Martin Collins

Martin Collins BA, MA, MSc began dancing with the Splinters dance company before training in theatre at Lancaster University and Dance Theatre at Laban. He has work as a performer with some of the most innovative dance and theatre companies in the UK including Levantes Dance Theatre, Darren Ellis Dance (Film), Ballet Boyz (Film), Dukes theatre Company, Marlow Theatre, Nigel Charnock Company and is currently performing in Rusulkia at the Grange Park Opera House. He has also performed in a number of different feature films, TV and site-specific works commissioned by the BBC, RM Europe, and Independent British Film. Martin has produced work for a number of prestigious national and international platforms including British Dance Edition, Sadler's Wells, South Bank, the Royal Festival Hall, Roubaix and Burgos festivals. This has been done in collaboration with companies such as Lost Dog, Random Dance, Company of Elders, Royal Ballet School, Shobana Jeyasing, Henri Oguike Dance Company, Darren Ellis Dance and Sarah Linstra. Martin is currently the company manager for Darren Ellis Dance, managing the Centre for Advanced Training at Laban, producing a new music and dance collaboration for the South Bank and developing his own work.