Socially-engaged Artist & Dancer | Performance Designer | Workshop Facilitator.
Based in Kent and London with experience in facilitating and designing workshops for all ages and abilities, such as sensory practice with dementia clients, improvisation with older participants and art making with young families. Experienced in supporting projects, exhibitions and events in contemporary art, performance and participation. Freelance work consists of workshops, graphic design, illustration, photography, narration, performing, dancing, installations and visual merchandising.
As an interdisciplinary artist, I create multi-sensory and site-specific performances, installations, participatory experiences and workshops. Working with dance, improvisation, sculpture, digital projection, drawing, collage, video, photography, printmaking, textiles, poetry and spoken word, sound and scents. Experience of dancing from a young age in Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Lyrical and more recently in Latin, Contemporary and Swing.
Projects
- Opening the door: A report on Generations 3 by Hannah Zeilig (2020)Used Adobe Photoshop to design the document 'Opening the door- A report on Generations 3' written by Hannah Zeilig about the project 'Generations 3'. Created eye-catching visual content reflective of the project and effective layouts. The intergenerational project consisted of improvisation workshops between BA & MA Performance Design & Practice students with older participants from All Change and Camden Peoples Theatre at Central Saint Martins in early 2020.
- Excuse me, you've dropped your spring onions (2020)Two isolated individuals burst into kitchenware warfare whilst dancing a polka with vegetables. A comedic semi-improvised performance in collaboration with Fanis Sakellariou, live from kitchens in Kent and Athens. Performed online at 'Domestic' presented by Word of Warning on Zoom in October 2020.
- Swan Spuds: Tactile Meditation Sculptures (2020)Soft, interactive sculptures designed to prompt playful performative actions and exercise the hands, considering the benefits of touch on well-being. They were due to be used in the mindfulness and object-based workshop I designed called 'Midday Pause' for the finance department of University of the Arts London in March 2019.
- Marvellade: Performative Installation (2019)A performative participatory installation of interactive orange hoops in Globe Town Market Square, as part of the F_able Navigates: another space, another time Art Walk Night on Roman Road in November 2019. The space was reimagined as a fantasy marmalade festival, created by winged oranges the night before. Visitors were then invited by Paddington Bear to interact with the hoops and embody the spirit of the flying citrus fruit. Documented by Yuan Yue and Nina Klaff and edited by myself.
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Work history
Workshop Facilitator/Designer & FounderCreativity for Corporate
United KingdomFreelance
Designing and facilitating experimental art workshops for corporate employees in the UK to help rediscover their creativity. Founded with Michal Kamil Piotrowski.
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Learning & Participation CoordinatorJasmin Vardimon Company
Ashford, United KingdomPart Time
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Skills
- Workshop Facilitation
- Dance
- Set Design
- Art Performance
- Video Art
- Visual Merchandising
- Interactive Installations
- Sculpture Design
- Photography
- Collage
Education
MA Performance Design and PracticeUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
Distinction
BA Fine ArtKingston School of Art
- Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
First Class Honours
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Awards
Stanley Picker Travel GrantKingston School of Art
Awarded a grant to undertake a research trip to the Shetland Islands for my BA Fine Art dissertation project exploring attempts to recreate the sublime.B
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Tap Grade 6British Theatre Dance Association
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