About Me

I am a committed, self-motivated pro-active individual seeking to further my studies in dance and gain more experience as a performer. Soon to graduate from the University of Central Lancashire, studying dance, performance and teaching. I am seeking to develop and continue my studies in dance further abroad to gain experience to achieve future aspirations of becoming a dance teacher to further education students. I always try to push myself and embrace new challenges. When possible I attend open company classes offered by Company Chamelion (Manchester), LPM (Lancaster), Ludus Dance (Lancaster) KNT Dance works (Manchester). I have attended the summer school organised by Northern Ballet and this year I plan to attend Northern Contemporary summer school and contact improvisation intensives. I am also a Women’s Artistic Level 2 Gymnastics coach since 2015 and a Women’s Artistic Club Judge since 2014.

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
• Lancashire Youth Dance Festival (2016)
• “Michael Michael, Martha Martha” – Choreographed by Carl Harrison from Protein Dance Company. Tour of secondary schools in the Lancashire district, public performances at the Man Theatre in the Media Factory and adaption for PR1 Gallery (2016)
• Performance for MA project in Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Sheila Gillie (2016)
• Site specific performances at the Harris Museum (Preston) organised by Ludus Dance and choreographed by Jamie Pickles (2015)
• Performed national and internationally as a member of Jazz and Contemporary teams of UCLan dance society (2014-2016)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Taught 1st year students at UCLan weekly as a 6 week independent project during my 3rd year. My aim was to explore how imagery can support the embodiment of the material introduced within a technique class. I used the classification of Imagery introduced by Eric Franklin In his book “Dynamic Alignment through Movement”, “Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance” and “Conditioning for Dance”. (2016)
• Devised and delivered workshops based on the piece “Michael Michael, Martha Martha” to secondary school students during our Lancashire third year tour. (2015)
• Teaching placements with year 7 and year 4 students at Christ the King Catholic Maths and Computing College Preston and St Ignatius Catholic Primary School Preston. (2014)

Qualifications & Training

EDUCATION/ OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
• BA Honours in Dance, Performance and Teaching. UCLan (2016)
• 12 GCSE’s including Maths, English and Science
•3 A levels including English Language and Business Studies and AS level Psychology
• IDTA Qualifications: Ballet (Grade 5), Tap (Grade 2), Modern Jazz (Preparatory Grade)
- Level 2 women's artistic gymnastics coach
-club judge women's artistic gymnastics

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Contemporary, jazz, ballet, tap

Interests & Hobbies

Dance, performing, travel