Claira Vaughan

Guest Artist

Claira is a choreographer, dance facilitator, associate director and movement director for stage, screen and large-scale events. Claira is the creator and Artistic Director of Rumour Mill Cabaret and POD – Post Olympic Dance. She is a workshop leader for ‘Connections’ at the National Theatre.

Theatre credits as Choreographer: Teenage Dick (Donmar Warehouse), Working (Sharjah Performing Arts Acadamy), The Beautiful Game, Spongebob the Musical, The Wedding Singer, Disney’s Freaky Friday, Lysistrata Jones (Arts Educational), Flashdance (Italia Conti), The Prince and The Pauper (The Watermill Theatre), The Goodbye Girl (The Gatehouse), See What I Want to See (Jermyn Street Theatre).

Theatre credits as Associate Choreographer/Director: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Criterion Theatre/Kiln Theatre), People, Places & Things (UK tour), A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre), Botticelli in the Fire (Hampstead Theatre), Venice Preserved (RSC). Film and television as Choreographer: The History of a Pleasure Seeker (Disney+), Pennyworth (S1–3) (Warner Bros), The Great (S 1–3) (HBO/Channel 4), Lady Chatterley’s Lover, GameFace (Channel 4), Breathless (ITV), Theres Something About Movies (Sky), Strictly Come Dancing (BBC).

Film and Television as Associate Choreographer/Movement Director: Saltburn (Warner Bros), The Crown (S4-6) (Netflix), Bohemian Rhapsody (Warner Bros), The Little Stranger (Pathe). Large scale choreography and movement: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (Windsor Castle), Lego VIDIYO World Tour, London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies (London), Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies including audition tour (Russia), Saudi Cup (Queens Park FC), FA Cup Final – Opening Ceremony 2018 (Wembley Stadium) and Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 (Azerbaijan).

Choreographer