Wales, 23

Identified by the British Council

Ricky co-founded the Cardiff based theatre company gaijin-san, in 2006. Previously he had been developing and presenting performances at visual art and theatre venues across Cardiff and south Wales, including several at Chapter Arts Centre. He is a graduate of the University of Glamorgan and has since continued his studies in dance at Rubican (Cardiff). The work of gaijin-san is centered around devised physical and experimental performance. This has included outdoor performances and collaborations with artists from the performance association )+(=0 on the international collaborative work Dante’s Universe. gaijin-san’s production Ma Lau premiered at Chapter Arts in 2007 and the company recently toured Animangamon, a manga inspired physical performance duet commissioned by Welsh Independent Dance.