Dale Thompson
Senior Lecturer
Dale Thompson is a Principal Lecturer in Dance, Deputy Subject Leader and co-ordinator of Technique and Choreography. Dale has worked in contemporary dance for the past 30 years. She began her career in New York, studying with contemporary dance legends Hanya Holm, Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis, Phyllis Lamhut, Dan Wagoner and Louis Falco. Since1983, she has worked in Higher Education in the UK, teaching contemporary dance, improvisation, repertory and choreography at Laban, Roehampton University and the University of Chichester, where she is presently based.
Dale's interest in choreography has led to regular production of new work since 1984, made through collaboration with dancers and other artists. She is a graduate of Douglass College, Rutgers University and a member of the Higher Education Academy. Dale teaches on the choreography modules, coordinates technique classes and lectures on Modernism.