Dance & Performance
London: 1971–1995
Leoussi is highly respected in the world of contemporary dance photography and earned an international reputation for her powerful and fluid black and white images, a majority of which were shot during full dress rehearsals rather than staged photocalls. Her work has been widely exhibited and featured in numerous publications. A comprehensive retrospective spanning 25 years, Rehearsal: Photographs of Dance, was published by Dewi Lewis in 1998.Dance & Performance Archive No. 1
DEAD DREAMS OF MONOCHROME MEN Nigel Charnock, Lloyd Newson. DV8, A/D: Lloyd Newson, 1988
APEX STRETCHED BACKWARDS Sharon McGorian, The Royal Ballet, Chor: Ashley Page, Riverside Studios, 1983
SONGS AND DANCES Chor: Robert North, LCDT, Sadler's Wells, 1983
PRELUDE AND SONG Lucy Burge, Yair Vardi, Ballet Rambert, Chor: Christopher Bruce Theatre Royal Bristol, 1980
ROCK Francesca Penzani, Chor: Nikky Smedley, Sobell Leisure Centre, 1993
HANSEL AND GRETEL Set Design Model: Richard Aylwin, Scottish Opera, 1996
THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN Crystal Clear Opera, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Forum Theatre, Billingham, 1995
HANSEL AND GRETEL, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Scottish Opera, 1996
SOFT VERGES Richard Alston, Eva Karczag, Strider, Chor: Richard Alston, White Lion School London, 1974
CHAMBER DANCES Charlotte Kirkpatrick, Lauren Potter, LCDT, Chor: Robert Cohan, Sadler's Wells, 1982
MY SEX OUR DANCE Nigel Charnock and Lloyd Newson (dance & choreography), DV8 Islington Dance Factory, 1986
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION MacLennan Dance and Company, Chor: Sue MacLennan, Set Design: Andrew Fifield, The Place, 1993
FLYING IN THE FACE OF CandoCo Dance Company, Middlesex Polytechnic, 1992
DANCING ON THE MOUNTAIN Richard Layzell at Glastonbury Tor, Concept: Eleni Leoussi, 1989
EUROSHIMA Chor: Laurie Booth, Set Design: John Newton, ICA, London, 1989
DEAD DREAMS OF MONOCHROME MEN Nigel Charnock and Douglas Wright, DV8 A/D Lloyd Newson, 1989
THE CASTLE The Wrestling School, Play: Howard Barker, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Riverside Studios, 1995
Daniel Larrieu (dance & choreography), Astrakan Co. France, The Place Theatre, 1983
NIJINSKY THE FOOL Chor: Lindsay Kemp. Lindsay Kemp and Company, Sadler's Wells, 1983
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Michael Matou and Francois Testory, Lindsay Kemp and Company, Sadler's Wells, 1983
PLAIN SONG Juliet Fisher and Jonathan Lunn, Siobhan Davies, Chor: Siobhan Davies, Riverside Studios, 1981
DEAD FLIGHT Eleanor Brickhill, Chor: Ian Spink, Ian Spink Group, Riverside Studios, 1980
SONGS LAMENTATIONS AND PRAISES Chris Bannerman and Sallie Estep, LCDT, Chor: Robert Cohan, Sadler's Wells London, 1983
GREY WINDOWS Tony Thatcher, Dancework Company. Chor: Tony Thatcher, The Place Theatre, 1983
SUN Chris Dawber and Pamela Moore, Moving Being Co., Set Design: Peter Mumford. The Place Theatre, 1972
THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN Crystal Clear Opera, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, The Forum Theatre, 1995
DEEP END Lloyd Newson (A/D), and Michelle Richecoeur, DV8 Physical Theatre, The Place Theatre, 1987
DEEP END Nigel Charnock and Michelle Richecoeur, DV8 Physical Theatre, A/D: Lloyd Newson, The Place Theatre, 1987
CELL Patrick Harding-Irmer, LCDT Chor: Robert Cohen, Sadler's Wells, 1982
TUTU STRIP Dancer/ Choreographer Emilyn Claid, London, 1987
TRIPTYCH Andreas Demetriou, Ernst Fischer and Andrew Hammerson, Pink Feet-Warm Bodies, Brixton Synagogue, Concept: Eleni Leoussi, 1987
FACE ON Dancer / Chor: Maedee Dupres, Logan Hall London, 1983
NYMPHEAS Patrick Harding-Imer / Lenny Westerdijk, Chor: Robert Cohan, LCDT, Saddler's Wells, 1983
STRANGE FISH Wendy Houstoun, Diana Payne Myers, Dale Tanner, DV8, A/D: Lloyd Newson, Riverside Studios, 1992
GRACE AND GLITTER Kaye Brown, Extemporary Dance Theatre, Dir: Emilyn Claid & Maggie Semple, Bethnal Green Baths, 1986
CRICKETS Micha Bergese, Mantis Dance Co, Chor: Micha Bergese, Set Design: Rebecca Neil, ICA London, 1983
EMILYN CLAID, 1987
4'33'' Maedee Dupres (dance & choreography), 1985
ANGELS Moving Being, Dir: Geoff Moore, Set Design: Peter Mumford, Cardiff, 1973
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Juliet) Lindsay Kemp and Co. Sadler's Wells, 1983
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM 'Bottom' Lindsay Kemp and Co. Sadler's Wells, 1983
GISELLE TOMORROW Graziella Martinez (dance & choreography), The Roundhouse, 1972
SALLY POTTER and JACKY LANSLEY Limited Dance Company, The Place Restaurant, London, 1974
ROCK 'Funeral' Liz Chandler, Chor: Nikky Smedley, Sobel Leisure Centre, 1993
DEEP END Liz Rankin, DV8 Physical Theatre, A/D Lloyd Newson, The Place Theatre, 1987
INTIMATE LETTERS Dancer / Choreographer Lynn Seymour rehearsing 'Intimate Letters' Sadler's Wells, 1978
DEAD SKIN Suzan Alexander, Dancer/ Chor. Suzan Alexander, Film: David Robinson, Dancework at The Place Theatre, 1983
THE CASTLE The Wrestling School by Howard Barker, Dir: Kenny Ireland, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Riverside Studios, 1995
KURT DREYER'S WORKSHOP LSCD, The Place Theatre, 1973
DEEP END Nigel Charnock, DV8 Physical Theatre, A/D: Lloyd Newson, The Place Theatre, 1987
CANTALOPE REEL David Tool and Victoria Marks, CandoCo Dance Co. Chor: Adam Benjamin, Middlesex Polytechnic, 1992
INTIMATE LETTERS Galina Samsova, Sadler's Wells Studios, 1978
COMMON GROUND Dennis Greenwood and Eva Karczag, Strider, Chor: Nanette Hassall, The Place, London, 1974
Publicity Still for the Gate Theatre, Aldeburgh Beach, Concept: Eleni Leoussi, 1987
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ONE WAS THE OTHER Robert North and Noemi Lapzeson (dance & choreography), LCDT, The Place London, 1972
STAGES Chor. Robert Cohan, LCDT, 1972
CHRISTY DON'T LEAVE SO SOON Adam Benjamin and Celeste Dandeker, Chor: Lea Parkinson, Adam B and Celeste D, CandoCo Dance Company, 1992
HEADLONG Dennis Greenwood and Eva Karczag, Strider, Chor: Richard Alston, The Place London, 1973
LLOYD NEWSON Founder and Artistic Director of DV8 Physical Theatre, 1989
DEAD DREAMS OF MONOCHROME MEN Nigel Charnock & Lloyd Newson DV8 Physical Theatre, A/D: Lloyd Newson, 1988
KURT DREYER'S REHEARSAL "A Janecek Glagolitic Mass', Royal Choral Society London, 1973
ROCK Lisa Kendall, Chor: Nilly Smedley, Sobell Leisure Centre, 1993
Maedee Dupres & Cristodoulos Georgiadis (pianist), London, 1983
LYNN SEYMOUR Rehearsing 'Intimate Letters', Sadler's Wells Studios, London, 1978
HANSEL AND GRETEL Engelbert Humperdinck, Dir: Mark Tinkler, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Scottish Opera Co., 1996
DANCING DEPARTMENT Chor: Siobhan Davies, LCDT, Sadler's Wells, 1983
SLOW FIELD Dennis Greenwood, Strider, Chor: Richard Alston, Serpentine Gallery, 1975
HUNTER OF ANGELS Namron and Micha Bergese, LCDT, Chor: Robert Cohan, The Place Theatre, 1974
SiXTEEN David Turner and Sally Gardner, Dancework, Chor: Christine Juffs, Riverside Studios, 1981
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION Edwin Lung and Paula Hampson, MacLennan Dance Co. Chor: Sue McLennan, Set Design, Andrew Fifield The Place London, 1993
SCENES FROM THE MUSIC OF CHARLES IVES Clare Duncan, Robert North, Siobhan Davies, Stephen Barker, LCDT, Chor: Anna Sokolow, The Place Theatre, 1972
DIANE FRANK and DEBORAH RILEY Riverside Studios, 1981
HANSEL AND GRETEL Engelbert Humperdinck's Dir: Mark Tinkler, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Scottish Opera, 1996
STAGES Linda Gibbs and Paula Lansley backstage, LCDT, The Place Theatre, 1972
Ballerina in rehearsal, Royal Festival Ballet London, 1972
THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN Crystal Clear Opera, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Forum Theatre Billingham, 1985
DEEP END Nigel Charnock and Michelle Richecoeur, DV8 Physical Theatre, A/D: Lloyd Newson, The Place Theatre, 1987
SPIRITUALS Anca Frankenhaeuser X-Group, Chor: Flora Cushman, St Pancras Church, London, 1972
BACK STAGE 'STAGES" LCDT, The Place Theatre, 1972
PEOPLE TOGETHER LCDT, Chor: Robert Cohan, The Place Theatre, 1973
PAS DE DEUX John Raven's Class, The Dance Centre, 1972
PEOPLE ALONE Clare Duncan LCDT Chor: Robert Cohen, The Place Theatre, 1972
MIRACULOUS MANDARIN Bejart Ballet Lausanne, Chor: Maurice Bejart, Sadler's Wells, 1993
HEADLONG Nanette Hassall, Strider, Chor: Richard Alston, The Place Theatre, 1973
DANCE SUITE Julie Blackman. Bernadette Iglich, Jane Dudley, Chor: Jane Dudley, The Place Theatre, 1981
WARDROBE LCDT, The Place Theatre, 1971
WHERE THE MOON RISES Scott Ambler and Nick Ormrod, Extemporary Dance Theatre, Chor: Sue Broadway, Central School of Art, London 1988
EDGAR NEWMAN rehearsing at Riverside Studios, 1985
Steve Paxton, rehearsing at the Riverside Studios, 1981
HUMAN SEX La La La Human Steps, A/D & Chor: Edouard Locke, 1985
LSCD students resting between classes at The Place Studios, 1971
STAGES, Chor. Robert Cohan, LCDT, The Place Theatre, 1972
DOLLY SODS Micha Bergese and Paul Clayden, Mantis Dance Company Chor: Dan Wagoner, The Place Theatre, 1981
THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN Crystal Clear Opera, Dir. Karen Howard, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Forum Theatre, Billingham, 1995
GISELLE TOMORROW Graziella Martinez (dance & choreography), The Roundhouse, 1972
Jane Dudley, LCDT teaching Shelley Lee, The Place Studios, 1972
SIGNS Moving Being Comp. Dir. Geoff Moore, Set Design. Peter Mumford, The Place Theatre, 1972
Chor. Richard Alston and Nanette Hassall, Strider rehearsing 'Soft Verges', London 1974
NO MEANS NO Nomads Dance Co., 1992
DEAD DREAMS OF MONOCHROME MEN Douglas Wright and Lloyd Newson, DV8 A/D Lloyd Newson, 1989
DEAD DREAMS OF MONOCHROME MEN Nigel Charnock, DV8 Physical Theatre, A/D: Lloyd Newson, 1988
DE GAS Michael Clark, Ian Spink Group, Chor: Ian Spink, ICA London, 1981
DREAM PLAY Moving Being, Chor: Geoff Moore, Set Design: Peter Mumford, Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, 1973
THE CASTLE The Wrestling School by Howard Barker, Dir: Kenny Ireland, Set Design: Richard Aylwin, Riverside Studios, 1995
R-AGE Francoise Sergy (dance & choreography), Bowen West Theatre, 1993
DOLLY SODS Mantis Co. rehearsing at Islington Dance Factory, London 1981
KURT DREYER'S REHEARSAL 'A Janecek Glagolitic Mass', Royal Choral Society, 1973
NUTS IN MAY Kentish Town Neighbourhood Festival London / Time Out Magazine, 1975
Lloyd Newson and Michelle Richecoeur, DV8, resting between rehearsals, 1988
Performance & Exhibition Posters
DV8 Physical Theatre & Lloyd Newson
London Contemporary Dance Theatre (LCDT)
Rehearsal: Photographs of Dance
Introduction by Amanda Hopkinson
Dewi Lewis Publishing, London 1998
A retrospective catalogue of Leoussi’s career in dance and performance photography spanning 25 years.
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