RESUME
Professional Experience
2012-present
Choreographer & Movement Director (stage & screen)
Directed, produced, fundraised and creatively led projects supported by Arts Council England, the Genesis Foundation, Kala Sangam Arts Centre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Yorkshire Dance, University of Leeds, UCL, Leeds City College, Northern Film School:
Feathers – R&D in dance accessibility for blind and visually impaired people (2022-23)
The Keeper – short film exploring dance and mental health awareness (2021)
The Shopkeeper – R&D exploring dance and mental health awareness (2019)
Commissions from:
Elmhurst Ballet School (2022, 2023)
Northern Ballet Academy (2022, 2023)
Centre for Advanced Training – Fabric (2023), DanceXchange (2021), Swindon (2020), Exeter (2019), Lowry (2016), Ipswich (2014)
Northern Film School (2022)
Renaissance Arts (2021)
Project Y - Scottish Youth Dance (2020)
Central School of Ballet (2019)
Clearwater Collective (2019)
Phoenix Dance Theatre (2017 - Best Premiere Dance Europe and 2018)
Phoenix Youth Academy (2014, 2018 and 2019)
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (München, Germany) (2012)
2022-present
Artistic Associate Fabric Midlands Centre for Advanced Training
2021-present
Associate Director Glenn Graham Dance
2014-present
Lecturer (contemporary technique & choreography)
Elmhurst Ballet School 2020-present
Northern Ballet Academy (Graduate programme & CAT programme) 2019-present
Northern School of Contemporary Dance (CAT programme) 2022-present
Phoenix Youth Academy 2014-2022
Guest teaching: Studio Wayne McGregor, Scottish Dance Theatre, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, NDCWales, Phoenix Dance Theatre, ACE Music and Dance, NSCD, Central School of Ballet, National Centre for Advanced Training Programmes, Renaissance Arts, York Dance Scholars, Morea Performing Arts, Ballet Theatre UK, James Cousins Company
2019-present
Movement Facilitator & Researcher
Research & Workshops:
Dance accessibility for Blind & Visually Impaired people in partnership with RNIB, BlindAid, BID services and Feel Good Factor
Dance for Mental Health and Wellbeing in partnership with LeedsMinds, Space2
Performance practice, sound arts & movement sonification technology in partnership with University of Leeds
2007-present
2019-present
2012-2019
2009-2012
2007-2009
Performer
Freelance 2019 – present
The Awakening of Erin Morrigan - feature film by Gabrielle Russell (2022)
The Keeper - short film directed by Sandrine Monin and Paul Dunphy (ACE, 2021)
The Shopkeeper - created by Sandrine Monin and Paul Dunphy (ACE, 2019)
Mad Dogs Dance Theatre (2019, 2021)
DeNada Dance Theatre (2019)
Phoenix Dance Theatre 2012-18
Performed in works by Sharon Watson, Christopher Bruce, Itzik Galili, Caroline Finn, Ivgi & Greben, Didy Veldman, Douglas Thorpe, Richard Alston, Henry Oguike, Darshan Singh Buller
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz 2009-12
Performed in works by Hans Henning Paar, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Christian Spuck, Fernando Melo
DANCE II – Dance Apprentices Network aCross Europe 2007-09
Trained and performed in works by Forsythe Company, Studio Wayne McGregor, Ballet Preljocaj, Ballet de Marseille/Frederic Flamand
Education
2021
MA Degree in Choreography
Graduated with Distinction from Central School of Ballet - University of Kent (UK)
2010
MA Degree in Dance Practice
Graduated with a Masterclass Diploma from Palucca Schule - Hochschule für Tanz Dresden (Germany)
2007
2005
Certificate of Higher Studies - BA Level
Graduated from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (France)
Baccalaureat - Literature & Choreographic culture
Other qualifications & Course
2023
2020
Safeguarding (Level 3)
Embedding Mental Health in Curriculum
The Open University & Mental Health Foundation
2020
Fundraising and Leadership in the Arts
University of Leeds
2020
Sighted Guide Training & Disability Awareness
BlindAid
2019
Business and Finance Fundamentals
The Open University
2017
Choreographer's Observership Programme
OneDanceUK
2017
Dancers’ Mentoring Programme
OneDanceUK
