My practice

My choreographic practice is often rooted in the intersection of contemporary dance and visual arts. I have a strong interest in how choreography can converse with music, voice and score. My practice continues to evolve through independent creations and collaborative contexts, reflecting my sustained interest in the complexities of the lived experience. My work is supported by forms of documentation, mainly visual archiving and writing practices, with an interest in leaving physical traces of art in all its forms, striving for a multifaceted creative process and an interest in multimedia approaches to art making.

As a Welsh artist, my work is influenced by my culture, language, landscapes and communities, while remaining attentive to how these local references can resonate beyond their immediate context. I am particularly interested in working with dancers from different cultural and embodied perspectives, exploring how Welsh experiences might be reinterpreted, expanded and re-situated within wider international conversations. I am drawn to the ways in which local traditions, minority languages and specific geographies can transcend borders while retaining their specificity.

Performance experience

I am passionate about movement and am keen to integrate my rigorous technical training into my creative works. Championing the bodies ability to move in any capacity is something that is at the core of my practice. My formal dance training began with a focus on Ballet, eventually moving to explore contemporary techniques such as Graham, Cunningham, Gaga and release. I have most recently performed in ‘Choreomania’ by Mette Ingvartsen, ‘Rosas Danst Rosas’ by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in Fracta Festival and ‘Birdwatching 4X4 by Benjamin Vandewalle at Dansand as well as in my own works and other collaborations.

Training

I have graduated from P.A.R.T.S (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios), Brussels, as part of Generation XIV where I obtained my bachelors in contemporary dance and performance. Here, my practice was shaped by intensive physical research, compositional inquiry and a deep engagement with contemporary performance making. My formative training took place across Wales and the UK through local grassroots provisions and later, Rambert Pre-Vocational, Ballet Cymru Associates, National Dance Company of Wales Associates, Rubicon Dance and National Youth Dance Wales. I am currently studying for a masters in Performance Practice at Central Saint Martins alongside my freelance practice.