JODIE COLE

Jodie Cole is a working class choreographer, movement director, facilitator, & performer, & is lead artist at Jodie Cole Dance. Inspired by the healing powers of movement to cross social divides, she celebrates difference, uses movement to unite experience & brings performance to unexpected places.

 

She works internationally in communities, on large-scale site-specific projects, in theatre, & she has extensive experience teaching in SEND settings. Jodie has mentored dance facilitators for the Royal Academy of Dance & she is an MA Movement: Directing & Teaching graduate (RCSSD). She runs workshops & movement sessions for institutions across the UK & she is trained to level 3 British Sign Language.   

 

In 2021 Jodie was appointed as Weston Jerwood Creative Fellow at Extraordinary Bodies for her leadership potential as an inclusive practitioner, where she continued to work as co-evaluation producer on the Connecting Communities project, including artistic & organisational access support for individuals & projects. 

 

In 2022 Jodie Cole Dance created and toured Boogie Booth, a popup participatory dance experience with embedded BSL, funded by Arts Council England. In 2023 Jodie explored "Class, Collaboration, & Complex PTSD" as part of her Arts Council DYCP, and developed "Feel The Beat", a participatory dance show with embedded audio description that plays with sensory ways into dance, funded by Arts Council England.

 

Jodie is currently an associate for the Jerwood Toolkit promoting socio-economic diversity in the arts, working with organisations nationally. Jodie continues to  provide access support for artists and organisations, & she is currently associate artist for 24/25 with Arts & Homelessness International exploring her experiences of homelessness in solo dance making.