Rachel Birch-Lawson

Rachel is a Movement Director & Choreographer working within dance, theatre, opera, and music theatre. She trained at London Contemporary Dance School (BA Hons), European choreographic programme Dance Beyond Borders (Germany, Belgium, Portugal, UK), and Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance (MFA), where she was a Leverhulme Arts Scholar.

Rachel’s work has been performed across the UK, Europe, and Africa, supported by organisations including Arts Council England, Kent County Council, the British Council, South East Dance, DanceEast, and Gulbenkian. She has created work for companies including Garsington Opera, Cahoots NI, Tangled Feet, and British Youth Music Theatre UK, and has taught at universities and conservatoires around the world. She is currently Head of Movement and MA/MFA Movement Direction Programme Leader at Guildford School of Acting.