Chi-San Howard

Chi-San is a Movement Director, Choreographer and Intimacy Director for Theatre, TV and Film with over a decade of experience.

Chi-San's work  specialises in creating and developing exciting and coherent movement languages and choreography for performance on both stage and screen. She provides movement support for both full scale productions and via 1-2-1 performance coaching.

Her work has been performed at leading arts venues and production houses including the Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, Royal Shakespeare Company, Old Vic, St Anne’s Warehouse (NYC), Donmar Warehouse, West End, Chichester Festival Theatre, Royal Exchange, Sheffield Crucible amongst many others as well as for A24 and HBO.

She is the Choreographer on the multi-Olivier Award winning British Musical (incl Best New Musical) - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which is currently transferring Off-Broadway to the Public Theatre, New York.

On screen she was Movement Coach to Leo Reich on Leo Reich:Literally Who Cares?!

As a Lecturer, Chi-San has taught at some of the country’s leading drama schools including RCSSD, LAMDA, ArtsEd and Guildhall. She regularly facilitates workshops and projects at the Young Vic, National Theatre and RCSSD. She also provides support and consultancy to DreamArts, an arts therapy charity operating within the borough of Westminster for families and children from low income backgrounds with limited access to the arts.  

Chi-San also works as a performance coach offering inclusive techniques towards confidence, body awareness and public presentation for both performers and non-performers. Most recently she worked with the Museum of London's tour guides and as a Guest Facilitator for Kanlungan UK who work with low paid migrant workers, leading workshops aimed at building and developing confidence.