Amaia Mugica is a director, movement director, somatic educator and performer with expertise in physical theatre and movement for actors. She holds an MA in Movement: directing and teaching from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (UK). Currently, she is a Professional Doctorate student at UEL (University of East London) and she works in the intersection between physical theatre and somatic movement.Amaia is interested in intersectionality and ethnography, devising, audible minorities, migrants and women's experiences within the performing arts field. Her work has been seen in various performing arts settings, such as Guildhall, All In Actors, The Cockpit Theatre, London College of Music, Arcola Theatre, RCSSD, IDSA, ALRA, WAC and Hackney Shed to name a few. Amaia has worked internationally in countries such as Spain, the UK, Australia, Mexico, Germany,  and the USA.

Specialism: Creative Labs, Developmental Movement Education, Devising, Documentary, Movement for Actors, Moving Image, Physical Theatre, Practitioner Lab, Somatic, Theatre