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I am a London-based freelance portfolio professional, specialising in dance management and training with a passion for coaching and developing talent.

Over the last 9 years I have worked with a wide range of arts organisations and artists, and have developed world-class dance projects at DanceXchange and most notably for the Centre of Advanced Training (CAT) at The Place, from 2005-2011.

Companies and artists I've worked with include Bare Bones, Richard Alston Dance Company, Tavaziva Dance, New Adventures, Wayne McGregor I Random Dance, Aletta Collins, Bonachela Dance Company, Rambert Dance Company, Jasmin Vardimon Company, New Art Club, Wendy Houston, Protein Dance and Yorke Dance Project.

Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, at the age of 4 I started dancing locally at the Hadland School of Dance and Drama, and throughout my school days took part in musical theatre productions with Stratford Musical Theatre Company. My first professional performances were as a child actor with the RSC and Opera North aged 8.

At 18, I won a Dance and Drama Award to study the BA (Hons) Dance Theatre degree at Laban. During this time, I was commissioned to produce an evening of student works at the RSC SummerHouse (2001) giving me a taste for production and programming. I was Co-President of the Laban Student Union before graduating in 2002. Shortly after I began my professional teaching career with Wise Moves.

In 2004 I became Dance Artist in Residence for DanceXchange where I initiated, delivered and managed a wide variety of education projects with local schools and participants including Bare Bones 2004 Tour and audience development projects with Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and Carlos Acosta's Tocororo. I moved back to London in 2004 to run the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT), London Contemporary Dance School, The Place.

I was an Expert Panel Member for the UK government's Music and Dance Scheme from 2007-2010, and member of the steering group for its first national gala in 2008 at Sadler's Wells.

I live in West London with my husband, Paul, and I have a very, very silly sense of humour.

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Photos courtesy of Pari Naderi