UGLYBIRD COMPANY MEMBERS
JESS LOBB
Jess started dancing as a teenager within her secondary school's dance club, and here she first got a taste for performance and the enjoyment of moving. After studying GCSE dance Jess began training at Cornwall college where she gained a BTEC National Diploma which focused on dance as a performance art, which gave her a foundation of contemporary dance techniques. Jess has been able take placements with dance companies including Yorke Dance Project and National Dance Company Wales. She has also performed at The Minack Theatre and Hall for Cornwall and has worked alongside companies such as Cscape and Duchy Opera.
GRACE CLAYTON
Grace began her dance training in the Midlands during education before attending University College Falmouth to Study Dance Performance in 2010. In the past few years Grace has had experience choreographing and performing across the UK, Europe and Asia. Highlights include, working with Willi Dorner Cie; Vienna, Dark Island Dance; London and working with Gaynor Fairweather; Hong Kong/UK amongst others. Also having a passion for teaching she has worked in America, with the Fresh Air Fund as a dance and drama teacher, as well freelancing at primary and secondary schools across the UK.
LUCY CRACKNELL
Lucy began her dance training at G.C.S.E level which then led to a BTEC National Diploma at Truro College. Once completed, Lucy decided to take a year out to focus on where she wanted to take her passion, during this time she was fortunate enough to experience new opportunities and discover what it was like to be a professional dancer. From backing with Singer Olly Murrs to performing in Alesia Dixons music video “Lets get Excited”. Lucy has also participated in Dance Excellence LA, a large scale dance workshop run by the Young Americans. After exploring these avenues she decided to take a different route of training and chose to begin a degree at Falmouth University in dance performance. Now in her third year, she has grown as both a performer and artist and intends to take her training further by studying personal training, so she can teach community based classes.
BEBEE HARVEY
Bebee started contemporary dance whilst studying for her A levels in Bristol. Before then her dance training had only ever been in Ballet, so when she discovered contemporary dance she was filled with a thirst to explore what her body was capable of and find new ways to push herslef. It was around this time when she decided to commit herself to dance and study it at an Undergraduate level. Throughout the course of her degree she became increasingly interested in site- specific work, and the way in which the use of film could be used as a platform for watching dance. This interest has influenced her work greatly; most recently she has spent four months exploring these interests in Iceland, creating a movie which explores the origins of creativity in the individual.
DEBBIE MASON
Debbie began dancing in Cambridge as a member of Cambridge Youth Dance Company, she also studied contemporary dance at A-level and began to take part in youth choreography and performance projects and courses. She has worked as part of emerging student dance companies creating and performing works at platforms in the South West. The creative processes often involved a period of movement research, improvisation, and working collaboratively. She has also worked on site specific and film projects. Debbie recently returned from a period of study at the Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlan, Mexico, with Delfos Dance Company. During her time in Mexico she developed a research project around language and communication through creative practices, choreographic collaboration and writing.
