Since 1997 I have worked within the entertainment industry as a performer, workshop facilitator, teacher, movement advisor/director and consultant for theatre, television and film. I currently work as a freelance Movement Consultant for film, television, stage and motion capture offering movement design, choreography, coaching and directing to develop physicality for the actors and designing physical sequences for films, performance and the gaming industry. I also offer services as a movement capture performer. My aim is to make the physical life of the production as fluent in the language of the body as of the spoken word.
As a Movement Director I have worked on a number of shows at the Royal Court Theatre, London, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
As a theatre educator my work focusses on physicality, devising, improvisation, text study and developing theatre techniques with, and for, young people.
As a performer I have worked in television and theatre - most notably with the London based theatre company Frantic Assembly who approach the physicality of their work through contact improvisation, choreography and cross collaboration with the writer, directors and cast.
My professional development has also allowed me to train and work in Mask and puppet manipulation.
I am also a qualified teacher. My work at the Brit School of Performing Arts, London, included teaching a range of classes, devising and directing and creating shows throughout the year.
My work as a qualified Pilates Instructor has enabled me to learn and explore the body as a physical form through the study of Anatomy and Physiology. I have found that this exploration and analytical approach has encouraged me to look at how the body organises itself through neuromuscular patterns and relate this back to the actor and how they can use and manipulate their own body in and for performance.
Sarah is co-founder of Advanced Monkeys on a Minor Planet (www.ammpent.com) - we are a new company offering a range of services from Actors MOT’s, Physical and Movement consultation and Mask workshops.
I currently live and work between the UK and the US with my husband and two children.