CHOREOGRAPHIC WORK

Check out my professional history to learn more about my experience and career milestones. Throughout the years, I’ve developed critical skills that have led me to partner with leading industry professionals and work on exceptional projects. For more information about my work or to discuss a collaboration, simply get in touch.

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That's (not) Life

January 2023

Mouths unmoving, for no one dares to speak. Seen but not heard. Remember? Let's listen to Sinatra! Sing the blues away. In it's place a hot red ember, growing and spreading into a wildfire.

That's (not) Life explores the personal issues overlooked in our childhood that trouble us as adults. Can we break free from those burdens or is that life? Like all the people say.

Choreographer: Katie Byford in collaboration with dancers

Performers: Abigail Finbow, Bo Burrell, Ellie Hulme, Erica Preston, Jasmine Deaville, Kaylah Johnson, Ollie Daniels, Phoebe Cave and Sophie Wallis.

Music Credits: Fly Me To The Moon (Live at the Sands Hotel and Casino 1966) by Frank Sinatra

Gimme Some by Weval

That's Life by Frank Sinatra

your CHOICE

May 2022

Bodies haunted by our pasts. Do we dare to call upon these ghosts? To relive what once was, in hope for a better future? Not one free of shadows but accepting their presence even in the sun’s shine. Or to remain… your choice

Choreographer: Katie Byford in collaboration with dancers

Performers: Ollie Daniels, Maggie Doligala, Caitlin Meakin, Elise de Silva and Jess Smith

Music Credits: Information by Matija Strniša

Dreams by Matija Strniša

Transition II by Lunatic Soul

A Chemical Composition

May 2021

A Chemical Composition is a solo practice developed through a series of provocations, exploring the natural element of carbon within various compound states.

What occurs when the body is objectified in a precise temporal frame with other objects withholding the same foundational elements? Which will wither first within these boundaries; will the body succumb to fatigue, charcoal abrade, or paper tear?

Dancer and Choreographer: Katie Byford

Tunnel Vision 2020

August 2020

Tunnel Vision is a short solo dance film produced and performed by performance artist Katie Byford. The work highlights the significance of the arts within our modern world, encouraging audiences to open their eyes, accepting and appreciating art in all constructs.

One can continue to dismiss the importance of art and attempt to justify its supposed lack of “substance”- but ultimately without art, we have and are nothing.

Dancer: Katie Byford

Choreographer: Katie Byford

Videographer: Mollie Byford

Editor: Katie Byford

Cloud 9 2018

June 2018

Cloud 9 is a 15 minute duet that explores the complex variety of mental and physical relationships that may occur between two bodies.

Choreographers: Katie Byford and Grace Goddard

Dancers: Katie Byford and Grace Goddard