Sue Hawksley graduated from the Royal Ballet School in 1983. She has performed with Mantis, Scottish Ballet Steps-Out, Rambert Dance Company and Philippe Genty, working with choreographers such as Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, Richard Alston, Siobhan Davies and Michael Clark. Sue's teaching experience includes work with these companies, Diversions, AMP, Phoenix, the Royal Ballet School and the University of Derby. She is currently lecturer at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. Choreographic projects include solo works and collaborations with visual-artists such as Bruce McLean and Simon Biggs and a work for the students at NSCD. She is also a qualified massage and bodywork therapist, which, together with her practice of yoga, strongly informs her artistic practice. (source: http://www.digitalcultures.org/Symp/SueH.htm)