Born in Bristol but hailing from Leicestershire Peter studied Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Tap and other types of dance at Brooksby Melton College but found that it was Contemporary Dance that he excelled at. He went on to successfully audition for the Northern School of Contemporary Dance where he graduated with a degree in Contemporary Choreography.

He was offered a place on the post graduate company Verve 2008 and worked with choreographers such as Henri Oguike, Wendy Houston, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Carol Brown and Simon Birch. The work the company produced toured the UK and Europe including Finland and Amsterdam where Verve stole the show at the 2008 International Theatre School Festival scooping the Best International Production award.

After the intensity and excitement of the Northern Grist moved to Manchester to set up his own dance company and Peter Grist and Company was formed at the beginning of 2009. Grist now has a dancer who performs with him and is looking forward to developing his own ideas and being the creative force behind his work which aims to touch and inspire. 2009 is proving to be a very exciting year for Peter Grist.

Peter Grist&Company make their debut at the greenroom with four brand new pieces Megiddo, Alice, Roots and Picking on Me.

These pieces are all choreographed by Peter Grist and music is conceived and mixed by Jake Shaw.

Megiddo

A stark look at how the world may end. An agressive but beautiful duet of how two people co exist in a world that is fully corrupt, with so many wars and disasters the piece explores how they cope through out it all.

Alice

Loosely based on the story by lewis Carrol ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the Looking Glass’. Alice makes a return to wonderland but has grown up, she is no longer innocent and naive things do not seem to be the same it has all changed.

Roots

A solo on ones identity. Where have we come from? Where have our parents been? How have times changed?

Picking on Me

A duet about bullying from school to work. It goes on everywhere but how does it affect us later on in life?