Rebecca Namgauds is a multidisciplinary artist and choreographer based in London, originally from the North of England. With over a decade of experience spanning choreography, performance, and visual art, she creates visceral, movement-driven works that explore themes of feminism, ecology and transformation. Drawing from her varied background in movement disciplines, her practice engages the body as a site of resistance, intimacy, and ritual, often in direct dialogue with nature and the elements.
Her latest work, THE HEAT, which premiered in May 2025 and is set to tour in 2026, delves into themes of domesticity, the mundane, survival and endurance, channeling both urgency and raw physicality. The piece continues her exploration of the intersection between the body and the environment, using movement, sound, and visual composition to evoke landscapes of tension and renewal.
Namgauds is a Choreodrome Artist for 2025 at The Place researching a new work. She was most recently invited to Art House Jersey for a collaborative research residency with Filmaker and Photographer Camilla Greenwell. She was a Time & Space commission artist at Sadler’s Wells for 2023/24 and continues to develop innovative dance-theatre projects. She has worked as an invited choreographer for Anjali Dance Company, collaborated with Paraorchestra and musician Liza Bec and choreographed a visual work for 12 Ensemble Orchestra’s tour of Metamorphosis. Alongside her artistic practice, she is a guest lecturer at The Place, London Contemporary Dance School, and the Laban MA programme, mentoring the next generation of dance and movement artists.
Her independent works have toured internationally, premiering at major festivals and institutions. Like Honey was featured in the British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2019, while Rodadoras, an outdoor performance featuring women performing floor work in half a tonne of soil, remains an iconic touring piece since its 2018 premiere. Her solo Exhibit F debuted at Dance Umbrella 2019, and she has since created original works for The Place (LCDS), Roma City Ballet Company for Coordinate Festival in Rome, Emergence Graduate Company and Centre for Advanced Training. Works for galleries include Walsall Art Gallery where she created an original performance for Daniel Silver’s solo exhibition and more recently the V&A Friday Late: Diva where she invited Damsel Elysium and Amanda Pefkou to collaborate on a live performance of a choreographic score with costumes by Simone Rocha.
Rebecca’s movement direction spans across artistic disciplines, from luxury brand campaigns for Hermès to collaborating on Georgina Starr’s film Quarantaine. She has also worked on Jade O’Belle’s Birthright, an exploration of Black, queer femininity through Yoruba iconography, and movement-directed An Intermission, a film project supporting young adults experiencing homelessness.
As a performer, she has worked across theatre, music, and fashion. She was part of the original cast of Marianne Elliott’s Angels in America at the National Theatre and has collaborated extensively with choreographer Holly Blakey, performing in video works and fashion campaigns for Vivienne Westwood and Issey Miyake. Her dance credits include music videos for Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Wolf Alice and Mura Masa, alongside performances for brands like Gucci, Vogue, Adidas, and Lululemon.
Continuing to push the boundaries of movement and interdisciplinary performance, Rebecca Namgauds remains committed to crafting work that resonates physically and politically—immersing audiences in the urgency and sensuality of embodied experience.
