Probe (dance theatre company)

The British based dance theatre company Probe was founded in 2004 by Antonia Grove and Theo Clinkard, who came together as dancers, artistic directors, curators and producers to commission work to perform as a duo. Probe was conceived by Antonia, who was looking for a way to progress artistic ideas formed through years of working as a dancer with different companies and choreographers and as a choreographer in her own right.

In 2008, after producing and performing two full-length works together, Theo left the company to pursue a new career path and Antonia has continued to develop and perform projects for Probe as sole Artistic Director. The company’s original focus was commissioning international choreographers to create short duets or solos, or adapt existing works on the duo, who would then find interesting ways to present them in a mixed bill format. Antonia has since shifted the focus on to working collaboratively with artists from different artforms; choreographers, theatre directors, writers, songwriters, musicians, performers, etc.- to create work that deals with one narrative or idea for the duration of a piece. At the heart of Probe’s work lies collaboration and the use of dance, text and song to communicate or tell a story.

Probe has created 5 evenings of work, of which ‘May’(2010) was nominated for a London Theatre Award. Until 2012 Probe was managed and produced by Sarah Trist. Prior to Probe, Antonia danced with Rambert Dance Company (1998-2003), the Royal National Theatre, Random Dance, Rafael Bonachela (including the award winning 'Soledad’), The Cholmondeleys, Charles Linehan, New Art Club, Fabulous Beast and the Clod Ensemble, among others. In addition, Antonia has created numerous works for youth dance companies and pre-professional schools, as well as other professional dance platforms. Antonia trained at the Rambert School and is currently Associate Artist at South East Dance. She has twice been Critics Circle and Time Out National Dance Awards nominee.

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