Claire is an established choreographer, dance artist, teacher, and researcher and has received multiple choreography awards and academic accolades in Europe and Canada. She is the artistic co-director of Restless Productions, an interdisciplinary performance company, and enjoys collaborating and producing across the arts. She has a first-class BA (Hons) degree in Dance with Inter Arts (Bretton Hall College-Leeds University, UK 1994) and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from SFU, Canada (1999). In 2022, she gained her PhD in Dance from the University of Chichester, UK.

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Based in Vancouver (on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations), Claire wears many hats and dances many dances. Currently, she hosts The Dance Centre podcast, teaches creative movement, choreographs and collaborates with Restless and others, and studies tap dancing. She is a dance artist in residence at The Dance Centre, creating collaborative performances and professional community practices. Claire is also developing Creative Influence Facilitation as a consulting service and helping coordinate new ventures. She believes in supporting and learning with other artists of multiple generations and perspectives, complementing her desire to be involved in a more inclusive creative arts ecology.