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Jo Goodwin

Jo Goodwin

Choreographer and Movement Director working in musical theatre. Known for choreography on West End and regional theatre productions including Kiss of the Spider Woman, My Fair Lady, and An Officer and a Gentleman.

Jul 8, 2026

17:46
You came in year nine as well.
17:49
Why, how, what? So when I was 11, like the natural, like my dance school, my local dance school was looking back now, how lucky my mum stumbled across this local dance school.
18:00
So I had people basically when you got to like 11 or 12, like our ballet teacher, Marie Humphries would kind of be like, She'd speak to the parents who she thought that, you know, the kids would have a future or they should go at 11 or they should go at 16.
18:14
So, and you know, Julie Bowers, Julie Bowers, I used to private lessons with her and she said to my mom, oh, Jo should audition for the schools, not the ballet schools because I don't have good turnout and I don't have any Achilles.
18:30
And I never, like literally, good for jumps, but not for a plié.
18:35
And I never wanted to be a ballerina.
18:37
I always wanted to be in musical theatre.

22 MINS LATER

41:07
Straight away, are you already interested in the other side of the table or are you just living your best showgirl life? How is your brain?

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