Peter Barker
Peter Barker (Treasurer) has had several years experience of the arts, being also a board member of Dance Umbrella and having previously run the Prudential Awards for the Arts. His corporate experience includes being Head of Sponsorship at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has worked as a consultant to organisations such as the South Bank Centre and the National Health Service. Peter is also a qualified accountant, and acts as Board treasurer. He is currently employed by Equality Works, a training and consultancy company specialising in mainstreaming equalities.
Cassandra Manita
Cassandra Manita is a qualified media lawyer, working in the field of film and television with one of London’s top media and entertainment law firms, Harbottle & Lewis LLP. She advises clients from all sectors of the film and television industries, including leading UK producers, major US and European production companies, film financiers, sales agents and distributors and talent agents, and provides advice on all aspects of development, production, financing and exploitation.
Before moving into the world of law upon the completion of her law degree at King’s College, London in 1999, Cassandra originally trained as a contemporary dancer at the Rambert School from 1991-1994 and then the London Contemporary Dance School from 1994-1995. She has since maintained an active interest in dance through close friends and regular attendance at performances in a variety of arenas
Cassandra joined the board in July 2004, which has enabled her to draw together her practical and commercial experience as a media and entertainment lawyer with her lifelong passion for dance and desire to contribute to the dance world.
Marie McCluskey MBE
Marie Mccluskey MBE is Director of Swindon Dance- a National Dance Agency, a Fellow of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and a member of the Royal Academy of Dance. She received a Churchill Scholarship in 1984 to study the training and development of black dancers in New York. She is an advisor and assessor for Southern Arts Board and the Arts Council of England and a mentor for the Nesta Fellowship programme. In 1999 she completed an MA in Arts Management at City University.
Alison Meyric Hughes
Alison Meyric Hughes lived and worked abroad for fifteen years, and it was in Peru where she first met Siobhan Davies, in the 1970's. On her return to England, she completed an MA degree in Museum and Gallery Management, and then worked at the V&A museum. For the last fourteen years she been Programme Director of the post-graduate diploma in Cultural Policy and Management at City University, London. She has also worked as an assessor of similar MA degrees for the Open University, in Europe and Asia. In 2002 she was visiting Professor of Arts Management in Salzburg. Alison is a Board member of various arts organisations, a school governor and is a member of the Patients' Liaison Group at the Royal College of Radiology.
Victoria Miro
Victoria Miro has a long involvement with the arts. She trained as a painter at Slade School of Art and opened her first commercial gallery in Cork St, London in 1985. 15 years later she moved to an 8,000 sq foot former furniture factory in the east end. Combining established artists with younger talent, Miro is the name behind four Turner Prize nominees: Peter Doig, Isaac Julien and winners, Chris Ofili and Grayson Perry. She is currently a trustee of Little Sparta Trust, which since 1994 has managed the late Ian Hamilton Finlay’s unique garden in Scotland. Victoria Miro is also a patron of Tate, Whitechapel Art Gallery and Serpentine Gallery and is an Ambassador for Institute of International Visual Arts, London.
Nicky Molloy
Nicky Molloy is currently Head of Dance and Performance at Southbank Centre (part time) as well as undertaking a period of personal research. Nicky graduated from Laban in 1992 and has pursued a number of avenues within the arts since that time. Following her time as General Manager for Yolande Snaith Theatredance, she was invited to join the senior management team at Laban as Head of External Relations, working on a number of projects, including the launch of the Stirling Prize winning building in February 2003. During her time at Laban, Nicky was also Executive Director of Transitions Dance Company. In January 2005 Nicky joined Dance4 as Artistic Director and Chief Executive and continued to forge a significant role for the organisation in terms of its commitment to developing, supporting and presenting work from artists who seek to question their own practices and find new languages. One of Dance4’s most significant programmes is the international festival nottdance, which Nicky curated in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Nicky is also currently chair of the Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund.
Paul Morrell (Chairman)
Paul Morrell is a Principal of International Construction Cost and Project Managers, Davis Langdon, where he has worked since graduating from University in 1970, serving as Senior Partner from 1998 to 2003. He is a Commissioner on the UK Government’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Paul has worked mostly in the commercial development sector, but project experience relevant to the arts includes the Tate Gallery of Modern Art in London; a series of projects at the Royal National Theatre, also in London; and the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. He also serves on the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
