Since graduating from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Esme has developed a creative practice revolving around improvisational scores and character work, taking huge influence from music and film. Her aim is to open up an emotional dialogue between audience and performer, be it one of grief, anger, joy, all tied together by an aspect of funk, sex and tragedy.

Esme’s work leans into her background in classical and contemporary dance, favouring physicality and a synergy between movement and music. Esme has a desire to create work that reflects the vulnerability and complexity of the world today: there is realism to her practice, as well as playful over-exaggeration and caricature. The result is work that asks its viewer to question their moral compass between moments of laughter and lightheartedness.

Esme has worked alongside Producer Callum Holt on her latest choreographic project ‘Where Do i Put The Anger?’. The work has undergone its first period of research and development, involving 8 artists in the fields of both contemporary dance and theatre. This R&D was supported by The Middle Floor, Leeds. Esme is in the process of applying for funding through Arts Council England.

Esme was selected for Young Choreographers 2024/25 with Pavilion Dance South West. She is exploring choreographic methods and theories with artists Theo Clinkard and Vidya Patel between November 2024 and February 2025.

Most recently, Esme was commissioned to choreograph a solo in collaboration with sculptor Mandy Long and photographer Stephen Cole for the premier of their exhibition Fragments (2025). Esme is keen to revisit the solo ‘Untitled’ (2025) at a later date and explore this partnership further in future.