Anna Seymour

Australian

Anna Seymour is a Deaf dancer and actor based in London.

Anna stars in the groundbreaking, all-deaf, thriller “Retreat” (see Variety article in link).

Anna trained in contemporary dance at Deakin University in Melbourne and has worked with different choreographers and companies as well as creating her own work. Anna began her acting career in Melbourne with Deafferent Theatre and ABC TV comedy series Get Krack!n.  

Anna moved to London in 2020 to dance with Candoco Dance Company, an international dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Dancing in a revival of Trisha Brown’s Set and Reset at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and winning a Bessie Award for Outstanding Revival has been an immense career highlight.

Anna recently appeared in The Vagina Monologues with Deafinitely Theatre, and performed the lead in The Promise, a Lyric Hammersmith / Birmingham Rep / Deafinitely Theatre co-production.

Anna has been touring her work, SPIN, an interactive dance rave performance event guided by three Deaf hosts and a DJ in Germany, the UK and Australia.

Anna is also a keen hiker, an aspiring martial arts fighter (and dreams of being a stuntwoman someday) and is fluent in Australian Sign Language and British Sign Language as well as English.

Native Accent: English, Sign Language (British)
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