About Siobhan Davies
Dame Siobhan Davies DBE (born Susan Davies; 18 September 1950, London), often known as Sue Davies, is an English dancer and choreographer. She was a dancer with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre during the 1970s, and became one of its leading choreographers creating work such as Sphinx] (1977). In 1988, she founded her own company, Siobhan Davies Dance. Originally trained in art, Davies was one of the first year's intake of full-time students at the London School of Contemporary Dance. Her works White Man Sleeps and Wyoming have been included on the dance GCE A-Level syllabus. Her work Bird Song is being used in GCSE Dance syllabus as Set Work (2008–2010). She is among the top contemporary choreographers in the UK. She was born Susan Davies in 1950 and first performed with the company that came to be Dance Theatre Robert Cohan in 1967. In 1986, Davies won the Fulbright Arts Fellowship, the first ever to be awarded to a choreographer.
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