2010 – 2007
Mentoring and Consultancy with ResiDance: a long-term community project in Detmold, Germany, and with Making A Move with Royston Maldoom and Tamara McLorg involving choreography and mentoring of dance artists and disabled dancers from the community, including new choreography and consulting for ResiDance Youth Dance Festival.
2008 – 2007
pARTners Residency: with Artlink Edinburgh, working in collaboration with individual adults with complex learning disabilities in their home environments to jointly create and devise new experimental and private performance work that reflects and responds to each individual. Funded by Scottish Arts Council
2008 – 1999
Artistic Director of Traveller Dance.
2007 – 2005
Working on Creative Scotland Award with Cesc Gelabert, Rosemary Lee and Martine Pisani
2004 – 2003
Initiated the Edinburgh International Festival Residency for experienced learning disabled performers. The initial project idea was developed into a performance involving 9 learning disabled dancers and 5 dancers from the Gelabert-Azzopardi company in Barcelona. ‘Arthur’s Feet’ choreographed by Cesc Gelabert was performed in The Edinburgh International Festival 2004
2004 – 2003
Established a yearlong residency for Traveller Dance in The Royal Museum, Edinburgh
2004 -1999 Lead Artist, Performing Arts for Artlink Midlothian
1998 – 1996
Consultancy, jury membership and conference presentation for the Arts Council of Ontario in dance and community arts
1997
Training programme for the Danny Grossman Dance Company in Toronto, Canada developing skills in community, educational and outreach dance
1995
Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for Community Initiatives in the Arts, for intergenerational and cross-community choreography and development
1993
Worked in partnership with Royston Maldoom for the European Youth Dance Festival in Duisburg, Germany. The first time adults with learning disabilities performed publicly in a professional arena
1991 – 1989
Director of Dance for ProjectAbility for Glasgow’s year as European City of Culture
1991 Initiated Out of Order, along with Nikki Milican, as company in residence in New Moves, Glasgow, with choreography by Liz Rankin. This was the first time a company of disabled dancers had been programmed in New Moves. Out of Order went on to tour Britain over the next year
1989 – 1987
Arts and Disability Residency with The Arts in Fife, the first such post in Scotland. Then established as a permanent position
1987 – 1980
Dance and movement practitioner for Borders Health Board. The first permanent post in Scotland.