A Riverside dance special Mantis Dance Company with guests 23 Skidoo. After ten years with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre a.s a leading soloist and associ ate choreographer, German-born Micha Bergese formed MANTIS in 1980. The company has evolved from its early all-male beginnings into a form that now includes the joint female elements of Carolyn Choa from Hong Kong and Wendy McPhee from Australia. In addition, Gary Hurst talks to Bergese about his work and the thoughts that inspired several of today's programme pieces.