moniqux ensemble is rooted in collaboration as a shared practice of listening and responding, where each voice, body, and perspective carries weight.
We create through frameworks that allow space for intuition, improvisation, and personal interpretation to guide what unfolds. The work grows through exchange, where ideas are tested, reworked, and held in relation to one another.
Creative roles shift, allowing different forms of knowledge and expression to lead at different moments. This supports a process that is responsive and adaptive.
Our practice is interdisciplinary, with movement, sound, voice, and material in constant dialogue. No single element sits above another, each contributes to the whole, shaping a shared language that is both individual and collective.
Mele Broomes Artistic Director
B. 1988, Mele Broomes is a Caribbean-descended multidisciplinary artist, born in Southampton, the port city where her mother and grandparents arrived from St Vincent and the Grenadines. She has lived in Scotland for 18 years and has been based in Glasgow since 2012.
An award-winning artist, Mele creates performances that sit between theatre, dance, and music, crafting storytelling that is both emotional and physical.
Her recent work, through warm temperatures, was presented at Lublin International Dance Festival, Actoral Festival Marseille, and Dance International Glasgow, and was originally commissioned to open the 20th anniversary of Edinburgh Art Festival. Her work has also been presented at Battersea Arts Centre, The Place, Festival del Silenzio Milan, Cultura Inglesa Festival, Whitechapel Gallery, and more.
Mele has played a leading role in establishing the Community Interest Companies Body Remedy and Project X Dance, Black and POC-led organisations in Scotland, prior to founding Glasgow’s new performance company, moniqux ensemble.
