Laura Van Hulle
following training at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Laura worked with ACE dance & music, Shobana Jeyasingh, Coda Dance, Keneish Dance, Motionhouse, Rutherford Dance Company, Room 2 Manoeuvre, Aakash Odedra (Rehearsal Director). Laura currently works closely with Sonia Sabri Company & Autin Dance Theatre, Often In collaboration. She is a nationally recognised dance artist with a strong teaching reputation in the West Midlands, working regularly with DanceXchange (lead teacher contemporary and ballet). In 2013 Laura received ACE her first R&D funding for dance film project 'Angles In Life', which led to her establishing Vanhulle Dance Theatre (VDT) in 2014. Her first full full-length production 'Angles In Life' toured nationally in 2015. She created a short dance film of the same name, which continues to tour internationally to film festivals e.g. Pool 15 (Berlin), Dance Film Festival UK (London) & Dance on Film, 2018 Women in Dance Leadership Conference (New York), Jan 2018. 2016 was a year of artistic professional development for Laura: Selected to work with DV8 Company in Berlin for 2 weeks, learning the methods they use in creating dance and movement. Awarded the Choreographer strand of Choreomatch, an extension of BDN's 'Introducing'. Selected for a flying low program with Vangelis Legakis & worked with The Van- L Dance Company in Hong Kong. She was selected for the International Choreography Platform in Shanghai, performing a solo version of 'Infinite Womanhood'. In 2017 Laura undertook an R&D for 'Infinite Womanhood', funded by ACE and DanceXchange, from whom she was awarded a Residency Choreography Award. Laura was commissioned by Lighthouse (Poole), to create a site- responsive work 'Echo', now touring nationally and most recently performed at Birmingham Weekender. Laura teaches Nationally and Internationally and keeps developing new and creative ways on how to reach people. Last Project was the Young Composers project Through Birmingham City University where she worked with Young Composers through Dance and Choreography.