Hugh is a movement artist specialising in Improvisation & Contact Improvisation.

He has over 16 years of teaching & performance experience. He began dancing when he was 15, training in Break dance and Contemporary. He went on to train at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, graduating in 2008. Since then he has worked with companies such as 2Faced Dance, Tom Dale, STAN Won’t Dance, and Ultima Vez.
He has taught C.I. intensives internationally at the Goa Contact Festival(2015-17), Berlin contact festival, Soma Arts festival (Munich), Portugal Contact Gathering and the Goa Dance residency 2019 & 2020. Currently his main focus is organising & facilitating his own events and workshops.

He is also a qualified TMW (Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing) facilitator. The principles of Tai Chi and Qi Kung underpin his approach to teaching and sharing movement.

The focus whenever he is teaching or facilitating is to hold a safe and nourishing environment for participants to have the freedom to fully access and explore what is being taught or explored. For him this is the most important element of facilitation, as when people are comfortable and relaxed they become more focused and are able to learn more effectively and also have a more enjoyable experience.