Laïla Diallo is a Canadian-born, Bristol-based choreographer and performer. The recipient of a Rayne Fellowship for Choreographers in 2006, she currently is Associate Artist at ROH2, Royal Opera House.
Since her start as a freelance choreographer in 2005, Laïla’s work has been widely presented across the country and has been leaving its marks on the international stage, notably through various invitations to perform in France, Italy and Canada. She was invited to show work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2009 and at Dublin Dance Festival in 2010, her performance at at which earned her a nomination for Dance Europe’s Most Outstanding Performance of the Season.
As choreographer and movement director, Laïla works in a range of contexts that include opera, theatre, television and education. Recent credits include a commission from Woking Dance Festival (2010) entitled At-any-moment-something-else, movement for ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (West Yorkshire Playhouse) and choreography for Aïda (Canadian Opera Company) and The Story of Music (BBC2/Tiger Aspect Productions).
Laïla’s latest work, Hold Everything Dear, is a piece for five dancers and live music and draws on ideas of migration and transience. It brings together an outstanding creative team including performers Seke Chimutengwende, Theo Clinkard, Helka Kaski and Letty Mitchell, composer Jules Maxwell, lighting designer Guy Hoare and dramaturg Chris Fogg.
Hold Everything Dear is commission and produced by ROH2 at the Royal Opera House,
Co-commissioned by ICIA and Pavilion Dance/Dance South West
Created with support from Arnolfini and The Point
For more information visit www.lailadiallo.com