Libby Ward is a dancer, researcher and teacher based between Belgium and the UK. After completing a BA in Dance at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (RCA), she worked as a freelancer in the contemporary dance and theatre field for several years. After the pandemic she returned to RCA to attain a master's in dance, for which she created and performed her own work ‘Split Mountain – Thoughts on being more than one’. This project was awarded the PlayRight+ Prize and later on the piece’s performative writing was published in the first issue of Mutter Magazine.
Libby has worked with various companies and choreographers including Anastassya Savitsky, Romeo Castellucci, Damien Jalet and Moonstein amongst others. Alongside her performance experience, Libby has regularly taught for a variety of courses and organisations. From 2021, she teaches the bachelor Dance and the Educational Master Music and Performing Arts specialisation Dance students.