April is a Dance Artist, Lecturer and Choreographer passionate about arts education and creative learning

April’s work spans across teaching, advocacy, partnerships, and engagement. April devises learning experiences and professional development programmes that re-imagine formal learning contexts, creating projects that partner schools and education providers with the local community (Museums, Libraries, Arts Centres).

April is a Senior Lecturer in Dance Practices at Middlesex University where she teaches Choreography, Performance and Dance Pedagogy. April is also Co-Admissions Tutor and Partnerships Coordinator for the dance department at Middlesex and Co-Module Leader for the first year undergraduate degree programmes. April is committed to using her platform at Middlesex to develop engagement in dance and increase young people’s access to quality arts encounters.

April creates civic engagement programmes that partners Middlesex University with the community of Barnet. April is the founder of the Raising Aspirations programme, an initiative that works with UK schools and dance providers to advocate for creative careers, working to empower young people to take their aspirations in dance further. April’s Teaching Artist programme targets the need to develop undergraduate students' skills in creative dance leadership, partnering the Middlesex University’s dance department with local Primary Schools. April has been awarded the One Middlesex Staff Award: Contribution to Community and Society (2020) for this area of her work.

As a choreographer, April’s work has been presented nationally (live and for screen). April creates work collaboratively with people in community settings, education and beyond. See examples of April’s work here.

April holds a Masters in Professional Practice, specialising in the Pedagogy of Dance Artists, with a focus on Dance delivery in UK Primary Schools, a PGCHE and a BA (Hons) in Dance Studies. April has a Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), is a Mental Health First Aider and has recently completed the 2022 Advance HE Aurora programme.

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