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Etta Murfitt Etta is English and trained at London Contemporary Dance School. A founder member of Images Dance Company, she also danced with Scottish Dance Theatre, Arc Dance Company and Aletta Collins Dance Company. She teaches widely, including: Rehearsal Director for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and being a freelance faculty member of London Contemporary Dance School and the Young Place in London. Apart from her extensive work with Matthew Bourne, Etta has performed on TV in Mrs Hartley & The Growth Centre and Aletta Collins' Storm (both for BBC TV) and choreographed Le Nozze di Figaro (Holland Park Opera), The Way of the World (Wilton's Music Hall) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Albery Theatre, London).

Etta had danced with Matthew Bourne's companies AMP and New Adventures for over 20 years .She has created many roles in Bourne’s work including Clara In "Nutcracker", Rita in"The Car Man" and Peg Boggs in Edward Scissorhands. She currently also serves as Artistic Associate and Associate Director for all the companies productions

History She has created many roles in Bourne’s work including The original productions of

1989 "The Infernal Galop" 1991 "Town and Country" 1992: "Deadly Serious" 1992 Clara "Nutcracker" 1994 Madge in "Highland Fling" 1995: "Swan Lake" 1997: "Cinderella" 2000 Rita in "The Car Man" 2005 Peg Boggs in "Edward Scissorhands"