Ryan Woods

outreach team

Ryan is a  multi-disciplinary freelance artist based in the North West. Ryan is trained in skills including: Popping, Locking, House, Krump, Breaking, Tricking, Gymnastics, Commercial, Contemporary, Jazz, Bollywood, Wushu, Ballet, Cheerleading, Improvisation, Contact, Dance Hall, Weapons Training.

Ryan trained at institutes including:
The Dance Place Blackpool, Blackpool Gymnastics, fUsed Dance Company, The Paul Nicholas School of Acting, Urban Dance Project, Blackpool Sixth Form College, The Royal Ballet Educational Programme, Kingston Dance Society, Kingston University, Buckness Personified, East London Dance Company, Freefly Crew.

Currently, Ryan performs and teaches across the UK and is part of Ellen Hathaway Dance Company’s Outreach Team for their latest refugee dance project PROJECT ODYSSEY 2020.

“Dance is such an expressive art form that everyone relates to. Under these pressing circumstances it’s amazing to see the willingness of those who dance to persevere through the negativity. It is and will be utilised to escape and overcome our struggles, finding the most fun whilst doing so.”