Holly Thomas
Holly is a UK based dance artist, choreographer, performer and creative consultant, with a specialism in inclusive choreography and embodied audio-description for dance and live performance.
Worked on
MyWorld - Strength in Places
Watershed is excited to be a partner in MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol that will celebrate the West of England's reputation as an international trailblazer in creative technology and screen-based media.I have been working professionally, both nationally and internationally, since 2000. In my creative practice I explore the often uncharted territory of dance and visual impairment and the aesthetics of choreography from a non-visual perspective.
I work with somatic and contemporary dance methods and techniques, exploring the subtleties of these practices and how they might be reimagined within the context of inclusive dance making and performance.
Alongside my dance work I provide creative audio description consultancy, and work as an educator, visiting lecturer and inclusive dance practitioner.
I am currently developing Half Light, a dance work using spoken word, poetic audio description and sensory choreography, drawing on my lived experience of visual impairment to inform the development of the work. It explores sensory perception and our relationship to the natural world during twilight, dusk and absolute night.
https://hollythomasdance.co.uk/projects/half-light/