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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 EnglishSharon 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 SchofieldJuniper Shuey & Pavel Zuštiak Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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