Max Bio
Max Cookward is a London-based movement artist whose work spans across performance, choreography, movement direction, research and teaching.
Their current practice as a movement artist explores impermanence, queerness, transformation, club culture and Butoh.
As a performer, Max has danced professionally in works by artists such as Ohad Naharin, Damien Jalet + Sidi Larbi, Andrea Miller, Magnus Westwell, Rambert 2, KMDT, Theo Adams Company, Malikiscrycrycry and illyr.
As a Choreographer/ Movement Director Max has created work for clients including The V&A, Daniel Sannwald, MSGM, Dua Lipa and Tim Walker, with their work being shown on platforms such as Vogue, Modern Weekly and DUST.
Magnus Bio
Magnus Westwell is a Scottish Composer and Choreographer based in London. Magnus is currently a Young Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells, with their work performed across the UK and Europe in theatre, club, gallery and festival contexts.
Magnus’ creations can be raw, romantic and haunting, often looking at the extremes of ecstasy and emptiness, as well as their experience of being queer and neurodivergent.
In live sets, Magnus manipulates violins to create complex soundscapes, experimenting with how orchestral textures can exist within contemporary electronic music.