Wendy is a writer, dancer and choreographer.
A 30 minute tv documentary about her, Making Mimi, can be found on this website and on Youtube, along with extracts from her theatre work. Wendy is known internationally for her innovative and beautiful stage shows combining text and dance.
Wendy’s books and theatre work largely explore cultural myths about the history and contemporary lives of women, with a focus on the arts.
In 2008 she created Sirocco, an annual weekend festival in the U.K. which ran until 2013. Sirocco celebrated the meeting of East and West via the inspiration of dance and music.
She has written and presented programmes for BBC Radio and continues to teach, lecture and perform internationally.
Wendy is based in the UK and on the island of Mallorca.
Wendy Buonaventura Radio 4 Interview
Extract from the Matthew Parris radio 4 series Off The Page; Wendy talks about sensuality, along with chef Raymond Blanc and singer Catherine Bott.
THE HOURS THAT WE’VE DANCED…
A celebration of tango in words, music and dance by Wendy Buonaventura & Company
Tango emerged in the poor barrios of Buenos Aires in the 1900s and its popularity now is a global phenomenon. But what is tango? Dancers say…
“…it is the search for a man and woman to be together”
“…the triumph of hope over experience”
“…sex and death – that’s tango!”
In this new play four men and women at a dance evening sit and talk about their lives. What brings them back, week after week, to dance away the night to the melancholy, combative music of the tango? And how are the dramas of their lives reflected in this dance? In between their stories couples take to the floor to tango, accompanied by live music.
