Art history and contemporary practice is there to plunder, steal, borrow, emulate, repeat, reference, interrupt, mis-interrupt be inspired and learn from. I have been highly influenced over the years by so many people. But in this particular avenue of performance I offer a small incomplete list including, in no particular order - John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Steve Paxton, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Bruce Nauman, Pina Bausch, Yvonne Rainer, Trish Brown, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Judson Dance Theatre, Boris Charmatz, Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne, Dimitris Papaioannou, Kenneth MacMillian, DV8, Ian Spink, TING Theatre of Mistakes, Station House Opera, Gary Stevens, Brian Catling……..
