Dance Artist
Choreography
2019 - 2023 Constellations
2019 Wilderness
2018 Refuge
2014 – 2015 The Spaces in Between (artist in residence at Conway Hall, ACE supported)
2013 The Castle Project (commissioned by Guildford International Music Festival)
2012 Trails of Thought (commissioned by Actual Size Dance Company, University of Surrey)
2012 The Protocol Project (Big Dance 2012 micro-grant award winner, supported by Siobhan Davies Dance)
Performance
I have performed as a solo movement artist within each of my own choreographic works (see above).
July 2016 Shoreline by Simon Birch Dance (choir member)
February 2015 Warp and Weft – by Aya Kobayashi, commissioned by Tate Modern for the ‘Tuttle Family Day’
October 2011 Square Dances by Rosemary Lee, commissioned by Dance Umbrella 2011
May 2006 Where the Land Meets the Sea by Charlie Morrissey
Awards
2023 - awarded University of Surrey-Santander PhD Travel Award 2023 to undergo a study trip to Amsterdam and Hamburg for my PhD project.
2019 - awarded the MRes Choreography & Performance prize for Outstanding Achievement at Masters Level
2012 - awarded Big Dance 2012 micro-grant to develop new work The Protocol Project, supported by Siobhan Davies Dance
Education
2007 - 2011 1st Class BA (Hons) Dance & Culture Studies, University of Surrey with professional training year
2017 - 2019 Distinction MRes Choreography & Performance, University of Roehampton
2021- Current PhD candidate at GSA, University of Surrey. Thesis working title: A sense of scale: thinking with miniatures in new materialist choreographic practice in the time of the Anthropocene
Other
Jan - Mar 2022
Selected participant for Becoming Earthly 2022 with the Barn arts, Scotland
Sep 2018 - Feb 2019
Curated The Young Conference 2019 at The University of Roehampton
Apr 2018
Chaired a panel discussion for The Society for Dance Research annual conference: Dance in the Age of Forgetfulness at Royal Holloway.
Jan 2014 – Sep 2015
Administrator, Independent Dance
Mar – May 2015
Freelance Project Administrator, C-12 Dance Theatre
Oct 2012 – Dec 2013
Project/Marketing Coordinator and Company Administrator, Anjali Dance Company
Oct 2011 – Mar 2012
Assistant lecturer (choreography), University of Surrey
2012 Member of 'The Group' at Dance Umbrella 2012, nominated by Independent Dance
2011 participated in 'If Not You Who Else' PAL labs creative youth development programme