Artistic Director & Dancer

Undertaking her professional dance training at the Laban Centre, Sally graduated with a BA Hons in Dance Theatre in 2001. Upon graduating Sally set up Pivotal Dance Company, a performance group of Laban graduates who performed their own work to great success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  Sally went on to work as dancer in New Zealand before returning to Cornwall in 2003 where she co-founded Cscape Dance Company.

Sally is Co-Artistic director of Cscape Dance Company, working closely with Helen Tiplady on all areas of company management.  She choreographed the company’s first piece, Within These Walls,in January 2003, which premiered at the Barbican Theatre Plymouth and Plymouth Theatre Royal as part of the Dancers United Festival.

Sally has been involved in all the company’s productions to date:
2003 Within these Walls - choreographer and performer
2003 After Dark, Polperro Festival - co- choreographer and performer
2003 / 04 Blonde - performer
2004 Road to the Beach with Motionhouse Dance Theatre - performer
2005 Landings - performer
2005 Coathooks and Corridors, co- choreographer / performer
2006 / 07 Guilty Fingers - performer
2006 / 08 Fifteen Cornwall - performer / co choreographer
2008 Below - performer
2008 Treading Water - choreographer
2008 / 09 Don John with Kneehigh Theatre - performer
2008 / 09 Enjoy Your Stay- choreographer / performer
2008 / 09 When the Shops Shut - performer

Other companies
In 2006/07 Sally worked with Jacky Lansley Dance Theatre at the HFC and ROH Clore performing in View from the Shore and in 2008 / 09 worked with Kneehigh Theatre in the national and international tour of Don John in conjunction with the RSC and BAC.

Working extensively as a freelance dance education specialist, Sally has worked closely over the last seven years with Creative Partnerships, Keap, The Works: Dance and Theatre Cornwall, and the Barbican Theatre Plymouth. Sally has project managed a number of arts projects targeting children excluded from mainstream education, and has spent two summers working with Assault Event Company as a dance worker on a project for Looked After Children. Sally has also been commissioned to create work for many groups and youth companies including Plymouth Youth Dance Company and Cornwall Youth Dance Company (of which she was recently appointed Artistic Director). She is in post as the Dance Officer for The Works - the dance development agency for Cornwall, until April 2010.  Sally is currently studying to be a Pilates teacher with the Pilates Foundation.  When she qualifies in October 2010 she hopes to be able to use her movement knowledge and experience to assist both dancers and non dancers in rehabilitation and body conditioning.

When she is not dancing, choreographing, directing, teaching or project managing, Sally enjoys nothing more than being in the great outdoors.  She loves to surf and windsurf, travel and cook!