Janis Claxton (6 October 1964 – 7 September 2018) was an Australian choreographer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Claxton started dance training in Brisbane at the age of 3, and went on to gain a BA in Performing Arts (Contemporary Dance) at Queensland University of Technology. As a young dancer, she worked with Erick Hawkins, whom she continually cited as an influence and upon whose techniques she built much of her practice. In 2003 she formed Janis Claxton Dance in Bristol, then moved to Scotland in 2005. In 2008 her Herald Angel Award-winning Enclosure 44-Humans, part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, involved her and other dancers in a site-specific work at Edinburgh Zoo where they performed for 11 days in an animal enclosure. Since 2009 Claxton spent much of her time in China performing, teaching and working on cultural projects. More information...
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