VIM VIGOR DANCE COMPANY is a physical dance theatre company under the artistic direction of Shannon Gillen and co-choreographer, Jason Cianiculli. Founded as a collaborative think tank in 2015, VIM brings together innovative and profoundly gifted artists from around the world to create original, cutting edge, dance theatre. Since its founding, VIM has performed and taught at renowned venues and festivals across the USA, Europe, Canada, Central America, South America and in Nordic countries. In 2025 the company will create and teach at Chisenhale Dance Space in London, IAB in Barcelona, b12 festival in Berlin, the University of Limerick, and Zagreb Dance Company in Croatia. In tandem with building new works, VIM's decade strong education platform is dedicated to supporting the professional lives of artists of all ages with ongoing classes, workshops, and annual winter / summer intensives. Applications for our 2025 intensive in August are now live. As in-house artists at the University of Michigan, VIM recently launched Michigan Movement Performance Project, a program that runs seven weeks embedding participants with two professional companies, where they will train, create and perform new work, audition for companies, and deepen their choreographic voice through on-going mentorship. This program is open to all professional artists 18+. MMPP 2025 will feature companies VIM VIGOR and celebrated Spanish company MARCAT under the direction of Mario Bermúdez and Catherine Coury. Additional details on this and many of the exciting new projects that VIM is creating are available on the company's website. www.vimvigordance.com