Tim Blowfield
Senior Lecturer - Contemporary Dance
Tim trained at Doreen Bird College and London Contemporary Dance School.
He performed in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and The Car Man in the West End and on world tours. He danced with National Dance Company Wales (then called Diversions Dance Company) and for choreographers including Ben Wright, Kerry Nicholls, Lisa Torun and Jia-Yu Chang.
Tim has taught contemporary dance at Performers College since 2010, and joined the academic studies team at Performers in 2018. He is also Head of Contemporary Dance, Head of Contextual Studies (for the Trinity Level 6 Diploma in Professional Dance) and Head of A Level Dance at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. He regularly teaches company class for Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, and was previously a Contemporary Dance Lecturer on the BA Dance programme at GSA, University of Surrey.
Tim has presented his own choreography independently, including Left, Traces and Unfolding Layers on tour, supported by funding from Arts Council England. He choreographed Much Ado About Nothing for the Bedouin Shakespeare Company, which was performed at The Globe Theatre in Rome and in London. He is an A Level Dance Examiner for AQA.
Tim completed his MA at London Contemporary Dance School in 2016.
