Samantha Emanuel

ABOUT THE TEACHER Sam is a movement coach and dance scientist with over 20 years of experience teaching and performing internationally, working across dance, health, and rehabilitation contexts. Her work integrates biomechanics, neuroscience, motor learning, and contemporary dance, with a particular interest in coordination, adaptability, and fluid movement. She has worked in both clinical and educational settings, including several years in a physiotherapy clinic in France supporting people with acquired brain injury, and continues to collaborate with healthcare and arts organisations in the UK. She toured with an international dance company, performing and teaching in over 42 countries.  She holds a Master’s degree in Dance Science with distinction and works with dancers, performers, athletes, and members of the general public. Her approach is shaped by research as well as lived experience as a professional dancer and through recovery from serious injury, bringing a grounded, attentive quality to her teaching.