Lydia Swift is a Dance Artist and Choreographer based in South East London. She graduated from BA Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban  Conservatoire in 2021. Her past works include a collaborative commission for the Whitechapel gallery, facilitation on dance films with Webb-Ellis and Lucy Suggate presented at the Jerwood Gallery and Whitstable Biennale,  and site specific collaborations with artist Darren Nixon. She has performed around the UK at venues such as cafe OTO, The Albany Theatre, The Bonnie Bird Theatre, Bermondsey Project Space and Siobhan Davies Studio and abroad, including in Finland and Northern Ireland. Her interests lie in interdisciplinary practice, in particular performance, neuroscience and philosophy. Lydia is a current member of the Next Artist Collective at Siobhan Davies Dance and is studying MA Expanded Dance Practice at London Contemporary Dance School. She also works as a Librarian and Archivist at a Dance specialist Library.