About Me

I am a professional contemporary and flamenco dancer. I began studying flamenco at the age of just 3 years old (performing professionally for the first time aged just 13), and have not stopped dancing since. At the age of 18, I was offered a place to train at LCDS, and I graduated with a first class BA (hons) degree in Contemporary Dance in 2015. Immediately after graduating, I joined National Dance Company Wales as an apprentice, and spent the 2015/16 season touring extensively with them and performing repertoire by world-class choreographers, including Alexander Ekman's Tuplet, Johan Inger's Walking Mad, Jeroen Verbruggen's A Mighty Wind and Caroline Finn's Folk.

Since my contract with NDCWales ended, I have been performing and choreographing for a number of projects both in Britain and abroad, including the GILGUL Transformation project; a klezmer/contemporary fusion piece which brought together a group of dancers and musicians from all over the world to create an hour-long historical music and dance extravaganza, and which was met with rave reviews and standing ovations at every performance.

I am currently living in London, and am performing, choreographing and teaching for the award-winning flamenco and dance school La Escuela de Baile.

As well as flamenco and contemporary dance, I have also done a lot of ballet throughout my life and have experience in circus, acrobatics, gymnastics, harness-work and voice-work.

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Employment History & Experience

COMPANY AND PROJECT WORK
2015-2016: National Dance Company Wales, Directed by Caroline Finn, Repertoire: Folk by Caroline Finn, A Mighty Wind by Jeroen Verbruggen, Walking Mad by Johan Inger, Tuplet by Alexander Ekman, They seek to Find the Happiness They Seem by Lee Johnston
2016: GILGUL Transformation, by Steve Weintraub, Weimar, Germany
2016: Spectrum, by Suma Bhattacharya, Oxford House Theatre, London
2016: La Escuela de Baile, regular flamenco performances at a variety of venues throughout London, choreography by Nuria Garcia and Josie Sinnadurai
2015: Questions and Dancers; I am 8 by Sally Marie, Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Robin Howard Dance Theatre
2014: Polaris by Crystal Pite, Sadler’s Wells Theatre

DANCE TEACHING WORK
2016-Present Day: La Escuela de Baile ballet and flamenco teacher
2016: Mid-Wales Dance Academy flamenco and contemporary workshop leader and choreographer
2015-2016: National Dance Company Wales workshop leader
2014-2015: Centre for Advanced Training, The Place, teaching assistant

WORKSHOPS AND REPERTOIRE STUDIED/PERFORMED
2016: Curso Intensivo de Flamenco Técnico with Beatriz Morales
2015: Hymnos by Richard Alston
2014: Passo Mezzo by Ohad Naharin
2014: Rite of Spring by Sasha Waltz (re-staged by Delphine Gaborit)
2013: Luxuria by Liv Lorent (re-staged by Baptiste Bourgounon and James McGillivray)

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Experience & Qualifications

Qualifications & Training

London Contemporary Dance School Distinction PG (Dip) in Dance Performance (2016) and First Class BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance (2015) Brecon High School 5 A LEVELS A* to A (Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths, Spanish), Welsh Baccalaureate, 11 GCSE’s A* to A (Inc. Maths and English)

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Circus skills (Circus Arts Level 2, Circus Space), Advanced Climbing and SRT (Single Rope Technique), Gymnastics, Body Percussion, Castanets, Piano Grade 6

Interests & Hobbies

Cooking, Swimming, Reading, Painting, Nature.