Born in Dumfries, Scotland, growing up in Ayrshire, now living in Edinburgh, dance artist and choreographer Janice Parker works locally and internationally. Originally introduced to dance at Cumnock Academy she went on to train in Laban Movement at Dunfermline College of Physical Education in the 70’s

Her National Theatre of Scotland work includes

The Strange Undoing of Prudentia Hart; Truant; Ignition

Other theatre work includes:

Life is a Dream, Royal Lyceum; Giant On The Bridge, Vox Liminus; We Are In Time, Scottish Ensemble/Untitled Projects/Raw Material; Dispatches On The Red Dress, Rowan Rheinghans; Beats Per Minute, Cora Bissett;The Hour We Know Nothing of Each Other, Royal Lyceum;Joan Eardley – A Private View, Herocia; Wind Resistance, Karine Polwart/Royal Lyceum; The View From Castle Rock, Stellar Quines/Edinburgh Book Festival; Endurance,A Moments Peace; The Maw Broon Monologues, Glasgay; Mikey and Addie, Catherine Wheels;Kes, Catherine Wheels; Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines; The Girls of Slender Means, Stellar Quines; Exotic Hyper Space, Lung Ha’s; Instant Travel to Pop Up Cities, Lung Ha’s

Her dance work includes

An Audience With… , Janice Parker Projects;Writing The Body, National Galleries of Scotland; Glory,Janice Parker Projects; The Living Room Dances. Glas(s);What Would Richard Do?,Buzzcut;Private Party, Janice Parker Projects; Private Dancer, Janice Parker Projects; Red Berries and Lost Love, Tanz Die Toleranz;Solitary Citizen, Gröne Netzwerk; Across A Clear Blue Sky, Residance; Angel, Janice Parker Projects; What Have I Come To Do On This Earth?, Foyle Arts Centre; What Is Behind That Curtain? The Arts in Fife; Landslide, City Moves

Film work includes

Small Acts of Hope and Lament, Edinburgh International Festival; Who Will Dance With Me When I Am Old?, Necessity; Don’t Look Back,Amateo; You Said You Liked The Dancing,MacRobert/TownBreak; It’s Like…Janice Parker Projects/Craig Simpson; Amplification and Restriction, Artlink Edinburgh; There’s Something You Should Know, Goat Media; traveller, Artlink Edinburgh;

Her awards include

Saltire Society Outstanding Woman of Scotland, Herald Angel, Creative Scotland Award