![[ID: Abbie, a short and compact white standing dancer. She is in a diagonal back bend leaning towards her right. With one arm wrapped around the front of her body and her left arm reaching up behind her head. She is wearing a light high-necked top with dark green suit trousers. Abbie has wavy/curly light brown hair just above her shoulders, that is tied half-up with large wispy hair bits flying away.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46360a_9109287c4e3d4daf9f225ce2ac9789fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_356,h_474,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/46360a_9109287c4e3d4daf9f225ce2ac9789fd~mv2.jpg)
![[ID: In a wooden-floored studio. Side on to the image, Abbie is in a moment of moving on in a low position with bent knees on the floor. Her hands behind her pushing her forwards. Abbie wears a plain shirt layer on top of a striped long sleeve and black joggers with a grey jumper lighted around her waist. Her hair is tied half up half down with wispy hair bits flying away. Blurred in the background as people sitting watching on large wooden steps.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46360a_8b37401589c0452cb48909af142218df~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_288,h_192,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/46360a_8b37401589c0452cb48909af142218df~mv2.jpg)
About Abbie
Abbie is an emerging artist. She is a patient, full of energy contemporary dancer, who excels at creating quirky and detailed movement. Her own practice is driven by the enjoyment of movement. Abbie works with improvisation, Laban movement principles and primarily strives for her practice to be inclusive.
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Abbie has been dancing with Stopgap Dance Company since 2019. Beginning as an apprentice dancer through Northern School of Contemporary Dance postgraduate apprenticeship scheme. During her time with the company she worked with choreographers such as Chris Pavia, Maria Koliopoulou, Lucy Bennett and Siobhan Hayes.
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Abbie relishes in her own projects being research-based, her recent projects have included exploring the relationship between the audience and humour in contemporary dance and investigating how Laban's theories can be incorporated into inclusive practice. Find out more here.​
![[ID: A black and white photo of Abbie and Kat in a moment of duet together. On the left, Kat tilts her head back, looking up smiling. Her right hand prepped on the rim of the right wheel of her black wheelchair Kat has short buzzed hair and wears a checkered shirt. On the right Abbie, a standing dancer, is in a deep side bend towards the Kat of the image as from the corner of her eye she looks up. Abbie wears a plain t-shirt with a long striped t-shirt beneath and black joggers.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46360a_999ba60a953f4798b9325c362c2719f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_291,h_194,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/46360a_999ba60a953f4798b9325c362c2719f3~mv2.jpg)
![[ID: This image is a close up still of Abbie, taken from a low angle. Abbie is moving directly towards the camera. Her arms are out wide as she looks down towards the camera. She is wearing a light high-necked top with dark green suit trousers. Her hair is Her hair is tied half up half down with large wispy hair bits flying away.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46360a_8a37c992d54b496bba9fd39a44aefdcf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_330,h_440,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/46360a_8a37c992d54b496bba9fd39a44aefdcf~mv2.jpg)
'[Abbie has] an excellent
control of [her] body movement and has the physical power, precision and charisma to hold the attention of the audience'
- Ellen Van Schuylenburch, 2019
![[ID: A still black and white photo of dancers Abbie and Sander in a duet. They are in a studio space, other dancers sit and observe on wooden steps in the background. Abbie is on the floor on her knees, she is in a back bend, her left elbow pointed upwards. Sander, has a hand on their left wheel of their wheelchair and their other arm raised mirroring the bend of Abbie‘s elbow, Sander looks down towards her on the floor.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46360a_6f6d5fb42fc44fad9142db1276546b5b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_322,h_210,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/46360a_6f6d5fb42fc44fad9142db1276546b5b~mv2.png)
![[ID: A still image with a white filter. In a bright open studio, Abbie is in the centre of the image. She is in a balance whilst tilting sideways, with her top arm extend up to the side of her body. There are other dancers in the background also in a similar position.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46360a_b490eff89361460baf1de14623fc8f14~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_323,h_266,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/46360a_b490eff89361460baf1de14623fc8f14~mv2.jpg)
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Row 1: Becca Hunt
Row 2: Chris Parkes
Row 3: Becca Hunt
Row 4:Chris Parkes and Deborah Jaffe
Row 5: James Keates
(JK Photography)
Website Images Credits
![[ID: On a black stage. In the centre of the photo Abbie’s body is facing the diagonal as she is looking and pointing to her left. She has slightly bent knees and on the balls of her feet. She is wearing all black with a lightweight black jacket, sipped up. She has punk make-up on with her hair all on one side. In the background is a dancer wearing red wide legged trousers with their arms twisted in front of them.]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/46360a_6d3e875535f34a1c9a0bab33eab1e97a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_314,h_471,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/46360a_6d3e875535f34a1c9a0bab33eab1e97a~mv2.jpg)
