Francesca Matthys is a South African Theatremaker, Dance & Movement Artist, Writer, Arts Facilitator and Kundalini Yoga Teacher based in London. Her practice is interdisciplinary, rooted in movement, text, collaboration, community and ancestral connections.
Francesca has collaborated with esteemed artists in dance theatre, theatre/ film in South Africa and abroad and has produced her own work for festivals across South Africa.
Matthys’s writing is published in Creative Feel Magazine, EduConnect, ODD Magazine and Dance Art Journal. Her recent full length play ‘The Collector’ is to be published in South Africa.
In 2021 Francesca completed the MA Creative Practice: Dance Professional degree (distinction) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where she was a recipient of The Leverhulme Trust Scholarship & Gill Clarke Bursary. Matthys in collaboration with a team, has recently also been awarded funding by the British Council’s Cultural Exchange Programme. She currently an Associate Artist for Theatre Rites.
