Rachel is an emerging artist who has been working in Screen Dance and installation for sometime.  She was an Elevator Artist at New Moves in Glasgow and screened ‘Refraction a screen dance installation at New Territories Live Art Festival following her first class degree in Dance and Visual Art from Brighton University.  She was a finalist in experimental film in the Dazed and Confused D&AD New Blood Awards in London.  Rachel has worked with Liz Aggiss and Billie Cowie on the Arts Council’s Dance for Screen ‘Capture Series’. Rachel was second camera on Anarchic Variations and she also worked with the team filming The Men in the Wall, a four-screen 3-dimensional stereoscopic screen dance installation a pioneering work that has won numerous awards and been shown worldwide.

Some of Rachel’s recent dance film work has been screened at Norwich Arts Centre and the Short and Sweet Festival London and the Autumn Festival of Norfolk 2023. These pieces have supported the ongoing development of her artistic practice. Rachel’s current work is called LANDINGS, it is an investigation and reflection of over ten years of working with the moving body through film and photography.  Rachel has worked commercially in photography and film, managing photographic shoots and selling work commercially.

Rachel has a deep interest in site specific performance, architecture, installation and sound. Her processes have a longterm vision which involve the use of immersive environments, screen choreography and installation. Rachel was a competitive gymnast, her movement language draws from this training and is reflected in both the choreography of the body and camera, she considers this relationship in the editing of her films.

Rachel has been fortunate to be taught by Carol Brown, Annie Pui Ling Lok, Charlie Morrisey and Liz Aggiss. Rachel was later taught by Franz von Habsburg FBKS at the Brighton Film School on a year, long Graduate Diploma in film, she worked in teams on films with the Brighton Film School and the Northern Film School on a variety of productions. She then worked as a photographer directing photo shoots in London.

Rachel works from Copperdot as a Dance Artist and Choreographer. At present she is furthering a number of strands of her practice. These include Artistic Direction for film, live performance and immersive environments.

Rachel is inviting professional dance artists and creators at particular stages in their career to begin to explore their journeys together. She hopes that new collaborations will be ignited and is encouraging the sharing of practice.