To Suit

I am an independent choreographer, dancer and facilitator based in the North East of England.

My practice as a dance maker is rooted in gentleness – seeking to create work that is provocative through softness and sensitivity, whilst working with humour as an integral part of my process and within the work itself.

My work spans live performance, dance film and site specific work, and often incorporates working with multidisciplinary collaborators across theatre, circus and live art.

I often work within participatory environments, within my own work as a choreographer and for other companies such as Headway Arts, Jack Drum Arts, Cirque Bijou and Dance City’s Centre for Advanced Training.

During COVID-19, I have been collaborating with actor Ed Cole on Our Archive, a participatory project working across online platforms to create a short film documenting the experiences of lockdown and COVID-19.

Within my own work, I regularly work with non-trained dancers – with Charlie Dearnley in To Suit, my Dad in Dancing with My Dad and Luca Rutherford in a really small dance.

I am currently a Dance Partner Projects artist at Yorkshire Dance, and have been commissioned and supported by The Place, Dance City, Cambridge Junction, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Random Acts, Tyneside Cinema, Active Northumberland, Gateshead Council and Northumberland County Council.