Karl is performing in Protein’s The Little Prince.

He was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He grew up in a theatrical environment with his father running a comedy theatre school. At 18 he quit ice hockey and began his dance training at Sceneingangen in Copenhagen. He continued his training in London where he studied at London Studio Centre and Rambert School. He supplemented his formal training with workshops in Vienna and Brussels with, among others, David Zambrano, Rasmus Ölme, Susan Klein, Miguel Gutierrez and Rootless Root.

Since graduating Karl has been working with among others, Lela McMillan Dance, Arthur Pita, Lucy McCormick, Simon McBurney, Russell Maliphant, Lewis Major Dance, Julie Schmidt Andreasen, Alexander Baczynski-Jenkins, Junk Esemple and Sweetshop Revolution.

Faith grew up in Colorado, USA, when she began dancing at a young age. She went on to train at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and furthered her training at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance.

Since then she has been freelancing in the UK and has had the privilege of working with artists including Arthur Pita, Joel O’Donoghue, Sarah Shorten, Sally Marie, Leila McMillan, and The Royal Court.

Faith is currently dancing with Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in The Little Prince.

Donna is a classically trained soprano who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has performed extensively throughout the UK at venues including the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, St John’s Smith Square, and Kings Place.

Donna is a keen advocate for contemporary music, and has premiered many new works by living composers.

For Protein, Donna has performed in May Contain Food and The Little Prince.

www.donnalennard.co.uk

Having trained and received BA (hons) in both Theatre and Dance, and a PGDip from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, with distinction, Andrew performs as a dance artist and actor.

Currently Andrew can be seen dancing with Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in Border Tales and The Little Prince. 

He has also worked with renowned choreographers and UK based Dance and Theatre companies such as Ben Wrights bgroup, Curious Seed, ZoieLogic, Riccardo Buscarini, Jamie Fletcher Company, James Wilton, Casson and Friends, Smallpetitklein, Shaper Caper, Encounter, LaBanda, Steven Hogget for How to train your Dragon 2 and Simon McBurneys The Rakes Progress (Igor Stravinsky) in collaboration with Festival Aix and The DNO.

Andrew has taught for Youth companies, adult classes, Professional class and undergraduate dance courses within Scottish Dance Theatre, National Dance Company Wales Young Associates, Smallpetitklein, KNT danceworks, The Space Dundee, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Ignite Scotland, GDA, ZoieLogic and Plymouth Conservatoire amongst others. Beyond performing, he is a keen dramaturg, and really enjoys working alongside other dance and theatre makers to realise their visions. He supported Zoielogic, Rendez-Vous Dance and Levantes Dance Theatre on their recent works.

https://www.andrew-gardiner.co.uk/

Kip Johnson is based in Bristol. He began dancing at the age of 16 in the South West of England.

Kip graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) in 2009 and has since worked with Lea Anderson, Vincent Dance Theatre, Tilted Productions, Ultima Vez, Fevered Sleep and Gecko. Kip first worked with Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in 2005 whilst a member of Ludus Youth Company. Five years later he performed in Protein’s piece LOL (lots of love) and subsequent tours during 2011 and 2012. He then performed in Protein’s The Little Prince is 2019.

Emily is a London based dance artist. Emily trained at London Contemporary Dance School and since graduating has worked with choreographers and companies such as Gary Clarke, Glyndebourne Opera, James Wilton, Aletta Collins for Royal Shakespeare Company, Renaud Wiser, Eleesha Drennan, Rosie Kay, Holly Blakey for Burberry, Tamsyn Russell, Corey Baker, Cathy Waller, Jamaal Burkmar, Pell Ensemble and Tribe Company. As well as performing for choreographer Jorge Crecis,

Emily has acted as rehearsal director and assistant choreographer for Jorge on various projects for Beijing 9 Contemporary Dance Theatre, Intoto Company and for London Contemporary Dance School. Emily works as a movement specialist with choreographer Charlie Mayhew for film and commercial projects such as the films The Mummy, Teen Spirit and various commercial and music video research projects. Emily has also appeared in music videos for Fat Freddy’s Drop and Hollie Cooke and various TV advertisements.

Emily is danced with Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in The Little Prince.