Lost Dog

The-Rain-Parade-02-CarouselLost Dog formed in 2004 and have been a DanceDigital Associate Artist since 2008. The company’s first duet,Pave up Paradise, won first prize at the Burgos International Choreography competition, second prize at the Hanover International choreography competition and was taken into Phoenix Dance Theatre repertory as part of the Stories in Red programme [2006/2007]. At the Edinburgh Festival 2005 their first full length work, The Drowner, won critical acclaim and was nominated for a Total Theatre Award. The company received a Bonnie Bird UK New Choreographers Award in November 2005 and were awarded The Place Robin Howard Commission 2007 to create Hungry Ghosts for the newly launched Spring Loaded season. Lost Dog have also been choreographers in residence at the MADE in Umea Festival, Sweden and were commissioned to create The Over-Head Project for The Place White Xmas Season 2005 and River Lethe for EDge 2006 [LCDS postgraduate company]. In 2007/8 Lost Dog created works for Transition, Intoto and From Here to Maturity. They also toured Hungry Ghosts to venues across the UK. In 2008 Lost Dog received the DanceDigital commission to create The Rain Parade. Co-commissioned by The Place and The University of Hertfordshire, The Rain Parade toured the UK in Spring / Summer 2009.