Lucy Nicholson, originally from Hawick in the Scottish Borders and now living in Staveley, Cumbria is a movement analyst, somatic movement educator, embodied communication coach and a dance and movement specialist. 

After graduating with first class from The University of Hull, Lucy developed a career as an independent dance artist; a combination of performing, choreographing and facilitating dance nationally and internationally.  In 2005 she started developing dance for mental health and special educational needs projects in the city of Bradford on the arts for health project Dance For Life.  In the same year she received a fellowship with the UK’s leading dance in criminal justice organisation Dance United; here she trained in Marshall Rosenburg’s  Non-Violent and Compassionate Communication theory and in needs-based behaviours with Geese Theatre Company. 

Lucy gained a qualification with Christchurch University in arts-based practice in youth justice settings and trained in the youth justice boards effective practice certified programme. She became a lead dance artist on the award-winning Academy Project, an alternative education contemporary dance project for young people within or at risk of becoming part of the criminal justice system.  She went onto co-direct, with Helen Linsell, the community aspect of the national tour of Destino, one of the UK’s first participatory performance projects, placing marginalised young dancers on the same stage as prestigious professional dance works by Hofesh Shecter Company, Russell Maliphant and Adam Benjamin.