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.
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.
She is a trained intimacy coordinator and works regularly for TV and film.
Louise also teaches movement and period dance at a variety of drama institutions and universities including GSMD, Mountview and RADA.
Louise completed her second MA at Guildhall in 2021 investigating Movement Performance Teaching at PGCert level.
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.
Teaching &
Performance training
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.