Coaching

As a dance artist and teacher, I am interested in bringing together different forms – uniting dance styles choreographically, or juxtaposing dance forms with unexpected musical scores or themes. I am also interested in the social and therapeutic aspects of dance work, particularly with children, and in the physical and psychological benefits of working expressively and creatively. I still perform regularly, and have recently appeared in works by Tom Roden, Jiska Morgenthal and Katherine Fry.

Sept 2006 - present Community Sports Coach (Dance), Barnet Borough Council, Responsible for devising and delivering high-quality dance sessions in primary and secondary schools across the London Borough of Barnet, Working as part of Barnet Borough Council’s Community Sports team in partnership with schools across the borough, delivering curricular and extra-curricular dance activites within schools, Work includes support for GCSE Dance, KS3/4 PE Dance and KS3/4 Performing Arts, Increased participation in the annual Barnet Dance Festival for schools by offering dance activites in schools without dance provision and by creating choreography for dance groups. 2002-2005 Freelance Dance Artist, Cambridgeshire, Adult dance teaching work for Cambridge Dancer’s Club (**Web Address Removed**/societies/cdc/) including coaching of the University Offbeat Dance Team 2002-2005, Regular creative dance classes for Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 pupils at Ditton Lodge First School, Newmarket working on themes drawn from KS1 Literacy, Science and Geography, Work with the Education Department at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds (**Web Address Removed**) teaching creative and rep-based classes to schools’ groups, drama clubs and Youth Theatre groups, including work for regional performances, Project work with a variety of other schools and youth groups in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.