Jess Tucker Boyd

Jess Tucker Boyd

Movement Director


Career stage:
Experienced

Freelance

Availability:
Available

Industries

  • Film
  • High-end TV


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About

Jess is a Lecturer in Acting & Creative Practice at The University of Northampton and Artistic Associate at The Kings Head Theatre in London, she also works as a Movement Director, Performer and is a published Poet. She originally trained as an actor and theatre maker at East 15 Acting School, she later went on to complete an MA in Movement Directing and Teaching at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Jess is Movement Director and Co-Director for The Alchemist Theatre Company. Selected Directing credits are: HoneyBee - Written and performed by Eleanor Dillon-Reams - Tristan Bates Theatre & The Brighton Fringe Festival. Twelfth Night - For Northampton University, Acting & Creative Practice Course - Site Specific Production. Romeo and Juliet - For Northampton University, Acting & Creative Practice Course - Site Specific Production.
Selected Movement Directing credits are: Bottom - Written and Performed by Willy Hudson - For Bristol Old Vic & Soho Theatre. Come Inside - For Get Lucky Theatre Company - The Bush Theatre London. Emerge Festival Nottingham - For The Mighty Creatives. Moormaid - Directed by Zois Pigadas - The Arcola Theatre.
Tunnel 57 - Directed by Luke Clarke for East 15 Acting School. Balm and Gilead - Directed by Tony Bell for Northampton University. Coming Clean - Directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher - The King's Head Theatre. Hamlet - Directed by Rob Forknall - Changeling Theatre open air summer tour. Tesla - A Contemporary Theatre Practices devised piece for East 15 Acting School -The Alchemist Theatre Company. BU21 - Written by Stuart Slade - Kuleshov Theatre - Theatre 503 and later transferred to The Trafalgar Studios. Katzenmusik - Written by Tom Fowler, Directed by Chris Sonnex and Romana Flello - The Royal Court, Hamlet - Directed by Tony Bell - East 15 Acting School - Saint Mary Magdalene's Church, Jess has also been a workshop facilitator for The Royal Shakespeare Festival, Theatre of Entanglement, Directed by Cezanne Tegelberg, The Royal Theatre of Den Haag, The Netherlands. Selected acting credits are: Two Gentlemen of Verona; Julia, Changeling Theatre, directed by Rob Forknall. Liberation; Amber, Alchemist Theatre Company, directed by Luke Clarke. Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Changeling Theatre Company, directed by Rob Forknall. Beyond Caring, Becky, The Yard Theatre, directed by Alexander Zeldin. Sealand; Sarah, Arcola Theatre, directed by Luke Clarke. Doing The Idiots; Jessica, The National Theatre Studios, directed by Alexander Zeldin.

As a result of her career as an actor and movement director, Jess has a combined knowledge of text and movement. The culmination of this work emerged from an extension of LeCoq’s The Elements during her time at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She approached this through the collaboration of movement and poetry, with original writing by herself, Jess draws on Laban terminology and the influence of Chekhov's Psychological Gesture. 

In company with influences such as Rudolf Laban, Michael Chekhov and Jacques LeCoq, Jess is inspired by the work of Pina Bausch, whose words underpin the ethos of her work ; ‘I am not interested in how people move, but what moves them.’
Particularly interested in the connection between language and movement, Jess investigates the way turns of phrases, imagery and vocal sounds can evoke a physical reaction. Because of this, when working as a movement director, her work is rooted in the emotions, images, and sense of the text, allowing the movement to be intertwined in the story. Jess is interested in investigating how movement can inspire language and language can inspire movement.

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Tackling harassment and bullying at work

Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries

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Experience

  1. Movement Director

    KATZENMUSIK - The Royal Court · Apr 2017 - Aug 2017

  2. Movement Director

    Coming Clean - The King's’ Head Theatre · Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  3. Movement Director

    A Gym Thing - Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh · Aug 2017 - Aug 2017

  4. Movement Director

    HAMLET - Changeling Theatre · Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  5. Movement Director/ Co - Director

    HAMLET - East 15 Acting School - Tony Bell · May 2017 - Jun 2017

  6. Movement Director

    TESLA - Alchemist Theatre - East 15 Acting School · Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

  7. Movement Director

    BU21 - Kuleshov Theatre - Theatre 503 & Trafalgar Studios · Feb 2015 - Jan 2016

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Education and training

  1. Coronavirus basic awareness on production training

    ScreenSkills Test · Sept 2020

    ScreenSkills Funded

  2. Master of Arts Movement Directing and Teaching

    The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

  3. BA Hons - First Class Degree Acting and Contemporary Theatre

    East 15 Acting School · Sep 2009 - Jun 2012

Jess Tucker Boyd

Jess Tucker Boyd

Movement Director


Career stage:
Experienced

Freelance

Availability:
Available

Industries

  • Film
  • High-end TV


Download CV