Board Members
Nadia Murrell (Chair)
Nadia is a Buisiness & IT Consultant, with a key focus on transformation. She has worked across a wide range of sectors, but most recently in the Financial Services industry, working alongside a number of FTS100/250 Boards to define and deliver their business and technology transformation strategy.
Prior to becoming a consultant Nadia held Director roles for multi-national organisations, where she was responsible for organisational design, technology development, delivery strategies and ensuring governance met the industry regulated standards.
Nadia has been actively involved in the performing arts industry for over 30 years and serves as a vice-chair on the board of a local arts charity.
Hannah Bixby
Hannah is an Arts Manager specialising in Theatre and Dance in education & outreach contexts. She graduated from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) with a degree in Music, Theatre & Entertainment Management and has been working in Arts Education roles for the past 10 years. Her professional portfolio includes work with the British Council, Royal Opera House, Dance Consortium, Ballet Soul, Young Film Academy, Theatre Re, All In Actors, SPILL Festival and the Festival City Theatres Trust, Edinburgh. Hannah is passionate about supporting the professional development of young people coming into the creative industries.
Susanna Recchia
Susanna is an Italian dance artist living in the UK since 2001. She studied dance at the National Academy of Dance in Rome, and is a Graduate of Laban, where she received the Award of Best Performer in 2004. Following a Foundation Course in Dance Movement Therapy at Goldsmiths University, she obtained an MA in Dance and Somatic Well-being at Lancashire University.
Her ongoing practice is fed by Body & Earth, a yearly meeting led by Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose.
Her work shifts between performing, teaching, mentoring and researching in academic and artistic contexts. As a performer Susanna has toured internationally, and collaborated with choreographers who involve improvisation either in the process of making or in performance and has devised her own work joining practitioners from disciplines, such as photography and film. Susanna is currently the Research and Rehearsal Director of Candoco Dance Company, and has worked with the company in different capacities since 2008: as a company teacher, dancer and Candoco Artist co-leading educational and performative events.