Our Alumni
Alongside being recognised as a world-leading specialist higher education provider in dance by Office for Students, and our BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance course ranking #1 in the 2024 Guardian League Tables for Dance and Drama (with other former members of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama), London Contemporary Dance School prides itself for our rich and illustrious legacy of alumni. Here are a few notable names in the performing arts and the wider dance industry who once walked our hallways as LCDS students.
Meet our Alumni

Adam Galbraith
- Role
- Dancer, Actor

ADRIENNE HART
- Role
- Artistic Director / CEO of Neon Dance

Aifric Ní Chaoimh
- Role
- Dance Artist, Teacher and Choreographer

Aisha Naamani
- Role
- Dancer

AJANI JOHNSON-GOFFE
- Role
- Performer, Choreographer, Teacher

ALETHIA ANTONIA
- Role
- Choreographer, Performer, Teacher

Alex Howard
- Role
- Dance Artist, Lecturer

AMARNAH UFUOMA CLEOPATRA
- Role
- Interdisciplinary Dance Artist, Choreographer, Movement Facilitator, Mentor, Lecturer in Contemporary Dance

ANAISH YILMA-PARMAR
- Role
- Head of Legacies at British Red Cross

Analeise Auguste
- Role
- Company Manager, Assistant Producer, Dance Artist

Anders Duckworth
- Role
- Dance artist, Choreographer and Visual Artist

Angelina Gorgaeva
- Role
- CEO and Artistic Director of Dance.Film.Performance Choreographer / Director

Anna-Kay Gayle
- Role
- Dancer, Movement Artist, Actor, Teacher, Choreographer, Movement Director

ANNA WILLIAMS
- Role
- Teacher and Co-artistic director of Anatomical

Annie Edwards
- Role
- Hip Hop and Contemporary Dance artist, and Disability Activist

Anthony Matsena
- Role
- Co-artistic director of Matsena Productions

Anthony Van Laast CBE
- Role
- Award winning choreographer of theatre, film and television

Arran Green
- Role
- Performer, Director, and Dance-based educator

BEYHAN MURPHY
- Role
- Choreographer, Stage & Artistic Director

Ben Duke
- Role
- Award winning choreographer and founder of Lost Dog

BENJAMIN JONSSON
- Role
- Choreographer, Movement Director

BRIDGET LAPPIN
- Role
- Dancer, Voice Actor, Motion Capture performer

Caroline Reece
- Role
- Dance Artist

Celeste Dandeker Arnold OBE
- Role
- Founder of Candoco Dance Company

CHARLOTTE MCLEAN
- Role
- Dance Artist, Co-founder of BADBODYCHAOSCODE (fka The Yonis)

Charlotte Spencer
- Role
- Teacher, Curator, Mentor, Performer

CHRIS SCOTT
- Role
- Choreographer, Creative Associate, Dancer

CLARE CONNOR
- Role
- Chief Executive of The Place and London Contemporary Dance School

Corrine Bougaard
- Role
- Founder of Union Dance

DAK MASHAVA
- Role
- Dancer

Dame Siobhan Davies
- Role
- Dancer, Choreographer and Founder of Siobhan Davies Studios

Daniel Jeremiah Persson
- Role
- Dance Artist

Darshan Singh Bhuller
- Role
- Artistic Director, Choreographer and Film Maker

DESIREÉ KONGERØD
- Role
- Circus Performer, Dancer, Choreographer and Aerial Consultant

Dickson Mbi
- Role
- Dancer, Artistic Director of Dickson Mbi Company

Eimi Leggett
- Role
- Movement Artist

Eleanor Hann
- Role
- Film Director and Choreographer

ELISABETH SCHILLING
- Role
- Dancer, Choreographer

ELLEN YILMA
- Role
- Dance Artist, Performer, Teacher, Pilates Instructor, Coach

Ellie Peacock
- Role
- Dance Artist

EMMA FARNELL-WATSON
- Role
- Choreographer, Dancer

Etta Murfitt MBE
- Role
- Associate Artistic Director of New Adventures, Choreographer, Movement Director, Dancer

Farooq Chaudhry OBE
- Role
- Producer, Director and CEO of Fengling Productions

FEMI OYEWOLE
- Role
- Creative Director, Producer

FERNANDA PRATA
- Role
- Choreographer, Director, Teacher, Performer

Frauke Requardt
- Role
- Contemporary Dance Choreographer

Gabriela Tropia
- Role
- Lecturer, Dance Filmmaker

Hannah Ekholm
- Role
- Dancer, Choreographer, Co-Artistic Director of EKLEIDO

Hannah Shepherd-Hulford
- Role
- Performer

HANNES LANGOLF
- Role
- Choreographer, Director, Dancer, Actor

Ihsaan De Banya
- Role
- Dancer, Teacher

IVAN MICHAEL BLACKSTOCK
- Role
- Multidisciplinary Creative

James Aiden Kay
- Role
- Dance Artist, Teacher and Co-Director of Traceworks Dance

Jemima Brown
- Role
- Dance artist and Musician

JENNIFER IRONS
- Role
- Choreographer, Performer, Director

JOAN CLEVILLÉ
- Role
- Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre

Jo Cork
- Role
- Independent Dance Artist, Choreographer, Screendance Practitioner, and Dance Film Maker

JO MEREDITH
- Role
- Movement Director, Choreographer, Creative Director

Jonzi D
- Role
- Award winning artist, Director and Curator

Jordan James Bridge
- Role
- Choreographer, Director, Educator, Dancer

Joseph Toonga
- Role
- Artistic Director of Just Us Dance Theatre

Julian Lewis
- Role
- Dance Artist, Teacher and Co-Director of Traceworks Dance

Kate Price
- Role
- Dance artist, Teacher

KATIE CAMBRIDGE
- Role
- Dance Artist

Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE
- Role
- Arts & Culture Consultant, Former Chief Executive of The Place

Lauren Jenkins
- Role
- Dancer, Teacher

Lauren Potter
- Role
- Dance Artist

Léa Tirabasso
- Role
- Choreographer

Lewis Cooke
- Role
- Dancer

LIAM RIDDICK
- Role
- Dancer

Lucy Moelwyn-Hughes
- Role
- Producer – Artist Development

Luke Antysz
- Role
- Dancer, Choreographer, Community Dance Practitioner, Artistic Co-Director of 3rd Stage Dance Company

Maria Ryan
- Role
- Creative Learning Producer

Marie Chabert
- Role
- Dance artist, Yoga teacher, Massage therapist

Matthew William Robinson
- Role
- Artistic Director at National Dance Company Wales

Molly Scott Danter
- Role
- Freelance Dancer, Maker and Teacher

Monika Szpunar
- Role
- Dance Artist, Choreographer

Paulina Bazala
- Role
- Personal Trainer

PAUL LIBURD MBE
- Role
- Teacher

Petra Söör
- Role
- Freelance Performer

Pierpaolo Cosentino
- Role
- Dancer

Reece McMahon
- Role
- Executive Director at Chisenhale Dance Space

RHYS DENNIS
- Role
- Choreographer, Movement Director, Dancer

Riley Wolf
- Role
- Dancer, Model, DJ

RUBY PORTUS
- Role
- Dancer, Choreographer

Sir Richard Alston
- Role
- Choreographer

Sakeema Crook
- Role
- Model, Performer, Campaigner

SAM COREN
- Role
- Performer, Choreographer, Movement Director

SAM TYSON
- Role
- Movement Coach

Sarah Baugstø
- Role
- Dancer

Sarah Brahim
- Role
- Visual and Performance Artist

Sasha Roubicek
- Role
- Dance artist and Lecturer at LCDS

SEKE CHIMUTENGWENDE
- Role
- Choreographer, Performer, Movement Director, Teacher

SERENA MORGAN
- Role
- Soft Tissue, ScarWork & Integrative Oncology Therapist

SHANLEY JORGE-ELDE
- Role
- Movement Artist, Singer, Model, Writer

Sharon Watson MBE
- Role
- CEO and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance

Simeon Qsyea
- Role
- Film director, Choreographer & Founder of BirdGang Ltd.

Solène Weinachter
- Role
- Performer, Choreographer

SOPHIE THORPE
- Role
- Dance Artist, Performer, Teacher

Stephanie Burridge
- Role
- Co-chair of the World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific Research and Documentation network, Dance lecturer, Writer, Critic, Choreographer, Mentor

Stewart Arnold
- Role
- Co Founder/Artistic Director of Old School Danceworks

Tamzen Moulding
- Role
- Circus Performer, Dancer

Tim Blowfield
- Role
- Contemporary Dance Lecturer

Tim Casson
- Role
- Choreographer, Educator and Performer

TOM ENGLISH
- Role
- Course Leader, MA Dance: Performance

Tom Jackson Greaves
- Role
- Theatre Maker

Tom Withington
- Role
- Dance Artist, Founder of TWPA

Vanessa Lefrancois
- Role
- Executive Director of Dancers Career Development

Vanessa Vince-Pang
- Role
- Dancer

VICKY EVANS
- Role
- Senior Programme Manager, Centre for Advanced Training, The Place 2011-present

WADDAH SINADA
- Role
- Artistic Director of FUBUNATION, Movement Director and Choreographer

WILLIAM YONG
- Role
- Choreographer, Performer, Actor, Designer, Award winning Director

Zee Zunnur
- Role
- Movement artist
The ability to place dancers on a track to distinctive artistic expression is no fluke. It is the carefully crafted aim of LCDS.
Rebecca Douglass, BA Graduate, 2020
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