Introduction

Wendy’s work as writer, performer and choreographer has been widely praised in the press. She is known internationally for her innovative and beautiful performance work, combining text and dance.

She was recently the subject of the documentary Making Mimi for British television. She has written and presented programmes for BBC Radio and continues to teach, lecture and perform internationally.

News

• In 2008 she launched Sirocco, an annual weekend festival of dance in Somerset, UK.
• Her beautifully illustrated book on the history of Middle Eastern dance Serpent of the Nile, has become a classic, and is reprinted in 2009 with a new updated introduction.
• Her latest book Midnight Rose is an imagined reworking of the life of the notorious Edwardian dancer Maud Allan.

Wendy Buonaventura
Cinnabar, P.O.Box 1071
Bristol BS99 1HE
 UK
email: wendy

* all performance photos by Nick Spollin
copyright Wendy Buonaventura 2008
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