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Giacomo is a British-Italian Dance Artist who lives and works in London.

He trained in classical ballet at Arabesque Dance Center (Italy), where he also started to approach voice work, dance theatre and choreography. After completing his Bachelor Degree in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, he was selected to perform with EDge Dance Company for their 2016/2017 season, and graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a Masters Degree in 2018.

Giacomo currently teaches Ballet and Contemporary techniques on the Foundation and Bachelor Programmes at Trinity Laban. He has been invited as a guest teacher on the Centre of Advanced Training at Trinity Laban, as well as other HE institutions across the UK and internationally.

In recognition to his professional expertise and experience of teaching in Higher Education, Giacomo was awarded the Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) in June 2022.

Valerie Preston-Dunlop is a consultant at Trinity Laban where she pioneered the development of choreological studies. A practical scholar, she received her initial training from Rudolf Laban, Lisa Ullman, Kurt Jooss and Albrecht Knust.

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Adam trained at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne, graduating in 1988 and relocating to London the following year. He joined the now defunct London City Ballet in 1990, touring the UK and internationally until the company’s untimely closure in 1996. While in LCB, in addition to dancing in the corps de ballet and as a soloist, Adam established himself as a strong character artist, performing roles such as Dr Coppelius in Coppelia, Baron Von Rothbart in Swan Lake and Hilarion in Giselle.

Sonia has been a member of the Dance Faculty at Trinity Laban since 1991, contributing to many of the different programmes in a diverse range of roles. She trained at the Laban Centre, gaining a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre, before becoming a member of the first cohort of the Advanced Performance Course, Transitions Dance Company. In 2004, she was also one of the first cohort of the MSc Dance Science at Trinity Laban, graduating with Distinction.

Lizzi Kew Ross teaches on the BA, Graduate Diploma and MA programmes at at Trinity Laban.

Heidi is a choreographer, dancer and curator. Since 2000, she has worked collaboratively as a choreographer and performer duo with Hanna Gillgren operating as H2DANCE, working between Norway, Sweden and the UK. In 2018, H2DANCE set up Fest en Fest, an international festival of expanded choreography.

Alice Sara graduated from London Contemporary Dance School with a first class BA (Hons) degree and joined 4D (LCDS’s postgraduate performance company, now ‘Edge’) where she danced in work by Wayne McGregor, Richard Alston, Yael Flexer and Stephen Hughes, and went on to complete her MA in 2000. On graduating, she became a core member of ‘seven sisters group’, co-devising and performing in major projects in varied locations, including a forest, Selfridges, the Royal Opera House – Clore Studio, European mainline railway stations, and working as both performer and rehearsal director for Like a Fish Out of Water in seven sisters group’s partnership project with English National Ballet. She has also performed nationally and internationally in works by Deborah Hay, Tom Dale, Maresa Von Stockert, Andreja Rauch, and in film and multimedia projects with Deborah Tiso, including the channel 4/Big Dance film Big Sofa . She currently dances with Lizzi Kew Ross & Co, most recently performing Being There in St Paul’s Cathedral.

Stephanie studied Medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin and Dance Theatre at Trinity Laban. A recipient of the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award she founded Stephanie Schober & Dance Company in 2002 and became a resident dance artist at Southbank Centre in 2003.

Dr Naomi Lefebvre Sell is a Reader of Choreographic Practice within the Faculty of Dance and Programme Leader for the MA/MFA Creative Practice at Trinity Laban. Naomi lectures across the BA and MA/MFA programmes within the fields of choreography, performance and research methods as well as supervises Practice as Research PhDs. Originally from Canada, Naomi’s background as a professional dancer includes work with both Butoh and Cunningham-influenced companies. Naomi holds a BFA in Dance from Simon Fraser University and a MA Choreography and PhD in Creative Practice (Dance) from Trinity Laban. She is also a Higher Education Academy Fellow.

Research interests and areas of supervision:

• Creative practice
• Dance making
• Choreographic process
• Scoring, choreographic methodologies and documentation
• Mindful moving and attendance to presence

Scott has over 5 years-experience working within the Dance Science department as both Laboratory Technician and Physiology lecturer on both postgraduate and undergraduate degrees. He completed his degrees within the realms of Exercise Physiology but has been able to apply his knowledge to the field of dance through teaching, supervising research projects and screening dancers at Trinity Laban and others (Freelancers, Professionals etc). Scott’s current interests within the field are primarily around menstrual function and nutrition and how these factors play a role in the context of health and performance for a dancer.

Daniel has been on faculty at Trinity Laban since 2015. He also teaches internationally to various colleges and companies.

He studied dance at White Lodge and at the Rambert school, concurrent with working as a percussionist in several semi-professional orchestras in Yorkshire and London.