DirtyFeet acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation the traditional owners of the land and waters upon which we dance.
Holly Craig
Holly Craig is an emerging vision impaired dancer, performing artist and maker. In 2017 Holly began developing her practice, collaborating with Sarah Houbolt, Kristina Chan and Adelina Larson on practice based research exploring how vision impaired people learn dance. Since this time, Holly has engaged in masterclasses with Amrita Hepi, Vicky Malin, and Marrugeku; and has thrice participated in DirtyFeets’ Choreographic lab program; working with Elle Evangelista, Emily Flannery and Gabriela Green-Olea.
In 2018-19, Holly engaged in two residencies at PYT Fairfield and an additional residency at The Abbotsford Convent. In 2019, Holly engaged in intensives with Linda Luke, Elle Evangelista, Caroline Bowditch and Luke Pell. She was also a part of Constant Relay at ReadyMade works, through which she began developing a method of using sound to map and navigate space.
Hollys’ credits include the award winning ‘Dignity Of Risk’ (ATYP, 2017), ‘Do-Ability Divas’ (Sydney Fringe Festival, 2018), ‘Behind The Scenes’ (Shopfront Arts, 2019), ‘The Experts’, (Crack Festival, 2019), and work in development ‘Mobility Geometries’ (Abbotsford Convent, 2019). She is currently collaborating on the creation of Riana Head-Toussaints’ work ‘Very Excellent Disabled Dancing’ which will premiere this March as part of the 2020 Keir Choreographic Award season.
