Clairobscur Dance Company, was founded by Artistic Director and resident choreographer Laurie Sefton. It’s name is the French translation of chiaroscuro, a 17th century painterly term which means an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly an object. Movement is often obvious, (the light) but also contains a subtext (the shadow), which must be sought out and discerned by both the creator of movement and it’s spectator.

Clairobscur Dance Company presents dance as Art, communicating viscerally, visually and intellectually and confronts it’s audience demanding they step outside of themselves, make a commitment to what they are viewing, to be a participant not just a spectator. Relationships of the individual are explored in the context of the rules, policies and mores that govern society. Dances are created in which the body is the idea - the whole body: face, limbs, torso, emotions, organs and soul.