Marso

Region: West Midlands

Born in France, Marso (a.k.a Mickael Riviere) trained at the Rosella Hightower International Dance School from 1995-97. He then studied aerial circus skills & drama at the Circus Space and gained a certificate in theatre practice in 1999 from the London School of Speech & Drama. He has also graded and trained with the Northen school of Capoeira and Professor Tijolo since 2001.

In 2000 he was employed as an Aerial and Ground artist performing on stilts, bungee and trapeze at the Millennium Dome as part of the New Millennium Experience Company. In 2002 he achieved an access certificate in Music Performance and Drama from South Birmingham College.

Marso has participated in and choreographed numerous commercial events and televised productions including the New Millennium Ceremony, Record Breakers, Ishq Records, Common Wealth Games (2002) and BBC1’s Inside Out (2003). He has also worked with Andile Sotiya as part of London open house at The Place, The Generating Company, Urban Expansions, Alain Marty, Don Kinch and David Framba in “Les Nuits du Mont Romes”(2004), Europeen Athletic Championships Opening Ceremony 2007.

In 2004 he started his professional dance company, Company Decalage, for which he has created two works, Decalage and See and has performed at a range of venues and festivals including DanceXchange, British Dance Edition and Resolution! at The Place, London. In 2006 he was nominated for the Place Prize and in 2007 he took part in The Place’s Choreodrome and TouchWood. The latter led to the early development of ‘Appel’. In 2008 Mickael was selected for the semi finals of the Place Prize 08 with “Breaking Point”, a new work made in collaboration with Navala Chaudhari which is currently being developed as a full length piece for Company Decalage.

Marso is also in demand as an independent choreographer and has worked with artists as diverse as The Bolshoi Ballet/Theatre (in 2007), hip-hop theatre artists Jonzi D, Lianhart and world leading Bboy Team Project Soul (Korea). More recently, he choreographed a piece for the International Raw Energy as part of the International Dance Festival Birmingham.

An acclaimed teacher and established Bboy, Marso holds a number of weekly Breakin’ classes in London and Birmingham and regularly teaches contemporary repertory classes at organisations such as The Place, London and DanceXchange, Birmingham as well as teaching workshops internationally through his Urban Dance Agency Bboys Attic now regarded as one of the foremost urban dance educators in the UK. www.bboysattic.com

Other works includes:

“On Display” by Lucas Sylvestrini (http://idfb.co.uk)

Duet with Jonzi D @Sadlers Wells Celebrate Fund raising event 2006

Robert Hilton Urban Classicism's Spring Tour 2005 www.urbanclassicism.com

Movie "Sunshine": Wire Work & Body double of Cyllian Murphy, Director Danny Boy. D.N A production