Hello and welcome to Marshall Matters with me, Winston Marshall at the Spectator Buildings in London.

Today I'm joined by Rosie Kay and it's a day for celebration because Rosie has just launched K2 CEO, her new dance company.

But the reason behind why she even had to start a new dance

company in the first place is a little sad, perhaps to say the least. Rosie's here to tell us all

about that. Rosie, thank you so much for joining me today. You're welcome. Thanks for inviting me.

So can you, before we talk about the exciting new project you've got,

can you tell us about your story and why you've had to start anew?

So I'm a dancer and choreographer.

I've done since I was very, very young.

And I've been lucky enough to have it as the sort of meaning of my life really. I danced professionally for quite

a few years, mostly abroad, but also in the UK. And then I almost gave up. I kind of went down

the wrong track and I realised that I wanted to actually be a choreographer. I wanted to make my own

work. So in 2004, I returned to the UK. I set up my own dance company, Rosie K dance company,

and I started to explore the funding with the Arts Council and making first solo and duet work

and then I built up to sort of large-scale productions. So we were doing quite well and we applied

to get regular funding.

And I was advised at the time to turn my company that was limited by share into a charity.

And under English law, I had to voluntarily step down as a director and I became an employee.

But it was still my name and I was the sole

artistic creator and I earned the money and you know I ran the company basically so I really still

felt it was my company and I had a board of trustees many of whom I'd known for many many years

and it was quite a sort of hands-off approach I just got on making my work I'd known for many, many years. And it was quite a sort of hands-off approach.

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