Body of People aka BOP the UK's Premier Jazz Theatre Company is a unique Contemporary Jazz Theatre Company founded in 1996 by, international choreographer, director, performer and educator Dollie Henry MBE. In 1999, Dollie joined forces with Jazz trumpeter, music producer, composer and music director Paul Jenkins. Together they have created a unique Theatre Production Company rooted in the expression of the Jazz Art Form and creative traditions. 

Through the guidance of Dollie and Paul, BOP Company continues to develop and produce works in collaboration with other established artistic and commercial organisations both here in the UK and internationally. Through the many strands of BOP, the company bring their feisty energy, creative flair and business sensibility to lead a diverse company that encompasses all aspects of dance, music and theatre making and media presentations.

BOP have produced, created and staged an array of theatrical jazz including: Touches of Miles, Trumpet Trilogy, A Journey of Jazz, Dizzy Heights, Duke’s Place, Echoes of Ellington,  Footprints in Jazz and most recently Miles Ahead and Up Close & Personal.  The company have performed at The South Bank Centre, The Place, Bloomsbury Theatre, Emma Cons Hall, The Cochrane Theatre, Blackpool’s Opera House, The Point Theatre, Litchfield Theatre, Tyne Theatre-Newcastle, Pavilion Theatre-Exmouth, Wilde Theatre - South Hill Park Arts Centre- Berkshire, Croydon Fairfield Halls, Sadler’s Wells and Lillian Baylis Theatre & Cadogan Hall. More recently they have performed their new Jazz Theatre productions at Battersea Arts, Richmix in London and the Curve, Leicester.

Internationally the company works have been commissioned and performed in Austria, China, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Lebanon, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, The Caribbean and USA. Dollie and Paul also produce and devise more commercial productions that include, Musical Theatre, Cabaret, Concert Dance, Film and Video productions.

As a practitioner led company, both nationally and internationally, BOP provide an array of exciting and innovative educational jazz programs for schools and colleges, Dance Studios and Events. The Company provides, ongoing Mentoring Programs, Summer Jazz Residencies, creative Jazz workshops and Seminars to support graduate and professional dance artists and musicians to realise their potential and develop as professional jazz performers and have access to practical and professional provision. 
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The BOP philosophy and aim is to encourage, enlighten and enable all to participate and engage in creative work of real value inspired by the jazz tradition. As part of that philosophy, In September 2012, BOP began a new creative and educational partnership with Morley College situated in the heart of London, becoming their first artistic Jazz Company-in-Residence. 

BOP provides a home to a creative nucleus of professional jazz artists, dancers, musicians, educators and technicians, whose overriding philosophies are to pass on the historical traditions of creative jazz music, dance and theatre making. BOP is the catalyst for the Jazz Art Form and resident in the UK, with a growing recognition and following internationally ... Welcome to BOP.