Jack Hilton (he/they) 

Jack Hilton is one of the Co-directors and founders of Move Manchester. They are a professional freelance dance artist and yoga teacher based in the North west of England, currently the Coordinator for the Centre of Advanced Training dance programme at the Lowry alongside facilitating at other performing arts schools, training programmes and establishments across the North West such as Rambert and The University of Salford. 

 

Born in Preston, Lancashire Jack began dancing through Latin and Ballroom at the age of 9 at Fever Dance Company, later finding an interest in ballet and contemporary when they were 15. Jack Graduated from The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 2018 with a First Class Honours degree and since graduating has worked with artists and companies such as Balletboyz, Hawk Dance Theatre, Company Nil, Dart Dance Company and many others. Throughout their career so far Jack has performed, taught, competed and choreographed both nationally and internationally.

 

 As a dance artist Jack is eager to be bold, unapologetic, and expressive in their queerness and northern roots and to ensure dance is accessible to everyone and anyone regardless of their situation, challenges and upbringing. 

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Currently Jack is exploring the impact/benefit that movement can provide for mental health rehabilitation and maintenance. As an on-going study Jack is embarking on training programmes to increase their knowledge in this field and aims to integrate this into Move Manchester's offering in the near future, primarily focusing on the benefits of Movement for Mental Health relating to young queer people.

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Additionally, Jack has begun exploring ways to blend their knowledge and training of both latin/ballroom and contemporary dance to generate a unique and dynamic movement language in both training, choreography and performance.