Leila Carroll is an interdisciplinary dance artist from the United States with South Asian and Irish roots. Leila embraces duality and complexities and leans into spaces where kindness and rigor are priorities of equal value. Prior to commencing her MA she completed a B.F.A. in Dance at Adelphi University. Curiosities about the mind/body connection led her to minor in psychology. During her time in New York, Leila’s choreography and screendance works were recognized at conferences and seminars including the American College and Dance Association’s Northeast Conference.

Leila is a graduate of the MA Dance: Performance programme at LCDS, where she was a member of the inaugural Cohort 01. During the programme she worked with project leaders such as Theo Clinkard, Jenna Jalonen, Hannes Langolf, Paleta, Benjamin Jonsson, AE Company (Aoi Nakamura & Esteban Lecoq), Edivaldo Ernesto, Horacio Macuacua, Jozef Frucek and Alexandra Reynolds under the course leadership of Tom English, Tina Afiyan Breiova and Dr Andrew Sanger and working closely with individual mentor Lea Ved.