Movement Directing

A woman of Asian descent stands next to a white non-binary wheelchair user, their arms are intertwined mid BSL signing.

Phoebe Kemp is an emerging movement director, specializing in working with disabled artists. As a wheelchair user with over a decade of experience as an actor, Phoebe has effectively been their own movement director for this time, and has been using this skill set in working with other disabled creatives. They have worked with CRIPtic Arts regularly since 2023, both in R+D’s and for full professional productions.

Phoebe is both an excellent director with an eye for movement, providing insightful and actionable feedback that allowed me to completely revitalise my approach to movement on stage. Working with a disabled movement director was transformational, with a baseline understanding of what I need in order to perform, a clear sense for what was and wasn’t safe and actionable within the limits of my body, and their own understanding of movement grounded in wheelchair use, and I fully recommend Phoebe to anyone keen on exploring movement further as a disabled performer, or building their confidence with movement overall.Jamie Hale – Artistic Director, CRIPtic Arts

Phoebe has been awarded a Developing Your Creative Practice Grant by Arts Council England in order to further their development as a movement director.