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Company Chameleon started when Kevin Edward Turner and Anthony Missen met at Trafford Youth Dance Theatre in the mid-1990s. Two ordinary lads from Manchester, they shared an ambition to dance professionally. After developing their talent at Trafford, they went on to train with the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and after graduating travelled and worked with some of the world’s most innovative dance companies and choreographers.
They came home in 2007 with the aim of setting up their own dance company – and Company Chameleon was born. Today, Company Chameleon tours internationally, staging over 50 indoor and outdoor performances every year. The team has grown from a team of two to a team of fourteen and is now based at its own dance studio in Openshaw, Manchester.
Our vision for the studio is to create a dance hub packed with possibilities for everyone. Alongside performances, our growing programme of classes includes opportunities for professional dancers, young people and adults to enjoy and feel the benefits of dance.
When we’re away from home, we’re either performing as part of our touring schedule, or taking dance out into local, national and international communities, introducing people to a different side of dance and movement in classes and workshops.
In 2019, Company Chameleon welcomed Dame Darcey Bussell on board as the Company’s first-ever Patron.
Cheshire Dance has partnered with a group of highly respected venues and dance promoters in the North West to bring about a new model for dance talent development in the region. As part of a simple 5 point Dance North West NOW Action Plan (below), the group are now fundraising to kick start actions 1 and 2 to develop unique and bespoke opportunities for North West based dance makers to create new work for stage and get it seen by audiences around the country.