Aby Watson
Dr. Aby Watson is a neuroqueer artist, choreographer, performer, academic & activist working across contemporary performance and knowledge exchange. With special interests in stimming, sensuality, ritual, and consciousness, Aby’s playful, stimulating choreographic sensibility explores non-neuronormative potentials in dance through rhythm, repetition, multisensoriality and togetherness. She works nationally and internationally, taking her work to Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin, Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Southbank Centre, Sophiensaele, and Tramway, amongst others. Aby trained in Contemporary Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she also earned a PhD in partnership with the University of St Andrews, “Disordering Dance: Neuroqueering a Choreographic Practice,” which explores non-neuronormative approaches to making and experiencing dance. Aby founded the Scottish Neurodiverse Performance Network, an emergent organisation supporting neurodivergent creatives working with/in performance across Scotland.