Phoebe is a dancer, freelance choreographer and artistic director of PITT Company. She was born in Derbyshire, in the U.K. and grew up traveling in Southeast Asia and in Switzerland. She obtained the Swiss Matura at the Alte Kantonsschule Aarau, alongside studying at the Zürich Opera House Ballet School. In 2017, her research paper on contemporary choreography was awarded with the Matura Prize, and was a finalist at the 2017 Swiss Youth Research Forum.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance at the Zürich University of the Arts. She was part of the 2018 Context Festival Diana Vishneva in Moscow, the 2019 Gala Dance Meeting in Lucca, Italy and the 2019 TanzArt ostwest Festival in Giessen, Germany.
In 2018 and 2019, Phoebe won the ‘Migros Kulturprozent’ Dance Competitions, at which she presented her own solo choreographies ‘Brand New Information’ and ‘Crossed Keys’. In 2019, Phoebe joined Tanz Luzern, where she has continued as a dancer ever since. She has worked with choreographers such as Nadav Zelner, Tom Weinberger, Yabin Wang, Kor’sia, Marion Zurbach, Inbal Pinto, Po-Cheng Tsai, Caroline Finn, Mthuthuzeli November, Ella Rothschild, Jasmine Morand and Patrick Delcroix. From January 2024, Phoebe will continue with Tanz Luzern as a guest artist to allow more time for creating her own work.
In 2020, Phoebe created a dance film ‘Miss S.V. Shenanigans’. The piece was part of Opine Dance Festival 2020 and was included in Pinky Thinker Press 2021. In June 2021 she created a short work called ‘For Old Times’ Sake’, which premiered in Luzern Theatre. The piece won the Copenhagen International Choreography Competition, alongside two further international production awards: B.OOM Festival Award and Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo Award.
Phoebe founded her own project-based company, PITT, at the end of 2021. Since then, Phoebe has expanded her repertoire with PITT. Her works ‘For Old Times’ Sake’, ‘Trilogy‘ and ‘Inver’, which have been presented at theatres and festivals in Switzerland and internationally, including Südpol Luzern, Phönix Theater Steckborn, Tanzfest Zentralschweiz, B.OOM Festival Taipei, DAP Festival Pietrasanta and Teatro Palladium Rome.
Alongside touring and creating work for PITT, Phoebe collaborates and creates on an international level. In Spring 2022, Phoebe worked as an assistant to Mthuthuzeli November on his new creation ‘Where Do We Go Now’ for the Washington Ballet. In July 2022 Phoebe created a ‘Rite of Spring‘ for the choreographic platform ‘Brückerei’ at Tanzhaus Zürich, mentored by Alain Platel. Her new work ‘Mole’ for Luzerner Theater premiered in November 2022. In February 2023, Phoebe created a new work ‘Meet The Evergreens’ for the professional programme of DAF Dance Arts Faculty in Rome, Italy. In January 2024, Phoebe created a new work ‘Siren Song‘ for the BA Contemporary Dance programme at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. A new research project ‘Greta Oto‘, funded by Aargauer Kuratorium, took place in February 2024 and builds the foundations of a new work. Phoebe created her second piece for DAF Dance Arts Faculty ‘Foreigner’, in 2024. Phoebe was a VERVE research commission artist in the 23/24 season, as well as choreographer for Luzern Theater’s Opera “Il Giustino”.
Phoebe’s movement style and approach to choreography stem from an interest in cognitive and social psychology. Intrigued by how we function as human beings, she aims to draw on the idiosyncrasies of human nature to connect with the audience and address social, cognitive and psychological states. Alongside creating soundscapes, Phoebe is also writes poetry and is interested in surrealist and realist art, which have become part of her choreographic work.
Alongside creating and performing, Phoebe guest teaches at professional programmes within Switzerland and internationally. In teaching she aims to create a constant flow and dynamic atmosphere in the room, connecting to movement through musicality. By emphasising differences in dynamics, speed and movement origin she hopes to promote body awareness and an open research-friendly environment.
