Diana Loosmore
Diana trained at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia where she toured and performed before moving to London. Diana’s performance career spans 20 years performing internationally with Alston, James, Bonachela, Bruce, and Douglas, joining Scottish Ballet as a soloist in 2003 under Ashley Page. Diana danced many of his works alongside Alston, Petronio, Davies, Forsythe, Spink, Ashton, Brown, Pastor, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa, Lawrance and Bourne. Diana received a Herald Angel award for excellence during the Edinburgh Festival in 2005.
Diana’s choreographic career began under Ashley Page at Scottish Ballet with her first work Sirocco, premiering in 2006, following that she was awarded the Peter Darrell Choreographic Award for Chasing Ghosts, which was performed at the Peter Darrell Gala, and as part of the Scottish Ballet’s Autumn Season in 2007. Diana was then commissioned to create Lull in 2008 for Scottish Ballet.
In 2013 Diana created Astray for YDance and in 2015 Creative Scotland supported Diana with High Heart Dance Company and Daniel’s Beard Musicians to create Fray for an evening at the Cottiers Dance Festival performed again in 2016. Diana has worked as a Mentor and facilitated in professional dancer development programmes, taught the Scottish Ballet Associates, The Dance School of Scotland and the Scottish Ballet Company.
Diana was involved in the development of the BA Modern Ballet programme in 2009 and since has worked as a Lecturer on the programme teaching contemporary, repertoire, choreography, and improvisation. Completing her Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Arts Education in 2016. Diana is also a fully qualified Gyrotonic instructor. Diana has created many works for the BA Modern Ballet graduating students over many years, she had the pleasure of collaborating with Ballet Divertimento in Montreal in 2019 for the exchange program.
For the graduating year of 2024, Diana has enjoyed creating and collaborating with the students on Emerge.