ABOUT.
EDIFICE Dance Theatre is a UK based dance theatre company creating works for the stage, film and immersive experiences. EDIFICE’s unique combination of ballroom and contemporary makes it different from any other company working in the UK, creating partner work that combines the speed, passion and connection of ballroom, with the fluidity, freedom and connection of contemporary dance. EDIFICE is a company dedicated to creating performances tailored to architecturally captivating spaces, unique venues that come alive through the art created within them.
EDIFICE was founded in 2015 by co-directors Harriet Waghorn and Carmine De Amicis after producing dance film ‘Edifice’ directed by Rogerio Silva. The video now has 8 million views worldwide. From this initial success EDIFICE has toured sell out performances and teachings internationally.
PREVIOUS WORKS.
LIVE.
Figlia Di Babilonia Rome 2025, Transcendence Immersive installation 2024, Salomé (2019/23), Transcendence (2019), TENOME (2018), Til Death Do Us...' (2017), Blood Wedding (2016)
FILM.
Desire Change (2020), Transcendence (2019), Salomé (2019),Plastic Oceans (2018), Blood Wedding (2016), edifice (2015)
EDIFICE's film work features on Vice, NOWNESS includes viral dance short ‘edifice’. EDIFICE is currently in post production with ‘Transcendence’ a 40 min short, shot in Oct ‘19 with award winning director Alfred George Bailey.
EDUCATION.
EDIFICE has delivered educational projects at The Place, Balletboyz short course, Imperial College, UAL, Lift Off Dance Festival, Contact Dance International Film Festival (Toronto) and Ecole et Conservatoire de Danse (Italy).
REVIEWS.
“Pulses are racing and bodies heaving in organic, earthy waves– it's an interesting amalgam of styles, from some excellent dancers.”
THE EVENING STANDARD
"EDIFICE Dance Theatre is still not yet five years’ old and Salomé is the company’s fourth production. It is raw, punchy and intimate dance theatre that was absorbing, stimulating and entertaining. The company certainly seems to be on an upward curve and I am keen to see what more Waghorn and De Amicis can bring to their repertoire both on stage and film."
DANCING TABS, GRAHAM WATTS
“Blending choreographic conventions to shocking effect, the company’s co-directors Carmine De Amicis and Harriet Waghorn, have filtered the sharp extravagance of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ ballroom styles through the fluidity of contemporary dance.”
DANCING TIMES, BARBARA NEWMAN
“I was mesmerised by the work. I was pleased to see new company.”
BRITISH COUNCIL,CAROLE MCFADDEN
“Inventive and collaborative with incredible talent"
DALE MERCER, FEATURE FILM CHOREOGRAPHER
T H E T E A M
Artistic Director
Harriet Waghorn
Carmine De Amicis
Artistic Director
Harriet Waghorn is a London-based interdisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, dancer and writer whose work investigates human chemistry, intimacy, story, and context. Her practice bridges live performance, film, digital art, critical thinking and emerging digital platforms, creating hybrid forms of storytelling through her pioneering movement language that fuses contemporary dance and ballroom with research-driven, raw storytelling.
Waghorn has performed and presented work at leading art and performance spaces including Tate Modern, Serpentine Gallery, Zaha Hadid Roca Gallery, the Royal Opera House, Sadler’s Wells, and the Young Vic. Her projects have also been showcased internationally through collaborations with Netflix, BFI, Sky Arts, Vice, Nowness, and Opera North, and her viral dance films Abaddon and Edifice have collectively amassed over 12 million views. She has worked with artists including Michaela Cole, Raff Law, and Sadie Frost, and brands including Adidas and The Savoy, London.
Currently, Waghorn is exploring the intersection of dance, art, and digital platforms, translating movement and story into interactive installations and digital artworks. Taking her in 2025 to Marfa Texas in collaboration with Glitch Gallery. Her work is deeply rooted in human connection, intimacy, and touch, examining the necessity of physical chemistry and presence in an increasingly technological world. Rather than avoiding the tension between flesh, mind, and digital evolution, she investigates alternatives to binary conceptions of human beings versus technology, drawing on practices including Spiritual Intimacy and Buddhist philosophy to inform her work.
Trained in Art History and active in dance for over 15 years, Waghorn continues to push the boundaries of movement, narrative, and emerging digital practices, positioning herself at the forefront of cross-disciplinary innovation in contemporary performance and art.
In recognition of her contributions to dance, Waghorn was nominated for the Women in Dance Leadership Award (2022) and awarded one of three prestigious places with Akram Khan Company for Artistic Development in choreography (2021).
Carmine De Amicis is a stage director working internationally across opera, physical theatre and film. Rooted in his background in movement, his work is driven by a distinct physical dramaturgy and sensitivity to space, a belief that bodies, space and music can articulate meaning beyond realism. He is co-Artistic Director of EDIFICE, supported by Arts Council England, creating live, immersive and site-responsive performances for stage and screen.
In the 2025/26 season, Carmine opened the season at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos directing Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi. His short film Paolo e Francesca won an award at the 2025 Global Short Film Awards in Cannes. In addition, his short film Glauben received the Honorary Mention for Artistic Achievement at the New Renaissance Film Festival in London. A finalist for the Off West End Awards with Bluebeard’s Castle, he continues to develop hybrid, interdisciplinary works that expand the expressive possibilities of opera and movement-based theatre.
Carmine frequently stages performances in unconventional environments: churches, galleries, historic sites and industrial spaces, allowing architecture to shape dramaturgy and meaning.
He trained as an opera director, translator and choreographer, and has served as Associate Lecturer at the University of Chichester.
He has created over 40 productions for institutions including the Royal Opera House, Welsh National Opera, Garsington Opera, English Touring Opera, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice, Teatro Regio Torino, Nederlandse Reisopera, Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra Saint-Étienne, Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, Opéra Dijon, Longborough Festival, Rossini Opera Festival, Festival Internazionale di Musica Antica Erice, Grange Park, Dubai Opera, Royal Opera House Muscat, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Bunka Kaikan Tokyo, Göttingen Handel Festival, Hampstead Garden Opera and Gothic Opera.
Performer
Fabio Dolce
Fabio works across London, Paris and Palermo. As well as dancing works by Shobana Jeyasingh in the UK and Chatha in France, he co-directs the Essevesse Dance Company based in Marseille, where he choreographs and dances his own works. Fabio has performed soloist for pieces made by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Nureyev, Mr Cunningham, Maria La Ribot, Shobana Jeyasingh, Andonis Foniadakis and many others.
Performer
Susan Kempster
Susan Kempster is an award-winning choreographer, performer, and educator with a career spanning Australia, Spain, and the UK. Her work has earned international acclaim, including top prizes at choreographic competitions in Madrid and Burgos, with performances showcased across Europe and beyond. Currently, she leads the MA Choreography program at the Central School of Ballet in London, sharing her expertise in contemporary dance, improvisation, and choreography.
Company Manager
Tom Sitton
Tom specialises in bringing together commercial viability and artistic credibility. As a Producer and Creative Director he has delivered flagship campaigns for the world's biggest brands in Fashion (YSL, North Face, Mulberry), Technology (Samsung, Huawei, Dyson) and Entertainment (Sky, Adidas, Peroni). His link with performance stems from his previous career as a musician, which saw him give solo recitals for 4 royal families, record at the BBC and play with Stevie Wonder.
Performer
Vasiliki Papapostolou
Vasiliki Papapostolou
Vasiliki trained in Ballroom Latin and contemporary. She completed her BA in Dance and then she joined the MASA Programme of KCDC in Israel for 10 months. She has worked with EDT since 2019. She has choreographed and performed as a solo dance artist in "Objekt x Ezra Miller" event for Lia Mice's AV live set, at Islington Assembly Hall in September 2019. She has performed repertoire of Rami Be'er (Kibbutz Dance Company), Mats Ek and Dore Hoyer. Also she has performed original pieces of Sita Ostheimer, Yael Flexer, Theo TJ Lowe, Zoi Dimitriou and Thomas Page Dances.