Janet has been Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre since 1997 and has created 5 works for the company - Playfall (1998), Song of Songs (1999), Still (1999), Highland (2001) and Forty Minutes (2004). In Spring 2006, Janet co-directed MONKEY, a hugely successful first collaboration between Dundee Rep Ensemble and SDT. She has also recently restaged Chiaroscuro and Touching Zulu for the company. Janet began her dance and drama training at Dartington College of Arts and continued dance studies in the US where she created and toured 2 solo programmes before forming Janet Smith and Dancers. The company toured nationally and internationally for over 12 years - visiting Europe, the Middle and Far East. She has worked as a freelance performer with London Contemporary Dance Theatre and Rosemary Butcher (amongst others) and has worked internationally choreographing for companies including The Playhouse Company (South Africa), Batsheva (Israel), Cisne Negra (Brazil) and Dance Theatre of Freiburg (Germany). Janet created children's works for English National Ballet and Janet Smith and Dancers and also worked in opera and theatre including the RSC. Janet's work concerns people, culture, community and identity. She works collaboratively, drawing inspiration from individual dancers as well as the world around her.