Autin Dance Theatre

Producing innovative and aspirational artistic performances alongside extensive learning and participation programmes.

Autin Dance Theatre is an innovative and interdisciplinary touring dance theatre company based in Birmingham (UK), established since 2013 under the helm of director/choreographer Johnny Autin. Autin Dance Theatre is a collaborative and project-based arts organisation that produces engaging artistic performances and provides extensive learning & participation programmes in the community. AutinDT’s mission is to inspire, educate and instigate positive social changes by delivering world-class multi-disciplinary arts activities. Since 2013, we have built a strong reputation for our work internationally with highly acclaimed productions including A Posi+ive Life, Queer Words, Dystopia, Pathos, TZ Project and Square One.

Our current outdoor touring repertoire:

DYSTOPIA is a jaw-dropping and thought-provoking performance, looking at our human need for connection and belonging, in opposition to our modern anxieties based on fear and violence. Striking physicality and an exciting soundscape take the audience on an intense journey through hell and back. The show is ultimately a message of hope and a call for our common humanity.

This 20 minute performance features a fashion design twist, dance, spoken word and acrobatics; a dance-theatre-in-the-round performance that can be enjoyed by all.

Out of the Deep Blue is an outdoor physical theatre performance featuring a large-scale Sea Giant Puppet operated by 5 puppeteers and a female contemporary dancer, inspired by the themes of the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis. This spectacle is designed specifically for family and festival audiences and tells the magical story of EKO the sea giant who rises from the deep ocean and encounters, on the shore, a little girl called VIOLET. The choreography is a larger-than-life ‘pas de deux’ using dance theatre and movement as storytelling tools and is set to a mesmerising musical soundscape.

This two-part performance is a 20-minute long promenade of the giant puppet interacting with its environment and the audience, and one 25-minute dance theatre duet located at a set performance space.

Areas of work
Dance, Physical Theatre, Puppetry, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Additional Areas of Focus
Community Engagement, Environmentally Focussed, Family Friendly, Participatory, Youth Engagement
Photo credits: Out of the Deep Blue: Dani Bower | Dystopia: Mark Shenton & Nucis Designs
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