Royston Maldoom–DANCE FOR YOUR LIFE!

Royston Maldoom, British Choreographer

  Royston Maldoom has been the initiator and director of dance projects worldwide for 30 years.In Gaza, Northern Ireland with Catholic andProtestant children, in Lithuania during the independence movement, in Croatia and Bosnia during the Balkan wars, with marginalised people of all ages, economic and social backgrounds. His internatio
nal commitment led him to Ethiopia in 1996 together with his colleague Mags Byrne, where he organised a dance project with 100 street children and subsequently founded the Adugna Dance Company, in which some of the young people worked as professional dancers, choreographers and dance teachers.
 His work reached a wide public through the award-winning film "Rhythm is it!"the ,Sacre du Printemps, dance project with 250 children and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle)
 Royston has received numerous international awards and recognitions. including an OBE German Service Award