Mark Tompkins

Career

Trained at the Theatre of Movement and Gesture, Tompkins moved to France in 1973, and discovered the dance with Hideyuki Yano and Elsa Wolliaston. In 1975, he made his first solos in some abandoned locations and worked with Steve Paxton.

Achievements

• In 1983 he founded the company International Development Association (International Associated Dreams) and won the Bagnolet contest the following year. In 2008, Mark Tompkins received the Securities and Exchange Commission SACD (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers) prize for for all his work.