About Charles Willmott
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Education
1960 - 1963
Birmingham College of Art UK
Awards
2003
Garrick/Milne Prize
2000
Garrick/Milne Prize
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Previous events
Event: Swan Lake
Dates: Oct. 16, 2014 - Nov. 16, 2014
Work with The Russian Ballet of Siberia
Event: Selected work
Dates: May 20, 2011 - June 20, 2011
Dance & Female Form
Event: Burlesque
Dates: June 11, 2010 - July 11, 2010
Selected works
Event: London Dance
Dates: Feb. 15, 2010 - March 15, 2010
Selected new works
Event: Works from BRB
Dates: March 30, 2008 - April 30, 2008
Collection of new works from BRB
Event: Mainly Dance
Dates: March 28, 2007 - April 30, 2007
Collection of Charles Willmott's work
Event: Charles Willmott's work
Dates: April 15, 2005 - April 30, 2005
Various works from recent collections
Event: Cabaret
Dates: June 3, 2003 - July 3, 2003
Based on Caberet
Event: Dance & Ballet
Dates: April 16, 1998 - May 16, 1998
Selected work including Ballet Rambert
Event: Holland Exhibition
Dates: March 15, 1997 - April 16, 1997
Selected Dance and Female Form works
Event: Scottish Ballet
Dates: June 15, 1996 - July 15, 1996
Collection of work featuring The Scottish Ballet
Event: The Art of Dance
Dates: April 20, 1996 - April 20, 1996
Selected work from Dance Artists
Event: Dance & Ballet
Dates: Oct. 29, 1995 - Nov. 29, 1995
Dance & Ballet
Event: The World of SUMO
Dates: Feb. 13, 1995 - March 13, 1995
Follow-up exhibition (2)
Event: Voces y Ecos
Dates: May 2, 1994 - May 30, 1994
A collection of original works featuring Flamenco Dance sensation Paco Penya
Event: The World of SUMO
Dates: Oct. 10, 1992 - Nov. 20, 1992
One-Man follow-up exhibition in Japan
Event: The World of SUMO
Dates: Oct. 9, 1991 - Oct. 30, 1991
Exhibition of studies, original paintings and original silk screen editions
Biography
As subject matter I would probably have to confess to a near obsession with dance, particularly the ballet. In classical roles I've enjoyed the privilege of working with many greats, like Darcey Bussell, Miyako Yoshida, Monica Zamora, Kevin O'Hare, Catherine Batcheller and Joe Cipolla.
I have experienced the energy of contemporary dance whilst working with the Rambert Dance Company, particularly with choreographers Christopher Bruce and Wayne McGregor...of course Wayne is now breathing new life into the ballet at the Royal Opera House in London.
Over the years I've made several detours working with the Flamenco dance sensation Joaquin Cortes, classical Indian dancers Sonia Sabri and Chitraleka Bolar and many other forms of dance.
My admiration for the beauty and grace of dancers has deepened my interest in distilling the essence of the female form. My aim, to capture the mobility, rhythms, fragility, strength and sensuality of woman.
The girls with whom I work hail from all walks of life, some are models but many have ordinary lives and jobs where they have no need to expose themselves to a critical eye. It’s a matter of delicate negotiation as to how much of their bodies or themselves they would like to reveal.
I work from my studio, attached to my home in Herefordshire, the rural heart of England, with my wife and our four cats and I continue to be inspired by and dedicated to three main disciplines, dance, female form and portraiture.
