Lydia Cottrell

Summary

Lydia is a dancer and choreographer based between Leeds and York who creates multi-disciplinary performance. She makes performance, curates, produces, writes and interrogates culture and technology through her work.

Her practice is informed by a background in dance, live art and music. This has led her to create work that provides a social commentary and contains elements from altered disciplines. Lydia’s main areas of research focus on the Performance of Self in online spaces and and the magic healing potential of memes.

Lydia specialised in contemporary, ballet and flamenco, performing for many people including: Gary Clarke, Ann Liv Young and Jamie Fletcher and being awarded the Hull Dance Prize, the FLINTsparks Prize, the IDEA Assembly and was shortlisted for the Vantage Art Prize. Lydia has received commissions from Skimstone Arts, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds Playhouse and The Place to name a few.

Alongside her performance work Lydia is the director of SLAP (Supporting Live Art & Performance) a hub for artist development in the city York and further afield.

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