About

Charlie Ashwell is a dancer, dramaturg, teacher, writer and researcher. Having trained at London Contemporary Dance School from 2006 to 2009, they have performed for Seke Chimutengwende, Dog Kennel Hill Project, Florence Peake, Neve Harrington and English National Opera, among others. They have worked extensively as a dramaturg with Seke Chimutengwende, Frances Morgan, and Greg Wohead, alongside teaching technique, improvisation and choreography at the University of Roehampton.

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Charlie's own research, through performance and teaching, thinks through dance as a form of magic, producing alternative ways of imagining and navigating the world.​ They completed a Masters of Research in Choreography and Performance at the University of Roehampton in 2014. As of Autumn 2024, they are a CHASE-funded PhD student at the University of Sussex, with the practice-as-research project It's a kind of magic: Choreography as an Occult Practice.

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You can read Charlie's PhD proposal here.

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And read snippets of their thinking on this blog.