Denzil Barnes trained at City & Islington College and then went on to Demontfort University in Bedford to do a BA Joint Honours in Performing Arts 2002.
Denzil was involved in setting up Rawskills a pilot project funded by Creative Partnerships London East and aimed at getting more young men into dance. His participation in a succession of Creative Partnerships projects over the last three years has made a major contribution to his own development as an artist. In 2006 he contributed to a seminar on teaching practices alongside an installation piece performed by ‘Rawskills’ at the Barbican at the ‘Four Plus Conference – which celebrated four years of creative learning for Creative Partnerships.
Other projects include White Christmas at The Place and the Fringe Festival Cockpit Theatre. He has performed at Laban for Symbol O and Puetas (Doors) MA pieces as well as C12 Debut Show Case. And, in 2006 he performed at Resolutions 2006 Frida.
Denzil is the associate choreographer and rehearsal director for connectingvibes* dance company. Work for connectingvibes* includes a collaborative project with WAC entitled One Blood.
Through his fusion of dance forms and other styles that he is still absorbing, Denzil aims to challenge all boundaries in order to produce innovative and unique performance pieces.