Biography
I am a choreographer, writer, filmmaker, facilitator, lecturer and award-winning performer with over two decades experience leading Contemporary Dance and cross-artform collaborations. As Artistic Director of Probe (2004-2018), I reshaped the industry with ‘boundary-blurring’ (The Times) multidisciplinary & experimental productions, devising and performing work commissioned by internationally celebrated choreographers, directors, writers and cross artform collaborators.
As a performer I have worked in prestigious companies including Rambert Dance Company, Company Wayne Mcgregor, Teac Damsa, Clod Ensemble and Vincent Dance Theatre. Performing physically & technically demanding contemporary dance repertoire (Merce Cunningham, Mats Ek, Christopher Bruce, Jiri Kylian etc), alongside cross artform dance and theatre work (Lea Anderson, Wendy Houstoun, New Art Club etc).
I was a winner of the first Place Prize by Rafael Bonachela, have been nominated 3 times for the Critics Circle National Dance Awards- best female dancer (modern)- and a Time Out Live Award. Awards for Probe include: Guglielmo Ebreo Award & London Theatre Award nomination. I now lead projects under my own name.
As mother of 3, having a family has become part of my professional journey and an important part of life to be integrated into my working practice. It takes enormous organisation, resilience and determination to balance work and family, but I am a firm believer in organisations or companies working alongside independent artists to find solutions to the issues faced by parents. I am a strong advocate for creating better provision, support and understanding for mothers during pregnancy and returning to work, especially for freelancers who are acting as lone entities with no infrastructure in place.
Photos: Stephen Wright, Tim Copsey, Jo Thorne