Nina Atkinson

Nina Atkinson serves as a Senior Lecturer (0.5 FTE) at Canterbury Christ Church University within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Media and Creative Digital and holds a Visiting Lecturer position at the University of Roehampton. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Loop Dance Company, driving innovative artistic initiatives.

Her academic credentials include:

• A formative two-year sabbatical at the Limón Dance Foundation in New York City
• An MA in Creative Practice from Trinity Laban (2015)

Nina's research focuses on interdisciplinary performance practices, critically examining audience-performer dynamics through immersive installations and sensory environments. She pioneered a nationally recognized children's immersive theatre production now in its seventh year, while advancing choreographic methodologies influenced by collaborations with artists like Rosemary Butcher. Her work consistently explores non-traditional performance sites and cross-disciplinary fusion, positioning the audience as active co-creators within emotionally resonant sensory experiences.

As Artistic Director of Loop Dance Company, she cultivates collaborative projects with emerging choreographers and multi-disciplinary artists, developing physically demanding works that challenge conventional dance boundaries while mentoring performers through professional practice frameworks.