Falling About : performers and artists
London Tour October 2007 - July 2008

FERGUS EARLY - Writer, Choreographer and Performer

Fergus began his dancing career with the Royal Ballet, later studying at the London Contemporary Dance School where he became a senior teacher. He was a founder member of X6 Dance Space and New Dance Magazine. In 1987, he formed Green Candle.The Company has won three Digital Dance Awards and was also awarded £250,000 from the National Lottery for a large-scale community project in the London borough of Islington, which included eight performances at the new Sadler's Wells Theatre. Fergus is the winner of several awards, including a Greater London Arts Dance Award, a Lisa Ulman Travelling Bursary, and the Time Out/Dance Umbrella Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement.  He has created 24 full-length productions for the company

NINA AYRES - Designer

Nina graduated in 1997 from Central School of Speech and Drama with a first class honours degree in Theatre Design. She has worked both as a maker and designer on productions as wide ranging as Sleeping Beauty for the Royal Ballet, Festival of the Sea in Portsmouth and the film, the golden compass' due for release in December. This is the fifth Green Candle production that Nina has designed and she enjoys the challenge that touring shows present.  She especially likes designing sets that can transform for each scene right before the audience. One of Nina's latest projects had her create 19 Disney superhero costumes for the Butlins summer show. She has also just completed a book called 'Creating Outdoor Theatre' published by Crowood press.

MARTINA SCHWARZ - Composer & Musician

Born in Cologne, Martina has worked in Germany, France and England as a musician/performer, composer, songwriter and teacher. She studied accordion with Phillippe Piquot in Paris, where she also trained as an actress with Phillippe Gaulier. Based in London since 1991, Martina has collaborated with many companies including théâtre sans frontières, Shared Experience, London Bubble Theatre, ENO Baylis and Stanley Hall Opera. She has written music for film and won a composer's competition for accordion in 2006. Martina's songbook and CD “Learn German with songs” was recently published with a second volume on the way. Martina performs regularly with the violin and accordion duo “Bow and Bellows” and with Klezmer band “Freylekh”. Martina works for Music in Hospitals and is part of Spitalfields Festival 'Music on Call'. Falling About is Martina's third collaboration with Green Candle, having previously taken part in the company's touring productions Home and Forward Motion, a national tour for children in hospitals, primary and special schools.

JREENA GREEN – Performer

After a year with the National Youth Dance Company Jreena trained as a dancer at the London Contemporary Dance School. She has danced in several West End musicals, including the original cast of The Lion King and has toured Europe and the USA with the Jiving Lindy Hoppers in Hot Foot from Harlem. Jreena choreographed the BBC2 film Chirps and many music videos including Curtis Mantronics, Ere Dis and a top 10 hit single for Kira. She has also worked as a choreographer and performer in numerous shows and projects including most recently Bird Boy and Mrs Wobble at New Peckham Varieties and in panto with Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hackney Empire. She gained a BA Hons in Dance Studies from Middlesex University in 2004. Jreena has been involved with Green Candle projects previously as a workshop leader and Dance Tutor and this is her first production with the company.