NSCD Summer School Lead Artist (Strand 1 Ages 12-14)
Sandrine Monin is a freelance dance artist and choreographer.
After graduating from the CNSMD Lyon in France, she pursued her training in Germany as part of the European programme D.A.N.C.E. and graduated with a Master in Dance Practice (Palucca Schule Dresden) and with an MA in Choreography (Central School of Ballet).
She has been a professional dancer for over 15 years and worked with internationally renowned companies (Gartnerplatz Theatre, Phoenix Dance Theatre) and choreographers such as William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor, Itzik Galili, and Christopher Bruce.
Throughout her career, she has also been developing her own choreographic work, supported by Arts Council England. She has created work for dance and theatre companies, youth groups and the screen.
She shares her practice teaching classes and workshops in companies (New Adventures, Scottish Dance Theatre, NDCWales), and vocational training (Elmhurst Ballet School, Northern Ballet, NSCD).
She is the Artistic Director of Unbound Dance Theatre, an inclusive dance company whose focus is on making dance more accessible for blind and visually impaired people.
NSCD Summer School Lead Artist (Strand 1 Ages 12-14)
Anna is a dancer, creator, and facilitator from El Masnou, a Catalan coastal town on the outskirts of Barcelona.
After completing two courses at the Institut del Teatre professional dance conservatoire, her interest in communication—particularly radio—led her to pursue a journalism degree at Ramón Llull University. She later resumed her dance training, moving to Leeds in 2013 to study at Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD), where she graduated with First-Class Honours.
As a creator, Anna is drawn to collaborative, interdisciplinary, and narrative-led work. She has developed projects with actors, musicians, filmmakers, composers, singers, and community participants, creating pieces that span dance-theatre, musical theatre, film, opera, and immersive performance.
Together with Charlotte Arnold, Anna co-founded ACCA Dance Theatre in 2020 and has served as its artistic director and performer since its inception. Led by two female-identifying creatives, ACCA’s work champions femininity, using character, comedy, and choreography to reflect on contemporary society. In 2024, their show Occupational Hazard toured nationally, earning a four-star review from The Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe. Internationally, ACCA has collaborated with Germany-based company Vier.D since 2021. Together, they have co-created two female-centric works—Femxle Spaces and My Body Is My Castle—and continue to explore ways of navigating post-Brexit limitations for performers.
As an educator, Anna has lectured at Leeds Conservatoire since 2023, teaching on both undergraduate and postgraduate musical theatre courses. She joined NSCD’s faculty in 2024 and has been a core tutor on its CAT Programme since 2022. While based in Leeds, she has also delivered sessions for Northern Ballet Academy, DeNada Dance Theatre, ProDanceLeeds, and The Dance Studio Leeds.
NSCD Summer School Lead Artist (Strand 2 Ages 15-17)
John-William Watson is a choreographer, director and dancer from Beeston, Leeds.
After graduating from The Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp in 2019, they swiftly carved a path for themselves, creating critically acclaimed, surreal, dance-plays – often exploring the interplay between science fiction, dark-comedy and contemporary dance.
Watson has previously received commissions from organisations such as Sadler’s Wells, Messums West and The Riley Theatre. They were a Young Associate Choreographer at Sadler’s Wells 2020-22, Northern Connection Artist 2021/22, and Messums West 4×20 Artist 2023.
In recent years Watson has begun performing in their own work and for UK-based dance artist Beth Emmerson. Their catalyst for performing began with their first solo company work ‘Why This Chair Does Not Exist’ in 2023; which has since toured nationally and internationally.
Outside of their choreographic work, Watson has worked as a mentor for young choreographers, both independently and for One Dance UK’s Young Creatives programme. They are a member of the National Youth Dance Company team, as pastoral support in the company support team and as a facilitator across various projects, most recently within NYDC’s nation wide schools programme.
NSCD Summer School Lead Artist (Strand 2 Ages 15-17)
Mayowa is a British-Nigerian contemporary dance artist based in Leeds. Her name means ‘brings joy’ and she aims to encourage that sentiment throughout her practice.
In 2017, she graduated from Trinity Laban with a first-class honours degree and an award for ‘outstanding achievement in Choreological Studies’. After graduating, she joined Phoenix Dance Theatre as an apprentice dancer and has continued to work as a performer for several dance companies and choreographers including Uchenna, ACE Dance and Music, Seke Chimuntengwende. Currently, she is touring new productions with Gary Clarke Company and Léa Tirabasso.
Alongside performing, Mayowa delivers creative and technique classes across the UK, using this practice as an opportunity for sharing a wide-ranging movement vocabulary, experimenting, collaborating with artists and facilitating cultural exchange.
NSCD Summer School Lead Artist (Strand 3 Ages 18+)
Odette joined Company Wayne McGregor in June 1997, where she danced for 10 years, becoming the company’s Rehearsal Director in 2000. Odette is now responsible for the company’s everyday artistic supervision, overseeing performances and directing all rehearsals as well as managing the company’s extensive Engagement work. Odette was appointed Associate Director of Studio Wayne McGregor in 2007.
Odette was Assistant Choreographer to Wayne McGregor on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2004). She has also assisted McGregor in numerous productions such as Michel Ocelot’s musical Kirikou et Karaba, The English National Opera’s Salome, and Dido and Aeneas at La Scala, Milan. She acts as a re-stager for McGregor ballets, including EDEN | EDEN for San Francisco Ballet, Genus for Paris Opera Ballet; Dyad 1929 for The Australian Ballet and the multi-award-winning Chroma for the National Ballet of Canada and Bolshoi Ballet. She has also restaged Company Wayne McGregor works for various education establishments, nationally and internationally.
Odette has taught numerous workshops and masterclasses both nationally and internationally and has extensive experience in community and outreach work for all ages and abilities, including commissioned work with the Centre for Advanced Training at The Lowry, the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, the Northern School of Contemporary Dance; and École de Danse de Genève.
Odette currently acts as Artistic Advisor for the National Dance program at SENSE Touchbase Pear and is Project Manager for La Biennale College Danza Venice under the Artistic Direction of Wayne McGregor.
