BA(Hons) Dance (Contemporary)
Currently completing her PGCE
Originally from Bristol, Isla moved to Leeds to gain her BA in Contemporary Dance at NSCD. Isla is a dancer with dyspraxia and has begun research into how dance education can be made more accessible to dyspraxic people.
Alongside teaching for NSCD, Isla is completing her PGCE to teach in secondary schools. She has taught pre-school and baby-aged children with a focus on aiding the development of their key motor movements. She has also interned with Curious Motion, a non-profit organisation based in Calderdale that aims to reduce loneliness through dance and creative practice.
Creatively, over the past year or so she has been specialising in film, co-founding Ironstone with whom she has made several short films and developed skills in choreographing for the screen, crafting screenplays, and editing. She recently directed a film for 2faced Dance Company and Ironstone were the recipients of the 2022 CATAPULT award.
Isla is also accredited 'carbon literate' by Sustainable Arts in Leeds, having completed a course to ensure she is well-equipped to make art sustainable in the climate crisis.
Isla loves teaching at NSCD Saturday School and finds herself constantly inspired by the enthusiasm and creativity of the students.
