bio

"With Bespoken, Paul Selwyn Norton returns to his especially strong choreographic roots...the dancers and musicians meet each other here in an intimate and for Norton, a surprisingly lyrical setting...a pure dance jewel and the highest point of the Festival" Trouw 07.11.07

Paul Selwyn Norton 1964, an ex-pat raised in Africa and the West Indies, lives and works from a base in Amsterdam.

As an autodidact he danced for Beppie Blankert, Amanda Miller/Pretty Ugly and William Forsythe's Ballet Frankfurt.

After many successful years working under the auspices of Korzo Theatre Productions, he set up no apology in 2003. This production company supported all his creative work and outreach programmes in the Netherlands. Throughout this career, he has created and restaged work on such prestigious companies as Ballet Frankfurt, Batsheva Dance, Galili Dance, Stalker Theatre and Chunky Move. He is a frequent collaborator with the Duda Paiva Company.

He also teaches master class in movement and text improvisation, and has set up workshops and festivals all over the world, most notably Moscow, Sydney and Tel Aviv.

When he can, he is also an avid Scuba Diver Instructor mostly in The Red Sea and Pacific Region.

After more that 20 years in The Netherlands, Paul will is currently in the process of immigrating to Australia, where he will begin his Doctorate Studies in Dance with QUT in Brisbane, Australia and set up a production unit to support his artistic endeavours there.

 

creations/commissions
Pieces of Nine 2009 for Koresh Dance Company
The Return 2009 for UArts Philadelphia
Mirror Mirror 2009 for Stalker Theatre Company
Irreverence 2008 for the Angela Linssen Project
Malediction 2008 for Duda Paiva Puppetry and Dance
Court in the Act 2007 Wisselwerk/Holland Dance Festival
Demonstration 2007 for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
A Year From Monday 2007 for no apology
Façade 2006/7 for Duda Paiva Puppety and Dance
Bespoken 2006/7
sect/in/sect 2006 Galili Dance
Hamlet Cannot Sleep 2006
Morgenster 2006
De Finalisten 2005
Regret 2005
My Fair DJ 2004
Angel 2004
Luxury Item 2003
Some Kind of Suite 2003
The Rogue Tool 2003 for Moscow Chamber Ballett
Petrol 2002 for KorzoTheatre Productions
K/nowhere 2001 for Batsheva Dance Company
Oblique 2000 for Danceworks Rotterdam
Gradual/Instant 2000
Proxy Trilogy 2000
The Gradual Instant 1999 for Pretty/Ugly
Kindred Doppelgangers 1998 for Kristina da Chatel
Proxy 1998
Sub Rosa 1997 for Ballett Frankfurt
The Rogue Tool for Batsheva Dance Company 1996
Pork 1994
Nth 1993
Johnny Panic 1992

prizes
Phillip Morris Finest Selection 1997
Moscow Golden Mask for Excellence in Choreography 2001
Grande Prix and Public Prize for Best Creation Ostrava 2005
Best Creation at Talin Puppet Festival 2007