Ombrascura Dance

Ombrascura Dance Every Monday 2030-2155
Base Studios
https://vimeo.com/user28845496
https://www.youtube.com/channe

Matt Walker - Company Director & Head Choreographer Bio

Matt Walker started dancing at the age of 3 where he studied tap, ballet, modern and jazz at the Jeanne Bamforth School of dancing. At the age of 16 Matt co-founded The Urban Dance School that is now established across the south east of England delivering over 15 classes a week. Matt did his professional training at The Urdang Academy and as

a dancer his performance artist credits include dancing for One direction, Roll Deep, J2k, Loveable Rogues, Guy Ivory, Gary Go, Ladee Lush, Cheryl, Mariah Carey and Chris Brown aswell as performing at a wide range of prestigious international events and venues including Wembley Arena, 02 Academies, Millennium Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Twickenham Stadium and at The Cannes Film Festival. Matt has also appeared in the films The Nutcracker: The Untold Story and Legacy as well as in ITV’s Britannia High and at the UK movie premiers for High School Musical 3 and Adam Sandler’s Bedtime Stories. As a Choreographer/Creative director Matt has received 9 choreography awards, some of these for his work with his professional dance company Ombrascura Dance that he co-founded in 2008. He has also choreographed music videos and national & international performances for recording artists Ladee Lush, Sassy-An, DotStar, L, Young Don, NY, Gfresh, Gurindeer Seagul and aswell as amassing a choreography and performance client list for Disney, BBC2, Channel5, House of Fraiser, Criminal Clothing, Coca Cola, Dance Challenge, Paco Rabanne, Pearl Izumi, Budweiser, Quicksilver, Dettol, FIFA World Cup, Harlequins Rugby, Surrey Storm Netball and Sky Sports.

Reintroducing our long term company choreographer and core member Artwork by .evanssmith
08/11/2025

Reintroducing our long term company choreographer and core member


Artwork by .evanssmith

Is our artistic director, company co-founder and lead choreographer
28/10/2025

Is our artistic director, company co-founder and lead choreographer

We’re delighted to welcome the incredible to the team officially as one of our core creatives Artwork by .eva...
24/10/2025

We’re delighted to welcome the incredible to the team officially as one of our core creatives
Artwork by .evanssmith

As our series of summer / autumn live short performances comes to a close check out these amazing captures ‘The Power of...
12/10/2025

As our series of summer / autumn live short performances comes to a close check out these amazing captures

‘The Power of Different’

The Power of Different — a bold new dance-theatre piece spotlighting neurodivergence and invisible disabilities through powerful movement and storytelling. Inspired by Dr. Gail Saltz’s bestselling book and backed by research from Dr. Jessica Eccles. This was part of the exciting twinning celebrations.

Choreography: &
👯‍♀️ Performed by the amazing
🎟️ Catch the full show this November — free tickets this autumn!

Thanks to all our incredible partners, funders & dancers💥 is Richmond’s only regularly funded dance organisation and the lead for the NRICH Dance Consortium



Dancers
Andrew Lyle-Pinnock
Angus Phillips-Higham
Jaide Almeida
Jamie Mason
Kerri De Aguiar
Leigh Shaked
Luke Cartwright
Nea McLean .mclean
Ruby Hirst
Tilly Woodward

🎥 by 📸
X X

As our series of summer / autumn live short performances comes to a close check out these amazing clips and stills ‘The ...
12/10/2025

As our series of summer / autumn live short performances comes to a close check out these amazing clips and stills

‘The Power of Different’

The Power of Different — a bold new dance-theatre piece spotlighting neurodivergence and invisible disabilities through powerful movement and storytelling. Inspired by Dr. Gail Saltz’s bestselling book and backed by research from Dr. Jessica Eccles. This was part of the exciting twinning celebrations.

Choreography: &
👯‍♀️ Performed by the amazing
🎟️ Catch the full show this November — free tickets this autumn!

Thanks to all our incredible partners, funders & dancers💥 is Richmond’s only regularly funded dance organisation and the lead for the NRICH Dance Consortium



Dancers
Andrew Lyle-Pinnock
Angus Phillips-Higham
Jaide Almeida
Jamie Mason
Kerri De Aguiar
Leigh Shaked
Luke Cartwright
Nea McLean .mclean
Ruby Hirst
Tilly Woodward

🎥 by 📸
X X

As our series of summer / autumn live short performances comes to a close check out these amazing stills from our final ...
03/10/2025

As our series of summer / autumn live short performances comes to a close check out these amazing stills from our final technical rehearsal and performance

‘The Power of Different’

The Power of Different — a bold new dance-theatre piece spotlighting neurodivergence and invisible disabilities through powerful movement and storytelling. Inspired by Dr. Gail Saltz’s bestselling book and backed by research from Dr. Jessica Eccles. This was part of the exciting twinning celebrations.

Choreography: &
👯‍♀️ Performed by the amazing
🎟️ Catch the full show this November — free tickets this autumn!

Thanks to all our incredible partners, funders & dancers💥 is Richmond’s only regularly funded dance organisation and the lead for the NRICH Dance Consortium



Dancers
Andrew Lyle-Pinnock
Angus Phillips-Higham
Jaide Almeida
Jamie Mason
Kerri De Aguiar
Leigh Shaked
Luke Cartwright
Nea McLean .mclean
Ruby Hirst
Tilly Woodward

🎥 by 📸
X X

We 🇳🇴
26/06/2025

We 🇳🇴

out 🇳🇴
26/06/2025

out 🇳🇴

here 🇳🇴
26/06/2025

here 🇳🇴

Fantastic photos of the reaffirmation celebrations for the twinning of Richmond upon Thames with Konstanz in Germany and...
10/06/2025

Fantastic photos of the reaffirmation celebrations for the twinning of Richmond upon Thames with Konstanz in Germany and Fontainebleau in France held at York House this Sunday.

We performed an excerpt of
The Power of Different — a powerful new dance theatre piece exploring the experiences of neurodivergent individuals through innovative choreography and storytelling - a vibrant celebration of uniqueness, community, and the patterns that connect us all.

Photography



Huge thanks to









And our dancers








mclean

BTS from our recent shoot for ‘No Filter’ by captured and edited by featuring with additional movement direction fr...
05/06/2025

BTS from our recent shoot for ‘No Filter’ by captured and edited by featuring with additional movement direction from
What a day 🎥 🌙 🪽

It’s 🌒
19/04/2025

It’s 🌒

Address

London

Telephone

+447852322758

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Ombrascura Dance posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Ombrascura Dance:

Shortcuts

Share

Company History & Overview

Company History & Overview

Ombrascura Dance are a Contemporary/Hip Hop dance entertainment company founded in 2009. We focus on experimental dance improvisation and train in a wide range of contemporary and street dance styles to give all our members strong and diverse technical foundations. We are a collective of current professional performing artists working in the entertainment industry across theatre, television, film and are based in London.