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Rob Tannion is a dynamic and visually creative director/choreographer who works internationally across the genres of circus, musicals, events, dance, outdoor & site-specific theatre, commercials and film. Recent circus work in 2011 includes: Acrobatic Director for new Chinese resident musical “Spiral”, Director/Choreographer of “Beautifully Imperfect” for NICA, Melbourne; Director of “Solo Mientame” for Transito 5 in Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico. From 2010 -08 Rob directed 3 original creations for the project “CRECE” in Madrid’s prestigious Teatro Circo Price in association with Carampa. Previous work highlights have included: Collaborator and Performer with DV8 Physical Theatre and Complicite, Associate Choreographer on the musical “Lord of the Rings” (Toronto), Choreographer on commercials for clients such as Bacardi, Fosters and Baileys, Actor in films such as “Resident Evil”, and BBC television series “Stig of the Dump”. Since 2004 he has been joint artistic director of London based physical theatre company Stan Won’t Dance.

In May/June 2012, Rob will direct the first edition of “Cresce Sur” in Rio de Janeiro, as part of the 1st International Festival of Circus, with 20 circus performers from South and Central America.