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PROTEIN DANCE
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Protein is one of the most distinctive voices in British dance theatre. With our own way of blending choreography, text, humour and music, Protein challenges what dance can be and most importantly, what it can do to others.Protein was founded in 1997 by Italian Luca Silvestrini and Swiss Bettina Strickler, who attended the Laban Centre (now Trinity Laban) together as students. Beginning with their bilingual duet Duel in 1998, they created a series of high energy, accessible professional stage works, each one relishing a different aspect of contemporary life: confessional television (Portrait with Group and Duck, 1998), psychoanalysis (On the Couch, 2000), booze culture (Publife, 2002) and social Darwinism (The Banquet, 2003). Continuing as sole Artistic Director after Bettina's departure from the company in 2004, Luca tackled consumerism (Big Sale, 2005) and obsession with body image (B for Body, 2006), which won Luca Silvestrini the Audience Vote in The Place Prize 2006 and led to the full-length Dear Body, 2008/09. Protein has toured throughout the UK and internationally with its acclaimed productions including LOL (lots of love) (2010); Border Tales in its original version (2013) and May Contain Food (2015). In addition to on-stage works, Luca has created outdoor shows including Windows in Progress (2014) and (In)visible Dancing which, has now been commissioned thirteen times and reached an audience of over 130,000 people.In 2016 the company was commissioned by BBC World Service (with a global reach of 166 million) to restage an excerpt of Border Tales for their Identity season. Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 to sold-out audiences and to critical acclaim. Now touring The Little Prince based on the well-loved story, The Little Prince is retold using Protein's mix of humour, dance and music and encourages us to look at the world through one's heart and reconnect with the child that's in us all.