Nickely Burke, Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer & Teacher

Nickely co-founded Biserk Dance Company with Sarah Bishop in 1995. Australian-born Nickely gained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film & Television and then moved to London where she worked at the BBC until 1994 when she opened Oxford Contemporary Dance School.

Nickely has choreographed 15 professional dance pieces with Biserk to date. In 1996 she was the winner of the Southern Arts & Thamesdown Dance Choreographic Award.

Nickely has worked with choreographers Aletta Colins, Yael Flexer and Herve Robbe. Nickely is a regional dance artist and works for various performing arts colleges and schools as dance teacher and choreographer.

Nickely is known in Oxfordshire for her outstanding contribution to youth dance. She also takes teaching/choreographic work in Spain, France and Vienna.

More recently Nickely has been working with actors and physical theatre artists to combine narrative with eye-popping abstract movement and choreography.

David Hudson, Dancer

David trained for three years at the Laban Centre London, working with choreographers such as, Athina Vahla, Gary Lambert and Amanda Gogh. A highlight of his early performing career, studying under Susan Sentler from the original Graham Company (U.S) was performing in the true recreation of Martha Graham's Acts of Light. Currently living in Ontario, Canada, David was recently the winner of Entertainer of the Year for his efforts both in choreography and Performance in Cabaret Showcases around the Province. David has been teaching and choreographing dance in and around Oxford for many years, and is known particularly for his outstanding work with boys contemporary dance groups. David has been a member of Biserk since 2002.