Siobhan Hayes

In 2021 Siobhan relocated back to her home city (Nottingham) and since then has enjoyed working with Dance4 on their Selfhood Practices project leading a small team on a Dance and Fibromyalgia research project.

From 2013-2021 Siobhan worked as Assistant Artistic Director for Stopgap Dance Company. Here she collaborated on a number of projects including: The Seafarers, Paralymic Torch Ceremony, The Enormous Room and Frock. In 2015/2016 Siobhan performed and co-choreographed Crossing Borders this piece then went on tour both nationally and internationally throughout 2016. Siobhan was interim Co-Artistic Director of Stopgap in 2018 (maternity cover) and from 2018-2021 Siobhan was the Artistic Lead for Sg2: designing, leading and teaching the course for Stopgap’s apprentice dancers.

Siobhan is a Level 1 Franklin Method™ Educator and uses this training combined with a variety of dance styles to inform her professional practice. Siobhan graduated in 2009 from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and has worked across the UK with a number of companies including Indeed Dance Company, Wayne McGregor|Random Dance the 2012 Big Dance Festival, Royal Academy of Dance Step into Dance Programme and Dance Equation Dancing Digits.

Siobhan enjoys opportunities to collaborate with community groups and has choreographed a number of community commissions most recently pieces for Lantern Dance Theatre, Wessex Dance Academy and Moon Language at The Lights – Andover.