Director Artist Educator
I am an award-winning director, scholar, educator, cinematographer and interdisciplinary artist. I am based in Scotland, working here and worldwide.
On this website, I share information about my art, films, workshops, mentoring and writing - projects past, present and future.
Please do be in touch for further information or to discuss working together.
EXPERIENCE SENSITIVITY IMAGINATION
About Katrina
Katrina creates screen-based artworks where performance, body and landscape meet, inviting audiences into richly embodied cinematic experiences.
Alongside her artistic practice, Katrina directs, produces and shoots documentary films and spent 15 years making arts and factual entertainment programmes for UK broadcast television.
A much sought-after lecturer and mentor, Katrina has taught world-wide and has initiated and facilitated numerous workshops, courses and symposia.
She brings a wealth of experience, sensitivity, imagination and adaptability to all her projects.
A STEP BY STEP GUIDE
The Book - Making Video Dance
Katrina McPherson’s Making Video Dance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dance for the Screen is a groundbreaking workbook that takes readers through every stage of the process of making screendance, blending artistic insight with practical and technical guidance. First published by Routledge in 2006, it was updated with a second edition in 2019.
“…timely and very exciting … a long overdue essential for the dance world.”
Lea Anderson, choreographer.
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