Faye Stoeser
Faye Stoeser's career as a dance artist spans from contemporary dance sector, to the commercial industry, to underground battle scenes, working for many years as a dancer and now also choreographing and rehearsal directing. She studied at London Studio Centre and went on to join Rambert 2 where she completed her MA receiving distinction. Faye's performing credits include Rambert, Ohad Naharin, Benoit Swan Pouffer, Itzik Galili, Clod Ensemble, Agudo Dance Company, Julia Cheung, Dickson Mbi, Keneish Dance as well as working commercially with credits including BBC, Years & Years, Kylie Minogue, Jax Jones, Sam Smith, and campaigns for numerous brands.
As a choreographer Faye's credits include INTOTO, London Studio Centre, Monmouthshire Youth Dance Company, Italia Conti as well as premiering her own work 'Splice' in 2023 co choreographed with Hannah Ekholm. Commercial choreography and movement assistant credits include: Marc Jacobs, British Vogue, Saul Nash, Woolmark, Zara Larsson.
Alongside Faye's career she participates in the Ballroom Scene where she specialises in New Way Voguing and is part of The House of Revlon.
Faye has been a close collaborator of RCD since 2017, performing as a cast member in At the end we begin (2017-18), As Above, So Below (2019), Still Touch (2021) and Infinite Ways Home (2021-23) and Hot House (2023). From 2022, Faye began working as RCD's Rehearsal Director.
Jordan Ajadi
Jordan trained at London Contemporary Dance School, graduating with a 1st class Hons degree. He has worked with Punchdrunk dance theatre in a production called the burnt city. He worked with Punchdrunk on a TV show called The Third Day. He performed in Fuel coproduction with The Place of 'Dead Club' directed by David Rosenburg and choreographed by Frauke Requardt. Crystal Pite's 'Polaris', a night dedicated to Thomas Ades 'See the music, Hear the dance'. Early 2017 Jordan performed in 'We Raise Our Hands in the Sanctuary' with Inky Cloak Dance Theatre Company and later in an opera called 'From the house of the Dead' at the Royal Opera House including on tour in Brussels La Monnaie de Munt and Opera de Lyon. He performed at the Young Vic in two productions called 'The Marbleous root Home' and 'The Town that Trees Built' Directed by Natasha Nixon. Played the role of 'Desmond Dekker' in RudeBoy: A Trojan Story. Jordan modelled for the cover page of Guardian Weekend Mag 'Impossible Bodies' Furthermore I have featured in music video's: Frank Ocean "Nike's" Jack Savoretti "Written in the stars." Ruti 'Racing Cars'
Priori to our 2024 season, Jordan was a collaborator on Richard Chappell Dance's Vast Rocks (2016).
Simone Donati
Simone Donati is a freelance dance artist originally from Italy. After graduating in 2014 from Rambert School in London Simone worked as dancer with companies and choreographers including Balletboyz, Protein Dance, Contact Dance Company, Mir Dance Company, B'causeDance Company, Russell Maliphant performing works by Ivan Perez, Roy Assaf, Maura Morales, Ivgi & Greben, Antonin Comestaz, Fabio Liberti, Giuseppe Spota, Luca Silvestrini, Francesca Tranter and others.
Simone started choreographing during his time at Rambert School and some of his creations have been performed at Lilian Baylis studio, Linbury theatre and Cloud Dance Festival in London, Teatro Bonci, Marche Teatro's Inteatro Festival, Musiktheater Im Revier/Mir Dance Company and Respira Festival. He is one of the selected choreographers for OrienteOccidente Residency program in 2023. Simone has taught workshops in organisations and companies around the World such as Ballet am Rhein Dusseldorf, Mir Dance Company Gelsenkirchen, Rambert School,Trinity Laban, DanceWorks, The Place, Santa Barbara University, Alberta Ballet in Calgary, Agora coaching project, Centro ArteMente, Balletboyz, DanzarTeatro Padova, Luz Siedlce, the Evening Space Malta, YGP Italy and others..
During his time living in London, he contributed to the development of inclusive dance projects for people with disabilities. Simone is the creator and artistic director of Indomita and co-artistic director of Atmo Music Productions.
Simone was an original cast member for Hot House (2023).
Marla King
Marla is a freelance dance artist, facilitator and climate justice advocate. She trained at Northern School of Contemporary Dance (2016-2018) and was then an apprentice dancer with National Dance Company Wales, rehearsing and performing work by choreographers including Alexandra Waierstall,Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Nikita Goile and Caroline Finn. She has since worked as a freelance dance artist with Rhiannon Faith Company, Rendez Vous Dance, Gwyn Emberton, Eleesha Drennan, Impelo, Elisabeth Schilling, Jack Philp and National Dance Company Wales.
Marla's advocacy work for socio-ecological justice is interwoven in her creative projects and activism. She is a co-creator of the Glanio collective - a collaboration between 3 creatives who came together to explore a creative response to the climate and ecological emergency we face, sharing a strong belief in the transformative power of arts in relation to climate action, as a gateway for climate communication and facilitating space to lean into the care and compassion needed to take collective action centring climate justice, in partnership with Impelo. She's also an active member of the Equity for a Green New Deal network, advocating and campaigning for climate justice within the sector and beyond. She is a co-facilitator and board member of the Resilience Project, a youth-led organisation with a vision to empower young people who are experiencing climate anxiety and burnout from activism.
Marla also facilitates learning for arts organisations around embedding values of climate justice and ecological consciousness within their work. She has worked with artists and organisations including Glasshouse Dance, VOXED, The Motion Pack, Glasshouse Dance, CoDa Dance, YDance, and Sustainable Arts in Leeds.
Marla has worked with RCD as Supporting Acts commissioned artist in 2022, and as a climate specialist since 2023. This is her first season dancing with the company as an original cast member in Land Empathy, and a new dancer to Hot House.
Juan Sánchez Plaza
Juan Sanchez Plaza, is a Professional Dancer, choreographer and teacher from Spain, who has been based in London for five years. He has worked with Agudo Dance Company, Tom Dale Company, Persona Collective, Flute Theatre alongside co-funding and creating his own work with Nomad Dance Collective, touring ''The Renegade Master'', ''D(US)T'', and ''Nomades'' in the UK, Spain, Germany and Ecuador. 2021-2022.
Juan is as well a Certified Yoga Teacher by the Yoga Alliance and he is currently finishing his university studies of Environmental Sciences in the UNED. Juan graduated at SEAD - Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2018, after graduating in the Professional Conservatory of Dance in Valencia -Spain in 2014.
Juan's started collaborating with RCD in 2022 on the creation of Hot House and has since then performed in Infinite Ways Home (2023) and Vast Rocks Revisited (2023). He will be an original cast member of Land Empathy.
Riz Golden
Riz is a contemporary dance artist originally from Bristol. Since graduating from London Contemporary Dance SchooI in 2022, she has been with National Dance Company Wales where she toured 'Waltz' by Marcos Morau and created and performed 'Zoetrope' by Lea Anderson. Riz has also worked on several screendance and fashion projects, with opera company Scherzo Ensemble, and for Osian Meilir's outdoor festival work.
This is Riz's first season performing with RCD, as an original cast member in Land Empathy (2024).
Past Ensemble Dancers 2013-23
Tia Hockey, Aisha Namaani, Lois Taylor, Jack Thomson, Ena Yamaguchi, Hannah, Hernandez, Kai Tomioka, Sharol Mackenzie, Iris Borras, Will Thompson, Edd Arnold, Imogen Alvares, Theo Arran, Josh Attwood, Joey Barton, Francesco Migliaccio, Chew Shaw En, Shaun Lim, Faye Tan, Rob Anderson, Sabrina Gargano, Emma Farnell-Watson, Maddie Shimwell, Olivia Roach, Alice Shepherdson, Mica Bradbury, Fiona McGee