Rocio was born in Mendoza, Argentina, grew up in Barcelona and has been living in London for the past eight years. With a background in Media and Documentary Studies, she moved to…
Wonderful Team
Meet our Wonderful Team of contributing dancers, dance teachers, dance writers, dance historians and dance lovers across the UK and US creating fabulous content that you’ll love.
Exclusive interviews with dancers, artistic directors, choreographers and dance artists, reviews, dance tips, dance health, dance history and dancers sharing their journey in the dance world both on stage and in the studio.
I work in video making short absurd films revealing peculiar characters combatting and destabilising the environments they find themselves framed within. Much of my work is about older women in contemporary culture.…
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” Martha Graham Shezad is an enthusiastic, passionate and devoted writer of dance. After completing his Masters in Text and Performance with an extensive focus…
Jennifer Jackson is from the southeastern US, growing up with extensive training in ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, and tap. She received her bachelors of fine arts in dance from Valdosta State University…
Justine Bayod Espoz is an international arts and culture journalist who also works in arts administration, curation and production through her companies ToritoMedia and ToritoArtists. A native of Chicago (USA), Justine holds…
Rebecca began dancing from the age of just 2, studying the Royal Academy of Dance and Cecchetti syllabi and spreading her training over four local dance schools, she then went on to…
Maya Pindar is a London-based freelance dance writer. While studying BA Dance Studies at University of Roehampton, Maya realised she enjoyed writing about dance as much as dancing itself! After launching The Insanity…
Bethany began dancing at her local dance school in Surrey at the age of 2 ½. Here she predominantly studied Cecchetti ballet, as well as modern and tap. Her inexhaustible love for…
Maria has been involved in the dance world for the majority of her life, from dancing as a child to completing her training at London Studio Centre where she received her BA…
I grew up in Mexico City. My continuous evolving search in performance, choreography and academic research spirals around notions of identity, the body as vibrant matter, and the search for my own…
Originally from Worcestershire, Emily May trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, receiving a First Class Honours Degree in Contemporary Dance in 2017. Whilst at Laban she performed in a recreation of Matthew Bourne’s Highland…
Stephanie has a lifelong passion for language and dance. She is a professional flamenco dancer and BA Modern Language graduate and speaks 4 languages. After training for 7 years in the renowned…
A London Contemporary Dance School student, Natalie Russett joins from The Place Resolution Festival dance writers programme. She will be covering dance in north England, where she’s returned to her roots after…
Dancer Francesco Pireddu was born and raised in Sardinia, Italy. He began dancing in Rome. Three years later he moved to Tuscany to continue his professional ballet training under the direction of…