Company Chameleon

We make original, inspiring dance theatre in Manchester, and perform across the UK and the world. Company Chameleon started when Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner met at Trafford Youth Dance Theatre in the mid-1990s. Two ordinary lads from Manchester, they shared an ambition to dance professionally. After developing their talent at Trafford, they went on to train at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and after graduating, they travelled and worked with some of the world’s most innovative dance companies and choreographers. They came home in 2007 with the aim of setting up their own dance company – and Company Chameleon was born. Today, Company Chameleon tours internationally, staging over 50 indoor and outdoor performances every year. The company has grown to a team of fourteen and is based at its own dance studio in Openshaw, Manchester. Our vision for the studio is to create a dance hub packed with possibilities for everyone. Our growing studio programme of performances, classes, workshops and events, includes opportunities for professional dancers, young people and adults to enjoy and feel the benefits of dance. When we’re away from home, we’re either performing or taking dance out into local, national and international communities, introducing people to a different side of dance and movement through our accessible and original movement style. In 2019, Company Chameleon welcomed Dame Darcey Bussell on board as the Company’s first-ever Patron.