Wayne returns to his dance roots with new film project
Acclaimed South Yorkshire film maker and multi media specialist Wayne Sables is returning to his dance roots as he worked on a new film project celebrating 40 years of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Doncaster-born Wayne graduated from Bretton Hall with a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance and then worked extensively in both the UK and the USA as a dancer and choreographer.
In 2006 he retrained as a film maker and in 2006 launched the Wayne Sables Project, which has become one of Yorkshire’s premiere multi media companies specialising in combining the arts and technology within the professional, corporate, community and educational environments.
As a leading exponent of film and digital technologies, he combines the skills of an artist, filmmaker, projection mapper, lecturer and director.
He is a BAFTA Connect member, board member of Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL), a co-organizer of TEDx Doncaster and an Associate Artist at Cast in Doncaster, while more recently he joined the Doncaster University Technical College’s Employer Advisory Committee.
Wayne’s 2020 short dance film Alone - a solo dance piece featuring dancer Mason Jubb - was filmed in popular Peak District locations like Fox House and Padley Gorge and went on to be a finalist in New York's Flight Deck Film Festival.
His film Familiar Struggle, choreographed and performed by Barnsley dancer Keira Martin in locations around Barnsley,, was named Best Experimental Film at the Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021 and also saw Wayne take the best experimental director prize at the LA Sun Film Fest 2021.
And now, after building up a major portfolio of work in both the commercial and arts sectors, he is once again combining that early love of dance with his skills as a film maker , digital specialist and documentarian.
As part of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Wayne is creating a filmed project which is part documentary and part digital piece, featuring interviews with students, tutors and people whose lives have been shaped and influenced by the NSCD team.
“This is a project that takes me right back to my roots and my days in dance,” Wayne said.
“It’s really good to be re-connected with dance after what seems like such a long time and it’s nice to be working with dancers and be part on an institution that has played such an important part in the lives of so many artists who actually helped shape my life and career.
“My very first work placement when I was just 17 was with Phoenix Dance in Leeds, which created so many of the people who now form the heart of the NSCD.
“Working with the NSCD team on this new project really has re-ignited my enthusiasm for exploring ways of bringing together dance with my life in film and digital media.”