Movement direction & choreography
Mum by Juliet Cowan, directed by Yasmeen Arden. Photo by Alex Brenner 2020
About
Louise graduated from Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018 with an MA in Movement. She undertook her BA Acting at Rose Bruford College 2002 and has been working in the theatre and screen industry since 2005.
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She was introduced to puppetry in 2011 when performing in War Horse in London's West End. She puppeteered 'Baby Joey' for over a year and went on to be part of the team performing a vignette from the show at the NT Live 50th Birthday celebrations.
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She is a trained intimacy coordinator and works regularly for TV and film.​
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Louise also teaches movement and period dance at a variety of drama institutions and universities including GSMD, Mountview and RADA.
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Louise completed her second MA at Guildhall in 2021 investigating Movement Performance Teaching at PGCert level.
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Louise brings a fresh and playful quality to her movement practice, drawing from her own acting experience to the every day. She is a generous and caring collaborator, one who supports and encourages directors and designers in their work, helping them to create living, breathing and dynamic worlds.​
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Teaching &
Performance training
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Louise enjoys teaching a cross section of movement styles and practises, specialising in pure movement, devising, historical dance & etiquette, ensemble, expressive and puppetry.
She is an extremely compassionate, caring and intuitive teacher, possessing excellent communication and people skills. She is highly adaptable, extremely resilient, but most importantly, loves to play.