Jeanefer worked with Walk The Plank to animate Newcastle's city centre on New Year’s Eve

This winter Jeanefer headed up to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to direct the procession for the Winter Carnival in partnership with Walk the Plank and Kinetika.

Jeanefer has previously worked in partnership with these companies to create The Tiger and the Emperor, which features a magnificent mechanical tiger, colourful carnival dancers and fabulous firework effects.

It's A Boy as part of Mission Possible UK Tour

Last autumn, Jeanefer's It's A Boy,  produced by State of Emergency  hit the road with zeal once again, presenting a sparkling show that exposes the male psyche, combining street, hip-hop, physical theatre and contemporary dance.Read more

“The only nation I have now is my imagination”

Derek Walcott (Nobel prize winner)

Invited by the Mayor of London, Kinetika, a leading UK carnival arts company, took part in the Beijing International Youth Festival in China from 11 to 16 July. Led by Artistic Director & Designer Ali Pretty, Choreographer Jeanefer Jean-Charles and Musical Director Mat Fox, Kinetika Bloco were chosen to represent London as part of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Cultural Festival. Thirty-five costumed performers (aged from 14-24 years old) from London performed Imagination: Our Nation (inspired by Nobel prize winning Derek Walcott).

“Jean-Charles uses a juicily physical vocabulary to chart the emotional course of a revolution. The result is simple and unpretentious”

The Guardian

Produced by State of Emergency, Jeanefer Jean-Charles’s Rosa Moments is fluid, energetic dance theatre, using the edginess of Street Dance and the musicality of Jazz Dance. It is a punchy, non narrative abstract piece taking as inspiration the seminal moment on December 1st, 1955 when a lone woman refused to give up her seat on the bus - the moment that started the American Civil Rights Movement.

The centrepiece to Big Dance week and an exhilarating finale to BBC1’s Dancing in the Streets

In 2006, Jeanefer created The Big Dance on Trafalgar Square, London, involving over 800 dancers offering 44 different dance styles. This large-scale dance event was the centre piece to Big Dance week and was an exhilarating finale to BBC1’s Dancing in the Streets.

A magical modern classic by Carl Miller Adapted from the book by Eva Ibbotson

Carl Miller’s adaptation of Eva Ibbotson’s award-winning children’s classic about an English girl at the turn of the century caught up in a life changing adventure along the Amazon River. Journey to the River Sea gets its first bold and colourful staging in a co-production by Unicorn and Theatre Centre – the premier new writing company for young people in the UK. Journey to the River Sea is directed by Rosamunde Hutt, choreographed by Jeanefer Jean-Charles and live music by Matthew Bailey.

“A rousing, heart-felt production of an American Classic”

TimeOut

Walter Lee Younger dreams of making his own way in life and owning a liquor store. All seems possible when his mother receives a $10,000 insurance payment. But she has other plans. Is this the end of his dream - or the start of a new one? The Young Vic's production of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 groundbreaking, classic play is an unmissable take on the twists and turns of the black American dream.

A traditional fun pantomime for all the family

Meet Jack Trott, our dashing hero, marvel at the growing beanstalk, boo Fleshcreep the evil villain and gasp as the hen lays golden eggs.