About

Wayward Thread is a hip hop dance company. Rooted in break, we use hip hop styles, contemporary dance, physical theatre, and spoken word to explore compassion, identity, and our relationship with a changing world.

Artistic Director

Si Rawlinson

British East Asian hip hop choreographer | Associate Artistic Director at Kakilang (formerly Chinese Arts Now)

Curve Theatre Resident Artist | Lecturer at De Montfort University

Si Rawlinson is a British Chinese choreographer, born in Hong Kong with English and Chinese heritage. A theatre-maker with a background in dance, his practice is interdisciplinary, mixing hip hop and contemporary dance, physical performance, and theatre. His work has been performed at leading venues in the UK including The Place, Sadler’s Wells, Southbank Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome, Curve Theatre, and Nottingham Playhouse. He has been supported by Dance4, Breakin’ Convention and the British Council, amongst others. Most recently he has performed as a puppeteer in the Royal Shakespeare Company's critically acclaimed stage adaptation of My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican.

Since 2015 Wayward Thread has worked with champion and award-winning dancers including:

Vladimir Gruev

Ryan Naiken

Daniel Phung

Andrei Roman

Helder Delgado

Kayleigh Price

Saskia Norton

Shaq Shadare

Aidan Yau

Our creative team over the years has brought together diverse creatives and support including:

Composers

Kidkanevil

Simon McCorry

Jan Brzeziński

Dramaturg

Beth Shouler

Costume

Isabella Van Braekel

Lighting Design

Antony Hateley

Producers

Jih-Wen Yeh, Step Out Arts

Stephanie Bergé

Mentors

John Berkavitch

Mickael Marso Riviere

Kaveh Rahnama

Jonzi D

Partners

Curve Theatre

Southbank Centre

Breakin' Convention

Chinese Arts Now

Step Out Arts

Bedford Creative Arts

And support from Nearly There Yet theatre’s Dare to Devise platform

Film