Kirsty Alexander is freelance curator, teacher, and consultant specializing in dance training and in the ongoing development of professional dancers. She co-directed Independent Dance from 2015 – 2018, also leading the core modules of the MA Creative Practice: Dance Professional which ID runs in collaboration with Trinity Laban and Siobhan Davies Studios. She has been involved in educating dancers within the higher education sector for over 25 years, as Head of Undergraduate Studies at Laban from 2000-2004 and as Assistant Director of London Contemporary Dance School from 2005-2010 and an associate editor of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices until recently. Kirsty is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique and in 2015 completed a PhD funded by the University of Stirling, School of Education.