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Laila Diallo

is a dance maker presenting work across the UK and internationally. Alongside independently and collaboratively devising work for live performance, she works as movement director in theatre and opera. Next to a recipient of a Rayne Fellowship for Choreographers, Laila also was Associate Artist at Royal Opera House, and recipient of a Leverhulme Art Scholarship through Bristol Old Vic Ferment.

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Being a self-employed dance maker in UK

Between professional flexibility and artistic self-fulfilment 2019-10-28

Fix employments for dancers are rare - and not necessarily desirable. Laila Diallo, a dance maker living in Bristol, UK, shares her thoughts on what has supported her when she started her own business - something that isn't easy either - and how artist entrepreneurs can get jobs even if they are not the loudest self-promoters.

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