Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work.

This aided in the execution of movement exactly how Siobhan Davies wanted it. Davies saw choreography as being self-exploration believed in her dancers' individual inner impules. She enjoys using certain sounds instead of pieces of music and then Siobhan Davies adds them together.

Her works White Man Sleeps and Wyoming have been included on the dance GCE A-Level syllabus. First training in art Davies was one of the first year's intake of full-time students at the London School of Contemporary Dance.