Hugh Stanier

He is a contemporary dance artist specializing in Contact Improvisation & Floor-work. He has over 15 years of teaching and performance experience. He started dancing at the age of 15, training in Break Dance and contemporary dance. He attended the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, graduating in 2008. Since then, she has worked with companies such as Wim Vandekeybus/ Ultima Vez, 2Faced Dance, Tom Dale Company and STAN Won’t Dance. He has taught internationally at the Goa Contact Festival, Goa Dance residency, Thailand Contact and ecstatic arts festival, Berlin contact festival and Portugal Contact festival and for the National Dance Company Wales (NDCW) and organized his own workshops and retreats in Portugal, Germany and Israel. Within his teaching practice he combines his experience in Break Dance, Contemporary and Contact Improvisation to create a highly physical, technical and intuitive approach to movement exploration. He is also a qualified TMW (Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing) facilitator. Tai Chi and Qi Kung principles underpin his approach to teaching and sharing movement. Currently, his interest is in teaching and facilitating movement and how to create and maintain spaces for others to find a deeper connection with themselves through playful exploration. Whether it is improvisation, Contact Improvisation or a choreographed dance class, the focus and intention is on finding the joy and power of a movement practice connected to presence, awareness and breath.