..Biography Carey Jeffries see also site www.lineandmind.com Dancer, Artist & Choreographer. Initially studied Fine Art in England, following a , series of performances with costume sculptures, trapeeze fabric, and ‘Living Installations’ in Paris and New York in 1991-3, Carey then focused on dance and choreographic studies and research, essentially through Butoh dance 90-97, with Min Tanaka and members of Mai Juku, then Masaki Iwana, Tetsuro Fukuhara and Sumako Koseki, Carlotta Ikeda…. in Europe and in Japan. Founded the Association Poly Images in Paris en 1995. Parallel studies in Yoga, (Ashtanga Vinyasa) Massage and Manipulations (Thai and Body Weather) and Kalarippayatt in India and France. 1997-03.Since 2000 has studied Contact Improvisation and Improvisation with : Yann L..Heureux, Gregor Luchek, Félix Rukert, Kirstie Simpson, Nancy Stark Smith,Daniel Lepkopff….. see cv DanceFunded by the British Council, (Tokyo, Amsterdam et Paris) New York State Council for the Arts (Sculpture Space, Utica) In Residence in the towns of Nimegen,Holland. (Elba Foundation); Sénart. Paris. ( Maison de la Nature, La Futaie) Nîmes, (Théâtre de L..Armature)Carey has Produced 20 solos, and several works in collaboration with other artists inc video and musicians. Company Dancer for Tetsuro Fukuhara, Masaki Iwana, Liza Gimenez et Felix Ruckert….Teaches Butoh, and Improvisation and Contact Improvisation Using an alternation of these diciplines, plus massage and manipulation and the intergration of drawing, painting and small sculpture. The focus is finding an ‘open state of the body’ from this to ‘tap’ the interior aspects of each individuel and to transform this source into dance and creativity.Principal Creations and Collaborations 1995 – 2006Womb Limbo soft trapeeze solo et trio 1993-7, Bubbles Ripples solo 1997, Femmes de Rouna solo 2001 pour Pascaline Denimal, Hotesse Shaman, solo 2002. Heart No Have, solo, 2005. Flocons improvisation Cie Entrealgues 2006. and dance videos with Delphine Charrueau :see videos 2006 Group Ma (Buto Dance) and Cie Entrelalgues (site specific performance improvisation) Ongoing collaborations with other dance artists and musicians. 2007 duos with Cia Barbet and Fabienne Menjucq wwwlineandmind.com Jan 2008 Art/Dance Residency, Pointe Ephemere, Paris Teaching yoga, buto and contact improvisation at Centre des Arts Vivantes, Paris.