Kate Sagovsky

Kate Sagovsky is an international artist specialising in movement, somatics, dance, & live performance. Her work facilitates embodied experiences to help people connect better to themselves, others, & the world. She works across dance, theatre, & live art as a choreographer, movement director, & director; as well as doing extensive work as a researcher, writer, teacher, & workshop facilitator. Her first book 'Laban’s Efforts in Action: An Actor Movement Handbook' was co-written with Vanessa Ewan & published by Bloomsbury (2019). Her current research focus is on: 'Rewilding Play: Somatic Improvisation, Performance, & Eco-consciousness'. She has been awarded funding from Culture Moves Europe/Goethe Institut to develop 'Sensory Rewilding Encounters' as a form of immersive outdoors installation; from Create Berwick for a cross art-form exhibition & participatory workshop on the theme 'Wild Hope'; & from Arts Council England for development of the Eco-somatic practice ‘Rewilding Play’. As Artistic Director of MOVING DUST, Sagovsky creates artworks that are hybrid in form, blurring the boundaries between dance, theatre, installation, & live art. Past work has been performed to critical acclaim across the UK, & been described as: “raw, uncompromising & very beautiful… leaving vapour trails of brilliance in its wake” (The List); “deeply moving…provocative & stimulating” (Scotsman). Sagovsky has also worked as a movement specialist in many contexts, including at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company, & the National Theatre. She has taught Actor Movement at conservatoires both nationally & internationally, including LAMDA, RCSSD, RCS, Oxford School of Drama, Rose Bruford, UniArts (Finland), AFDA Film School (South Africa).

 As Director & Co-Founder of STUDIO SOMA, Sagovsky regularly teaches Feldenkrais classes, Somatic Performer trainings, & specialist workshops for the studio, as well as developing their ongoing programme. Having completed a four-year professional training, she is a qualified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method, & a member of the Feldenkrais Guild UK.