Sharon Watson

CEO and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (UK), London Contemporary Dance School

Sharon Watson MBE is the current CEO and Principal of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Sharon was one of the first female Principal Dancers invited to join the all-male award-winning Phoenix Dance Company, whom she toured with from 1989 to 1997. Sharon returned to Phoenix Dance Company in 2009 as the new Artistic Director. In 2010; during her tenure at Phoenix Dance Theatre; Sharon was named as one of the Cultural Leadership Programme’s ‘Women to Watch’, a list of 50 influential women working in arts and culture in the UK. Sharon has been at Northern School of Contemporary Dance since 2020 and is their fourth principal.