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Angela Towler
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Angela Towler

Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1974
About MeContemporary dancer Angela Towler credits Aberdeen as the place which has given her the “grounding, perspective and focus” to achieve outstanding success in her career.
Born in Aberdeen, she attended Peterculter Primary School and Cults Academy, and went on to graduate from the London Contemporary Dance School in 1995. She danced with the Rambert Dance Company before becoming Rambert’s rehearsal director and
choreographer.

Her many accolades include a Theatrical Management Association award for Achievement in Dance and appearing 25th in The List’s ‘Top 100 Most Influential Scots’. She has choreographed for television, and in 2011 was nominated for the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Female Performance.

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