Photography: Christian Klant
My name is Rosalind, I am a Dance Artist and Choreographer from the UK. I create performances, immersive installations and visual art that investigate intimate experiences and ancestral connections between people and place. I am interested in the growth and movement patterns of other animals, organisms and life forms and what it's like to embody and express the resonance that arises when we cultivate attuned and empathic relationships with other humans, and non-human beings. My work involves touch and attentional training practices that are inspired by my engagement with Contact Improvisation and Somatic practices, including Body-Mind Centering, Authentic Movement, Skinner Release Technique as well as Capoiera, Martial Arts, African dance, and dancing outdoors, on land and in water.
I completed a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at DeMontfort University, a BA(hons) degree in Fine Art & Choreography at Dartington College of Arts and Falmouth University and a Masters Degree in Dance at Trinity Laban. I am currently a PhD Techne scholarship student in Dance at Kingston University where I am investigating touch as an encounter with Otherness. My project builds on the language of touch used in Contact Improvisation, exploring the depth, tone and density of contact with human and non-human matter.
My work often involves grappling with raw materials such as soil, slate, water and wood that have inspired me to make site responsive performances in different countries and places, including Wales, Australia and India. I have performed also for site-specific companies such as Seven Sisters, Kate Lawrence vertical dance and Artists such as Emma Smith, Frances Disley and Melanie Bonajo. Over the past few years I have been working more often in Berlin, where I have been re-situating my work in galleries, theatres and more urban contexts, supported by venues including Ackerstadt Palast, GlogauAIR and my involvement with the WandelWesen and KoaArt performance collectives.
I have taught at international dance festivals such as Freiburg CI festival, Contact Meets Contemporary, Critical Mass in the US, and Touch&Play and through my work for Dance organisations such as Cheshire Dance, I have developed an inclusive approach in working with diverse groups, including children, older and disabled people in care settings and hospitals. I have taught contemporary dance technique, contact improvisation, choreography, performance and somatic practices at a number of UK universities. I am also a 500hr registered Yoga Teacher and teacher of the Shaw Method, a Swimming technique that integrates the Alexander technique.
