Kate Holden
Associate Artist
Award winning dance artist Kate Holden has had the pleasure of interpreting the works of many esteemed Canadian choreographers, including Kate Alton, Marc Boivin, CORPUS, Mélanie Demers, Robert Desrosiers, David Earle, Sylvain Émard, Sasha Ivanochko, James Kudelka, Laurence Lemieux, Emily Molnar, Andrea Nann, Yvonne Ng and ProArteDanza; with performances across North America, France, Britain, Holland, and Singapore. She spent five seasons as a company member of Dancemakers under the direction of Michael Trent and was also a dancer with the Danny Grossman Dance Company for two seasons. Kate received her formal training at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre and for many years called Tkaronto home.
With colleague Kate Franklin, Kate founded first things first productions to commission and produce new contemporary dance works by Canadian choreographers. The company facilitated the creation and production of 10 new dance works from 2007-2013. Their 2013 production with a trace received ten Dora Mavor Moore nominations.
Kate’s practice as a dance artist is influenced by her work as a Cranial Sacral Therapist and Reflexologist and her role as a mother to two young children. She continues to follow her curiosity for finding ease and pleasure in an expansive moving body.
Kate recently relocated to Mi’kma’ki/Nova Scotia where she plays, learns and works by the Pijinuiskaq (Lahave River). She is loving getting to know her new surroundings and community.
Kate’s repertoire with Peggy Baker Dance Projects includes Brahms Waltzes, move, coalesce, Night Garden, land | body | breath, locus plot, Phase Space, Portal and who we are in the dark. Kate was appointed Artistic Associate on April 1 2019.