Claire Henderson Davis

Claire Henderson Davis is a dancer/choreographer, theologian and Gestalt therapist. Her work, in all its forms, explores the nature of human flourishing. Her performance work brings together artists from different fields, often involving collaboration between professionals and non-professionals. She is particularly interested in how we inhabit our bodies in the everyday, and her work focuses on developing new forms of participation and audience engagement. As a theologian, Claire is rooted in the Christian tradition while working to articulate a vision of God that redresses the imbalance of Christianity in relation to the divine feminine and sexuality. Over the years, she has come to understand her own vocation in terms of priestly calling. She has been particularly inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change, Laudato Si, leading to her latest performance project, All Creation Waits.

Claire is also the author of After the Church: Divine Encounter in a Sexual Age (Canterbury Press, 2007), an autobiographical coming to terms with her radical, Roman Catholic upbringing, and a re-imagining of the Christian tradition in contemporary language.