PASS Choreographer Announcement
Dance Base and PASS are thrilled to announce that Penny Chivas and Lucy Hind have been selected as the PASS Choreographers!
This winter Dance Base is supporting Performing Arts Studio Scotland (PASS) at Edinburgh College to bring in two choreographers. The Choreographers will work with the Edinburgh College degree students on a physical performance project. This project will take place in Edinburgh in early January 2026.
Following an open call, the dance artists selected to join the project are Penny Chivas and Lucy Hind.
Beginning with two research and development days in December, Penny and Lucy will spend a week working individually with a mixed cohort of up to 19 Dance and Drama degree students. They will each create a 30-minute ensemble performance piece, which will be performed publicly at the Traverse.
About Penny and Lucy
Penny Chivas (she/her) is a Glasgow based dance artist originally from Ngunnawal Country, Australia. A graduate of WAAPA, VCA (Honours) and the MEd at the RCS, Penny works across a number of different settings including professional, community, theatre and screen and has deep investments in concerns around climate change. This led to the creation of the solo dance theatre work ‘Burnt Out’ which toured extensively within Scotland and internationally, and her latest work ‘Where We Choose to Stand’ (WWCTS) which premiered at Tramway in 2025. As a performer, she has worked with artists/companies such as Ian Spink, Rosina Bonsu, Heidi Strauss, Theatre Cryptic and Scottish Opera. Penny regularly guest teaches in institutions across Scotland and the Pre-Professional Year at Sydney Dance Company.
Lucy Hind trained is South African born and trained, now Edinburgh based she works as Movement Director, Choreographer and Intimacy Director across the UK and US. She is a founding member of Slung Low and was on the team of Choreographers of the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony. She was part-time Senior Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire for four years.
About this collaboration
This is the fourth year that Dance Base and PASS have collaborated together and we are excited to continue this partnership.
The PASS Students will work with Penny and Lucy from the 5 – 9 January 2026 and perform at The Traverse theatre on 11 January 2026.