Jorge Crecis | Tim Lenkiewicz

Tim Lenkiewicz is an accomplished and experienced, teacher, project leader, and an award winning director; his work combines Circus with Dance, Theatre and Technology to create beautiful, innovative storytelling.  For eighteen years, the circus has led him around the world and back again.  As well as giving countless performances, he trained at London’s National Centre for Circus Arts and Kiev State College for Circus and Variety arts in the Ukraine.  He has been an associate artist at the Roundhouse and his work has been commissioned by the National Theatre.  He is the artistic director of Square Peg Contemporary Circus and most recently he directed “I Have My Demons Have Me” for Formosa Circus Arts (FOCA) in Taiwan which will be touring internationally from 2018.  He is always looking for interesting collaborations and is very excited to be working with Jorge.

Jorge Crecis has been commissioned as a choreographer by a number of professional companies around the world, including Acosta Danza (Cuba), Scottish Dance Theatre (UK), and Beijing 9 Contemporary Dance Theatre (China) among others.  His latest creation for Carlos Acosta’s new company has been described as “a liberating work… a prodigy of acrobatics, strength and mathematical precision.”  (Ana Leon. Cubanet) and will be performed at Sadlers Wells this September.  Jorge also holds a degree in Sport Science and leads professional and company classes for Akram Khan Company, DV8, Punchdrunk, Rambert, etc.

He is currently a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths University of London, focusing on methodologies for training and replicating higher states of consciousness for dancers in performance.