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Dancer and Choreographer Gaby Agis was born in London. She is one of the pioneers of collaborative performance in Britain, working with leading artists of her generation from other disciplines in galleries, museums and theatres. She has been teaching the Skinner Releasing Technique since 1993. She founded her own company in 1985 with which she created work throughout the 80s and early 90s, notably Dark Hours and Finer Moments, a collaboration with the writer Kate Pullinger which was subsequently turned into a film for television. Among the artists she has worked with are sculptor Kate Blacker and Cornelia Parker, composers David Sylvian and Gavin Bryars, architects Muf, and the director Atom Eyogan. She recently choreographed a piece for the opening of the Millennium Bridge in 2001. Company Gaby Agis & Company is a London based dance company formed in 1985 by choreographer Gaby Agis. Under the direction of Gaby Agis, the company's work has pioneered collaborative performance practice in Britain, working with both British and international artists in galleries, museums and theatres. The company's practice aims to draw on the essence of each performer, the performance environment and sound to create powerful dance performances of the highest artistic excellence and integrity that are both visionary and accessible. The company's work aims to be at the forefront of dance performance practice by continually challenging notions of what dance can be and who a dance audience is. Gaby Agis & Company has made twenty-three pieces to date and for the past year has been researching the new work Explicit Faith (working title), a collaboration with the British sculptor Phyllida Barlow and LA-based sound artist Brandon LaBelle. The works created through the 80s and 90s include Dark Hours and Finer Moments (Lyllian Baylis Theatre, 1989) a collaboration with the writer Kate Pullinger which was subsequently turned into a film in 1994; Free Fall (Channel 4, 1987) a Dance on 4 film; Cold Dark Matter (Dance Umbrella, Chisenhale Gallery, 1991) with sculptor Cornelia Parker. The company received its most notable commission in 2000, when it was commissioned to create and perform Opening (2001) for the Royal Opening of the Millennium Bridge. Among her recent work is Touch Un-Sited (extract above), which was performed as part of the celebrations for Architecture Week 2005.