Johnny is an established Birmingham-based Dance Artist and emerging choreographer who has worked internationally with choreographers and companies in France, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain, as well as touring work across Europe and South America.
He graduated from the National Conservatoire of Music and Dance of Poitiers (France) in 2006 and from very early on in his career went on to perform, choreograph and direct work; experimenting with a range of different styles, from contemporary and street dance to flamenco.
A contemporary dance performer and physical theatre practitioner, Johnny has also worked as a rehearsal director, choreographer and dramaturge for companies including Kompany Malakhi, Tempered Body Dance Theatre, Harnisch-Lacey Dance Theatre, 2Faced Dance Company, Gravity & Levity, Panta Rei Danseteater and Company Decalage.
He has performed works by Darshan Singh Bhuller, Balbir Singh, Tom Dale, Helene Blackburn, Freddie Oppoku-Addaie, Gregory Maqoma to name a few.
In collaboration with Jerrel Jackson, Johnny founded Man Made Youth Company in 2014, Birmingham’s first independent all-male youth dance company.
As a dance maker and project leader, Johnny has been commissioned by several arts organisations in the UK and internationally to create work and engage with young dancers and professional performers including: “Beyond” for Ludus Dance, “The Calling” for 2Faced Youth in 2012, “Against the grain” for the Roses Theatre and “Intangibles” a community outdoor piece in 2013.

Independent Producer and Project Manager based in the Midlands, Kirsten spent the last 12 years in dance development and arts organisations around the Midlands, plus a short period of time teaching dance in China. Her early experiences saw her teaching in community and educational settings, alongside performing and making her own work. Since then Kirsten has worked at Dance4, mac birmingham and DanceXchange in various roles supporting artists, projects and programmes both regionally, nationally and internationally. These have included young people's programmes, supporting associate artists, training programmes for artists, community programmes, platform events, managing DanceXchange's Centre for Advanced Dance Training in both Contemporary and South Asian Dance, and managing a class programme. Kirsten decided to work independently in January 2016, as Autin Dance Theatre's ongoing Creative Producer, and on various other projects and programmes such as; Nott Romeo & Juliet (Dance4 & Birmingham Royal Ballet), Light Night 2016 (Dance4), U.Dance Selection (Dance4 & DanceXchange), Awakenings (Wise and Carter), North Warwickshire Youth Dance Company (Coventry Performing Arts Service), ManMade Youth Company (supported by mac birmingham), Spiltmilk (The Love Project), Navadisha (South Asian Dance Conference), and The Line Project (North Warwickshire Youth Dance project). She loves to work with lots of different people, share her passion for dance, and support people's potential.

Originally from Belgium, Laura trained at Northern School of Contemporary. Since graduating in 2009 Laura has performed with professional companies such as ACE Dance & Music, Shobana Jeyasingh, Motionhouse, Sonia Sabri Company and Keneish Dance along with independent artists including Douglas Thorpe, Andile Sotiya, Peter Grist, Dane Hurst and Rebecca Namgauds.   
Based in the West-Midlands, she has delivered professional and community classes for various companies and organisations including DanceXchange, ACE Dance & Music and Shiobhan Collins-McCarthy Dance Academy. Recently, Laura has been directing her own project Angles in Life with Vanhulle Dance Theatre, a dance and film project performance inspired by Birmingham's industrial landscape.

Michael trained at London Contemporary Dance School, where he worked with choreographers including Richard Alston and Jorge Crecis, graduating in 2012. Since then he had worked with multiple choreographers including James Wilton, Rosie Kay, Tom Dale and Riccardo Buscarini. Michael joined James Wilton Dance in 2012 and has since performed in Wilton’s works ‘Cave’, ‘On the Slate’ and ‘Last Man Standing’ both nationally and internationally.
He is interested in choreography and especially in blending theatrical texts and contemporary dance and his work has been performed in London and in other venues across the U.K. Michael also has a keen interest in Martial Arts and Yoga.

Katie graduated from Laban with a First Class BA (Hons) in 2013. She continued her studies at the University of Chichester and received a Distinction for her MA in Dance Performance, touring internationally with MAP Dance performing works by Kerry Nichols, Gary Clarke, Yael Flexer, Liz Agiss and Hagit Bar. She then went on to dance as a graduate intern with NMC (New Movement Collective) in their work Nest. Since relocating to Birmingham, Katie has worked with Florence Peake, Csaba Molnar and the Birmingham Opera Company. Katie also performs with Dance Equation, a dance in education company and The Natashas Project, a dance production which captures the reality of the world of sex slavery.

Jasmine Gardosi is the current Midlands and Cheltenham Slam Champion, Birmingham Poet Laureate finalist 2014/15 and one of the five winners of the International Pangaea Poetry Slam 2015. Having recently completed her work with BBC Arts making short-form content as a Young Creative, she continues to host events, run workshops, coordinate West Midlands Poets’ Place, and also currently works as a Poet in Residence at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. A speaker at TEDxBrum’s 2014 International Women’s Day, Jasmine continues to deliver talks about the taboo of menstruation around the country, including at Bristol’s Talk Period and at Oxford University. In autumn 2015, she represented the West Midlands on the Apples and Snakes Public Address national tour and was shortlisted for the Out-Spoken Prize for Performance. She likes to write about weird things in unweird places - kind of like her, everywhere.

Originally from Birmingham, Annalise is currently an undergraduate at Coventry University studying Dance (BA Hons). She was a member of Man Made Youth Company from 2015 to 2016, has been performing with Birmingham Opera Company since 2014 and joined Autin Dance Theatre in 2016 as Creative Intern.

Originally from Hereford, Tom completed his degree and postgraduate course with Verve at the Northern School of contemporary Dance where he performed works by Akram Khan, James Cousins and Jordan Massarella. He has toured with companies including 2Faced Dance Company and Ace Dance & Music.

Originally from Birmingham, Rebecca trained in Theatre Dance (BA Hons) at London Studio Centre. From 2007 – 2011 she toured extensively with Ludus Dance, performing in works by Nigel Charnock, Yael Flexer, Ben Wright, Rosie Kay and Dylan Quinn. Rebecca then went on to receive an MA with Distinction from London Contemporary Dance School. As a freelance artist Rebecca has performed with Altered Skin, KILN, Parlor Dance and Sonia Sabri Company, as well as performing alongside dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet in Flat Out choreographed by Jennifer MacNamara. Rebecca is also a highly experienced teacher, and enjoys sharing her ongoing exploration of release technique and contact improvisation with diverse community groups, enthusiastic amateurs and professional dancers alike. A founding member of Birmingham Dance Network, Rebecca is passionate about developing a vibrant dance ecology in her home town.

Monika Jauneikaite is a young and ambitious menswear fashion design student currently finishing her final year at Birmingham City University. Over four years of living here in England, Monika developed professional styling, designing and modelling skills which allow her to work with creative minded people all over the UK and Europe. Recently, she has been working with a menswear company Ada+Nik, designing online shop collection and styling various projects, photoshoots, and for Autin Dance Theatre productions. Her modelling career brought her to beautiful places such as Scotland, Brighton, Copenhagen and Vilnius. She had the opportunity to walk on L'Oréal and Wella runways, pose for Marius Domkus, Donata Kuktye, Andy Pillsbury, Natalie Jade and many more. The most enjoyable part about it is meeting same minded people and making strong contacts. Monika’s passion for design and fashion has minimal-urbanistic touch which brings unique results on every project. Her main inspiration comes from everyday urbanistic life, nature, cultural back-grounds and travelling.

Originally from Lithuania, Donata is a visual thinker and a dance lover working mainly with photography and moving images. She graduated from Visual Communication course in Birmingham City University focusing on performance and dance photography, and has since been working as a freelancer. Donata has worked with companies and choreographers including 'Aura' dance theatre, Autin dance theatre, Sandra Harnisch- Lacey, DanceXchange.