Curriculum Vitae
Praise for my performance in SHUT DOWN (2019):
“a rhapsodic solo” (The Times)
“very tastefully performed with sensitivity and emotion” (A Younger Theatre)
“breathtakingly delicate, fluid, and convincingly real” (DanceTabs)
“each moment has an inching vulnerability” (Exeunt Magazine)
Training
2015 – 2016 Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds
MA Contemporary Dance Grade: Distinction
2012 – 2015 Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds
BPA (Hons) Contemporary Dance Grade: First Class
Performance
Jul - Aug 2023 Small Town Boys Shaper/Caper Dundee, Scotland
Jan - May 2023 WASTELAND Gary Clarke Company UK Tour
Nov 2022 Queer Stories Shaper/Caper Scottish Tour
Mar 2022 Queer New World Self-choreographed Northern Connections, Leeds
Jan - Apr 2022 Carmen (Understudy Role) Opera North Leeds
Sep - Nov 2o21 Neverland: Part 2 Tuckshop Dance Theatre North-west regional tour
Apr - Jun 2021 THE END IS QUEER Harry May Bedell Testbed, Leeds
Apr 2019-Mar 2020 WASTELAND Gary Clarke Company UK tour
Feb-Apr 2019 SHUT DOWN Vincent Dance Theatre UK tour
Jan-Feb 2019 Neverland Tuckshop Dance Theatre North-west regional tour
Aug 2018 Prevail Iain Stringer Works Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Apr - June 2018 WASTELAND Preview Gary Clarke Company CAST, Doncaster
Aug - Dec 2017 SHUT DOWN Vincent Dance Theatre The Place, London & subsequent film production
Sept 2017 Blue Monday Joseph Reay-Reid Northern Connections, Leeds
Feb-Jul 2016 VERVE UK & European tour - Works by Anton Lachky, Efrosini Protopapa, Athina Vahla & Renaud Wiser
May 2016 The Blackest Day Hawk Dance Theatre Film for Channel 4's Random Acts
Nov 2015 Starkers Davy & Kristin McQuire Exhibition Launch, Williamson Art Gallery
May 2015 Alice & Jake Jake Evans & Alice Shepperson Fresh North East, Dance City, Newcastle
Artist Residencies
Dec 2020 Kala Sangam Selected for a 'Back to the Studio' Package, Bradford
Dec 2020 Dance Studio Leeds As part of their 'Let's Chat' initiative
Nov 2020 Scott Hall Mills R&D for own work, Leeds
Research & Development
April 2023 Gerard Headley 'HOMOSapien' R&D, Leeds
April 2022 Shaper/Caper R&D, Dundee
July 2021 My own project - Queer New World Supported by Arts Council England
Dec 2019 Sam Burkett Dance ‘It’s Over If He Can Turn Him Over’ R&D, Leeds
Jul 2019 Gary Rowntree | Dance ‘#HappyTogether’ R&D, Belfast N.I.
Apr 2019 Royal Shakespeare Company ‘Boy in the Dress’ R&D (Aletta Collins)
Jan 2019 Vincent Dance Theatre ‘In Loco Parentis’ R&D, Brighton
Dec 2018 Shaper/Caper 'No Offence' R&D, Glasgow
Oct 2018 Gecko Theatre R&D/Collaboration with Mind the Gap, Bradford
Aug 2018 Royal Shakespeare Company 'Boy in the Dress' R&D, London
Feb 2017 Iain Stringer Works 'Prevail' Creation, London
Commercial
Nov 2020 Queer House Party x Young Barbican Nights with House of Decay, Online
Mar 2020 Drag Race UK vs US Afterparty with House of Decay, Sheffield
Feb 2020 Brooke Candy Tour Rehearsal with House of Decay, London
Dec 2019 Dennis Sulta with Little Gay Brother, Glasgow Barrowlands
Nov 2019 Homobloc Festival Depot at Mayfield, Manchester
Oct 2019 Charli XCX Albert Hall, Manchester
Oct 2019 Cabaret de Vampyre Leeds Festival of Gothica, Temple of Boom
Aug 2019 Hercules & Love Affair with House of Decay, Manchester Pride Live
Aug 2019 High Hoops with House of Decay, White Hotel, Manchester
Aug 2019 Chappy Launch Party with House of Decay, Abode Hotel Manchester
Aug 2019 Club Revenge with House of Decay, Brighton Pride
Jun 2019 Pool of Distillation Solo Performance, Aire Place Studios, Leeds
Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 Tunnel Resident Club Host and Performer at WERK, Leeds
Jun 2019 Cruz 101 Melting Pot, Solo Performance, Manchester
May 2019 Juicebox with Tommy Cash and Yves Tumour, CLAY, Leeds
Apr 2019 High Hoops with House of Decay, Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Feb 2019 Pornceptual Solo Performance, Egg Club, London
Dec 2018 Mighty Hoopla with House of Decay, Yes, Manchester
Oct - Dec 2018 Club Mission Resident Host & Performer at TEATRO, Leeds
Nov 2018 Good Life UK with Delerium, Beaverworks, Leeds
Oct 2018 HalloQueen Solo Performance at CLAY, Leeds
Jun 2018 Made in Leeds Festival with Tunnel
Jun 2018 Pose Viewing Party with House of Decay, Tribeca, Manchester
May 2018 Juicebox with Mykkie Blanco & David Hoyle Solo Performance, Leeds
Feb 2018 Club Impossible with House of Decay, Manchester
Jan 2018 GAY Heaven with House of Decay, London
Sep 2017 Slap York Festival Solo Performance, York
Aug 2017 AgeOfThe Virgin Leeds Pride, CLAY
Teaching
Dec 2019 Gender Moves, Leeds – Adult community workshops
2019 Various Colleges, WASTELAND tour - Teaching BTEC/degree students
Jul 2019 Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast – Teaching Professional Class
Jan 2018 City of Liverpool College, Liverpool – Teaching BTEC & HND students
Further Training & Intensives
Jul 2021 Dance Writing Workshop led by Ella Mesma and Kayo Chingonyi for Dance Transports, Yorkshire Dance
Jul 2017 Festival Agitart with Joan Cleville, Tomislav English, Sharon Fridman, Elia Lopez & Guy Nader, Figueres, Spain
May 2017 Lali Ayguade Intensive at TripSpace London, UK
Apr 2017 Ultima Vez Intensive with Germán Jauregui, Brussels, Belgium
Dec 2016 Rakesh Sukesh Payatt INtransit Intensive at TripSpace, London
Jul 2016 Festival Agitart with Natalia Iwaniec, Guy Nader & Sara Sguotti, Spain
Jan 2015 Natalia Iwaniec Gaga Movement Language Intensive, Leeds
Aug 2014 Joan Cleville Intensive, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds
Jun 2014 Salt Dance Fest with Faye Driscoll, Zoe Schofield, Juniper Shuey & Pavel Zuštiak Salt Lake City, Utah, United States