Charles A. Washington was born in Perth, Scotland, in 1982. He started his dance education at the late age of 21 when he was accepted unconditionally to Rambert School in London. After graduating, he worked nationally and internationally with prestigious choreographers such as Ross Mckim, Fleur Darkin, Will Tucket, Lucy Burge, Cesc Gelabert, Jan Pauch, Yossi Berg & Oded Graf, Katrin Hall, Roy Assaf, Darren Ellis, Maxim Didenko and Vladimir Varnaval
 

Charles created his freelance company Pinkmetalpetal Productions in 2012. His latest works include Witch Way Macbeth? and Content  at Staatstheatre Braunschweig; The Spirit Bird and Finding Now  at LOT theatre; ME in cooperation with Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden and the Palucca University of Dance Dresden at Labour Theatre; M ~ (Birnam woods) at Projektheater and ARTE: United We Stream, Performing Maleness: Uncoding me' and Acid the Opera at the Projektheater; Spinner Light, Post Ironic
Moustache and the The Children of Today at Hellerau: European Centre of the Arts

In 2018 Charles graduated with an MA in choreography, and in 2021 he completed his Miesterklasse research called "We are all a subculture?" at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden.

 

At present his main artistic focus is to try and create spaces and expressions that explore the impossible, the uncertain and eerie.