Lewys Holt

Lewys Holt is a dance artist who makes critically acclaimed work as an independant artist and under the company name perfectly serviceable. As part of the Developed With programme Lewys is creating new show Double Booking with dance artist Eleanor Sikorski.

Lewys’ performance style focusses on choreography whilst blending a variety of art forms including devised theatre, comedy, improvisation and poetry. Their work has a unique sensitivity and charm that connects deeply with audiences, having explored, with wit and care, themes such as toxic masculinity, vulnerability and social anxiety. 

Their work has been presented at The Place, Summerhall @ Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Chapter as part of extensive UK touring.

Lewys has also worked internationally as a performer for artists including Simone Mousset, Tino Sehgal, New Art Club and Rosemary Lee.

Instagram: @lewysholt

Website: www.lewysholt.com

ABOUT LEWY’S DEVELOPED WITH PROJECT

DOUBLE BOOKING

Lewys will collaborate with dancer and artist Eleanor Sikorski to create a performance which uses instant composition to explore ideas of communication, comedy and musicality.

In DOUBLE BOOKING two dancers pose as orchestra conductors in the midst of a major scheduling error. There’s only room for one of them, who (or what) will survive?

The piece will be structured around one theatrical conceit: two orchestral conductors (performed by Holt & Sikorski) have been booked for one concert. The audience never sees the orchestra or the concert, instead the performers launch into an unpredictable and chaotic sequence: a combination of naturalistic, abstract and choreographic scenes which both explain and complicate the situation.

Integrating BSL throughout the process, the piece will explore the possibilities of communication - across art forms, languages, and ways of being. It will investigate how meaning is made and shared through movement, sound, and sign, and how different modes of expression can speak to one another in rich and surprising ways.

“My parents used to drive us over to Lowry from Scarborough when I was growing up. I was quite heavily into Batman at the time but those trips opened my eyes to the possibilities of spending my time sharing my weird dreams with other people through art-making. I’m delighted that Lowry have invited me to share some of these dreams over the next 18 months.” – Lewys Holt