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Chair – Suzie Birchwood

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Dance Artist

Chair – Suzie Birchwood

Suzie Birchwood is a Dancer and Dance Educator specialising in diversity and equality in dance.  

Using her wheelchair, Suzie has carved out a different method of dancing, pioneering a new approach to classical repertoire. She worked as a guest artist with The Scottish Ballet, Ballet Cymru, Candoco, Stopgap Dance Company and GDance, as well as creating and performing her own works, including a double bill at Saddlers Wells.  

Driven by her experiences as a disabled dancer, Suzie’s choreography is defined by the discovery and nurture of individuals and their unique movement personalities. The stories that she tells through dance, express the deep link between human bodies and human experiences. Suzie now works to spread a universal approach to dance to the widest possible market through coaching and mentoring disabled artists, teachers and choreographers. 

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Condotto da Suzie Birchwood
Artista della danza

Suzie Birchwood è una danzatrice ed educatrice della danza specializzata nella diversità e nell’uguaglianza nella danza.

Utilizzando la sedia a rotelle, Suzie si è ritagliata un metodo diverso di danzare, introducendo un approccio nuovo al repertorio classico. È stata artista ospite di The Scottish Ballet, Ballet Cymru, Candoco, Stopgap Dance Company e GDance, oltre a creare e mettere in scena le proprie opere, tra cui un doppio spettacolo al Sadler’s Wells.

Guidata dalla sua esperienza di danzatrice disabile, la coreografia di Suzie è definita dalla scoperta e dal nutrimento degli individui e delle loro personalità uniche nel movimento. Le storie che racconta attraverso la danza esprimono il profondo legame tra i corpi umani e le esperienze umane. Suzie è impegnata a diffondere un approccio universale alla danza a un mercato il più ampio possibile, attraverso il coaching e il mentoring di artisti, insegnanti e coreografi disabili.

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