Jamie Boylan
Jamie Boylan - Lead Artist
Jamie Boylan is a freelance dancer, teacher and choreographer based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. With a PGCE in Primary Education, Jamie holds full QTS as well as Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. He is a fully insured professional member of People Dancing and is experienced at delivering dance across a range of educational contexts.
Alongside the provision of dance education for schools, Jamie worked from 2014-2017 as a KS1 class teacher at Woodhouse Primary School and Stubbings Infant School.
From 2007-2013, he worked as a Lecturer in Technique, Choreography & Contextual Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. Other teaching credits include: the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, the Northern Ballet School and the University of Chester. Jamie has a particular interest in the Laban/Bartenieff framework which, over the past ten years, has become integral to his artistic and pedagogic practice.
Jamie graduated in French & Drama (1st Class) from Royal Holloway University of London and trained in dance at the École Professionelle Superieur d’Enseignment de la Danse (Montpellier, France) and London Contemporary Dance School graduating with a BA(Hons) in 2005 and an MA by Research in 2010. Working as a freelance dance artist, Jamie has worked with Scottish Youth Dance (Y-Dance), The National Centre for Dance of Scotland, Fife-Shed Inclusive Theatre Company and has performed with Aletta Collins Dance Company, Arty Physical Intelligence and the National Theatre of the Faroe Islands. During the period 2009-2011 Jamie toured solo performance, Jumping Mouse! within the UK including a performance at The Place Theatre for Resolution! 2011. From 2012-2015, he collaborated and performed with Orphaned Limbs Collective and in 2015 collaborated with Yorkshire based folk duo, O’Hooley & Tidow to create a dance/music film Just a Note to celebrate their nomination for the BBC Folk Awards.
Jamie continues to develop his artistic and educational practice through leading Arty-Physical.
