SHELLEY MAXWELL

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

Upcoming 2020 prior to Lockdown – now upcoming 2021
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Story, Lyric Theatre, Directed by Clint Dyer
Romeo & Juliet, Regents Park Open Air Theatre, Directed by Kimberley Sykes

Autumn 2020
Romeo & Juliet, National Theatre – a made for screen film originally to have played at the Olivier Theatre from summer 2020. Reconceived for the screen, this new 90-minute version was shot with a collaborative team of theatre and film experts, embracing the architecture of the theatre space in telling the story. For Sky Arts & PBS (filmed at the Lyttelton)
Directed by Simon Godwin

Ear For Eye, a film depicting violence vs non-violence, direct action vs demonstrations, ear for eye follows characters navigating their way through society today.
Written & Directed by the Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning debbie tucker green
For Fruit Tree Media

Other Credits

*Nominated for the 2020 Black British Theatre Award for Best Choreographer* (Master Harold…and the Boys, NT) *Winner of the 2019 Black British Theatre Award for Best Choreographer*
(Equus, ETT/Stratford East/Trafalagar Studios)

Tartuffe, by Anil Gupta & Richard Pinto, Birmingham Repertory Theatre & RSC. Directed by Iqbal Khan Macbeth 2020, Shakespeare’s Globe. Directed by Cressida Brown
Faustus: That Damned Woman, Lyric Hammersmith by Chris Bush. Directed by Caroline Byrne Cinderella, Lyric Hammersmith. Directed by Tinuke Craig

Hansard, National Theatre – Lyttelton. Directed by Simon Godwin
‘Master Harold’…and the Boys, National Theatre – Lyttelton. Directed by Roy Alexander Weise
West End transfer to Trafalgar Studios of Equus, English Touring Theatre/Trafalgar Theatre, Ned Bennett
Grey, Oval House, Nicholai La Barrie
J’Ouvert, Theatre503, Rebekah Murrell
King Hedley II, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Nadia Fall
Equus, English Touring Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East & UK Tour, Ned Bennett
Apologia, English Theatre Frankfurt, Audrey Sheffield
Cougar, Theatre Royal Stratford East/English Touring Theatre, Chelsea Walker
West End transfer to Trafalgar Studios of Nine Night, Co-Pro National Theatre/Trafalgar Theatre, Roy Alexander Weise Antony & Cleopatra, National Theatre – Olivier, Simon Godwin
Tartuffe, Royal Shakespeare Company – Swan Theatre, Iqbal Khan
Nine Night, National Theatre – Dorfman, Roy Alexander Weise
A Streetcar Named Desire, English Touring Theatre/Nuffield Southampton & Theatre Clwyd, Chelsea Walker
Dealing with Clair, Orange Tree Theatre, Richard Twyman
Winter, Young Vic, John R. Wilkinson
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Shelley Maxwell – Movement Director 1/3

Rules for Living, English Touring Theatre, Simon Godwin Seventeen, Site Specific, Lyric
Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere, Young Vic, David Lan Twelfth Night, National Theatre, Simon Godwin

Cuttin’ It, Young Vic, Gbolahan Obisesan
Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Simon Godwin The Black That I am, Phillip Sherlock Centre, Brian Heap

Performance

The Lion King (West End), Ensemble Dancer, Julie Taymor, Disney Theatricals (UK) Be Like Water – Hetain Patel, Actor/ Dancer, Decibel, Birmingham
Fela! – The National Theatre, Dancer Swing, Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director
The Lion King (West End) Dancer Swing Julie Taymor, Disney Theatricals (UK) Tavaziva Dance Company, Dancer, Bawren Tavaziva, Artistic Director

National Dance Company of Jamaica, Principal Dancer, Rex Nettleford, Artistic Director

Commercial Choreography

Animated TV Advertisment, Motion Capture, Seprod Ltd
Mobile Advertising Campaign, Pop Movement, Digicel Group
Tropical Rhythms TV Advertisement, Salsa Movement, Grace Kennedy Ltd Dancehall Queen, Film Choreography, DTX

Film / Music Video / TV

Lion King (EPK), Featured Dancer, Disney Theatricals
World War Z, Featured Zombie, Plan B, Paramount Pictures
Trina, music video, Featured Dancer, Taniesha Grant, choreographer Dancehall Queen, Featured Dancer, Hawk’s Nest Production Company Dancing Dynamites, Television Judge, Jenny Productions, TVJ

Contemporary Dance Choreography

Bach to Baby, Contemporary, Rambert
Six, Contemporary, National Dance Company of Jamaica
The B-Sides, Reggae Contemporary Resolution, The Robin Howard Theatre
Imprint, Cuban Contemporary Bloom Festival, Southbank Centre
Je Suis, Afro-Contemporary Ingenium Festival, Rich Mix, GDA, The Robin Howard Theatre Beneath My skin, Contemporary, National Dance Company of Jamaica
Afuera de la Caja, Contemporary, LACADCO Dance Company
Fusion, Contemporary, The Company Dance Theatre

Rehearsal Direction

Ella Mesma Dance Company, Mentor/Rehearsal Director Dance Theatre Xaymaca, Rehearsal Director

Teaching

Disney Theatrical Group, Teaching Artist
Rambert, Animateur (Repertoire and workshop leader)
The Lyric Youth Company, Movement for Actors
WAC Arts, Movement for Musicals
Middlesex University, Jazz Lecturer
Kingston College, Graham Lecturer
The Place, Professional Morning Class
The Brit School, Guest Workshop tutor
West End In, Musical Theatre Workshops
Irie! Dance Theatre, Guest Workshop lecturer
Pineapple Performing Arts, Musical Theatre Workshops
The Lion King (West End), Company Class 2012-2014
Edna Manley College, Modern Dance Teacher – 2nd year Students (Faculty) 2004-2006 National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica, Company Class Teacher 2004-2007

Shelley Maxwell – Movement Director 2/3

Training

MA Choreography, Laban, London
BA Management Information Systems, Monroe College, New York Certificate in Modern Dance, Escuela Nacional De Arte, Cuba

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