If you don't know... Ingrid Mackinnon

… let me introduce you!

Ingrid Mackinnon is a dancer, choreographer, movement director and educator. Training in Kinesiology at Western University and then in an MA in Movement: Directing & Teaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, her work is critically acclaimed and featured on some of the most prolific stages in the UK.

Recent credits include Kingdom Come (RSC), The Border (Theatre Centre), Typical (Nouveu Riche & Soho Theatre), #WeAreArrested (RSC & The Arcola) - check out the beautiful rehearsal photos here. / Ingrid is also the co-founder of Move Space, a networking and support hub for movement directors in the UK. Learn more about the amazing work that Move Space does. And listen to Ingrid and co-founder Laura Dredger talk about Move Space on The Movement podcast.

Needing some joy in lockdown? Check out Ingrid’s movement on instagram, or a clip of her class at The Place contemporary dance school here.

You can read about how Ingrid has connected with her practice in lockdown on The Enormity of Now, in her acticel, ‘I Move’.

Ingrid is also featured in the new book, Movement Directors in Contemporary Theatre, by Ayse Tashkiran. A bit about the book:

"Movement directors work with the physical, living bodies at the heart of theatre productions, creating movement languages with actors and directors. Through a series of in-depth interviews with leading theatre practitioners, Ayse Tashkiran charts the growth of the movement director in contemporary theatre."

Find out more on Ingrid’s website, Instagram & Twitter.

Photo by Gabriel Mokake.