Dance, Lou not only works with a wide range of different artists, genres and contexts in our studios and via our programmes, but also works with us an organisation. Her ability to hold careful and constructive space for all our team to feel heard and supported was central to the success of the organisational change over the past few years. I continue to welcome her thoughts and responses to what we do, how I am thinking about the work we do, and what the impact of that is on our team, our artists that we support and our communities we work with. Personally, she helps me rub things together to see what’s possible, how to embrace risk, and accept that not everything is perfect.''
Yaron Abulafia
Scenographer
''Working with Lou is a real gift to any artist and creative team.
Her sensitive yet sharp observation and attentiveness to the tiniest of details in the creative process, as well as to the dynamics and dialogue between the artists, are admirable.
For me, it always was a sheer joy to collaborate and discover new things with her, with the unique energy she continuously brings to the team and to the works.''
Stina Quagebeur
Choreographer - ENB Associate Choreographer
''It is great to be able to talk in depth to Lou about the work, she really goes on this journey with you. Being able to brainstorm and really see my work from all angles with her has been invaluable.''
Rhiannon Faith
Choreographer
Olivier Award Nominee
"Working with Lou over the years has been such a pleasure and almost like a pilgrimage, in that we visit artistic places that have deep significance. Her creative intuition seems limitless; she holds ideas carefully and interrogates them gently, offers new lenses, and helps you see what you are trying to achieve. I love what we do together and am so lucky to witness her gifts in our creative projects."
George Williamson's Embrace for Birmingham Royal Ballet
Awards
