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#19 Villmore James Meeting Namron

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Villmore James

Namron: How long have we known each other?

Villmore: I think it’s about 30 years.

Namron: Actually I think it’s about 35 years

Villmore: I remember the first time I saw you perform at the Grand theatre with London Contemporary Dance. I would have been twelve.

Namron: Twelve?! I remember the first time I saw you with Phoenix Dance Company at Battersea Arts Centre. You were about sixteen or seventeen.

Villmore: 11th November 1981 was an important date for me. That was the date David Hamilton had an idea. He came to me, we went to Donald Edwards. That was the rising of Phoenix Dance Company. My journey began.