olga kay
dance artist
FORMAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION
2012 – 2015 • Performing Arts Studio Scotland, Edinburgh
BA (Hons) in Dance
2019 February – April • Sunshine Yoga, Edinburgh
Yoga Teacher Training
CPD
2019 • August • Águeda, Portugal
Move / professional intensives /
• Joana Lopes (Tai Chi)
• Malgorzata Sus (Contemporary Dance)
• Winston Reynolds (Microbatics)
• Matt Mulligan (Zen Acrobatics)
• Anthony Middleton (Yoga; Inversions)
• Lucia Afonso (Capoeira)
• Ana de Albuquerque (Improvisation; Choreography)
2018 • November • Edinburgh
Moving Through Acrobatics / three day workshop /
• Emily Nicholl (Floorwork)
• Gabbie Cook (Floorwork and Acrodance)
• Nat Whittingham (Acrodance)
2018 • September • Edinburgh
Gaga dancers / three day workshop /
2018 • July • Deltebre, Spain
Deltebre Dansa / professional intensives/
• Milan Herich (Flying Low)
• Alexandros Anastasiadis (Organic Acrobatics)
• Francisco Córdova (Floorwork)
• Alexander Vantournhout (Acrodance)
2018 • February • Edinburgh
Moving Through Acrobatics / three day workshop /
• Emily Nicholl (Floorwork)
• Gabbie Cook (Floorwork and Acrodance)
• Nat Whittingham (Acrodance)
2017 • July • Budapest, Hungary
IDW Budapest / professional intensives /
• David Miko (Floorwork)
• Ellie Tass (Improvisation)
• Natalia Iwaniec (Gaga)
• Peter Juhasz (Floorwork)
• Marilena Dara (Floorwork and JV2 Rep)
2017 • July • Figueres, Spain
Agitart: Figueres es mou / professional intensives /
• Guy Nader (Falling and Rolling)
• Elia Lopez (Floorwork)
• Tomislav English (Functional Movement)
• Sharon Friedman (Partnering)
• Joan Cleville (Improvisation)
2016 • September
EAAC: Edinburgh Aerial and Acro Convention / workshops /
• Mele Broomes (Floor acrobatics and Acrodance)
• Ali Stanger (Handbalancing)
2016 • July • Figueres, Spain
Agitart: Figueres es mou / professional intensives /
• Guy Nader (Falling and Rolling)
• Sara Sguotti (Floorwork)
• Natalia Iwaniec (Gaga)
YOUTH DANCE
Performance and intensive workshops at festivals:
2011 • XV New Prague Dance Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 • XIV New Prague Dance Festival • Prague, Czech Republic
2009 • 22. Edition Barcelona Dance Award • Girona, Spain
2008 • Dancing on the Edge Festival • Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007 • No World Dance Cup • St. Polten, Austria
2007 • Global Education Festival • Sanremo, Italy
Featured as dancer in full length productions:
2010 • So Tough...
A coming of age exploration of transition between adolescence and adulthood.
2008 • Warehouse 2084
Exploring the concept of mass surveillance inspired by the novel 1984.
2007 • Alegria
Inspired by Cirque du Soleil and magical realism, this show tells the stories of an imaginary small town's interpersonal turmoils.
2006 • Music Call
Inspired by Fosse, a behind-the-scenes exploration of the life of an imaginary dance company.
ARTISTIC PROJECTS
2019 • October • Edinburgh Multicultural Festival
Impromptu – live performance by Olga Kay (movement) and Atzi Muramatsu (movement and cello).
2019 • September • Summerhall, Edinburgh
May I Please Leave the Table – R&D led by movement director Ana Norrie Toch
2018 • June • Whitespace, Edinburgh
Duvet Day – live performance by C&O Dance, supported by grant award from NHS Lothian and CAPs Independent Advocacy
2018 • June • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
Flow – residency and performance with Maria Donohue (pianist) and Rebecca Gibson (visual artist)
2018 • May • Lily Island Films, North Uist
Mara – short film directed by Uisdean Murray, featuring as a selkie (dancer)
2017 • October • Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, Edinburgh
Duvet Day – R&D period with C&O Dance supported by grant award from NHS Lothian, CAPs Independent Advocacy and Summerhall Artist Development Programme
2017 • July • uDance on Screen Festival by One Dance UK
Sandbox by C&O Dance featured in the programme
2017 • June • The Canons' Gait, Edinburgh
Something Smashing – Music and Dance Improvisation Performances, featured as a performer
2017 • February • Dancebase, Edinburgh
In Partnership: Being and Moving Together – residency and performance led by Tony Mills
2017 • February • Edinburgh Student Arts Festival
Duvet Day – live performance by C&O Dance
2016 • October • Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival
Sandbox – video installation by C&O Dance
2016 • June • Cramond, Edinburgh
Sandbox – site specific performance by C&O Dance
2016 • April • West Kilbride
Sandbox – site specific movement research film by C&O Dance in collaboration with Haley Canter (filmmaker)
2015 • Dּecember • Nitekirk, Edinburgh
Journeying – Durational duet performance by C&O Dance
2015 • July • St. Columba's, Edinburgh
Fields – R&D and filming led by choreographer Merav Israel
2015 • May • Edinburgh and Glasgow
Shadow Artist with CMDT – Selected as shadow artist by Emma Jayne Park, artistic director of Cultured Mongrel Dance Theatre for R&D of Status Anxiety and Thinking in the First Person
2015 • April • Shapes Studios, Edinburgh
Work in Progress – R&D supported by yDance with dance artist Emma Smith
2015 • April • Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Rhythmic Structures – R&D and performance with visual artist Julie Duffy, Nominated for Creative Edinburgh Award 2015
2015 • February • Dancebase • (Edinburgh, UK)
Non-fiction dance – R&D with choreographer Ellen Bartel
CHOREOGRAPHIC R&D
2017 • Duvet Day
A piece in collaboration with dance artist Claire Pritchard. Researching the narrative of a depressive episode. Featured in Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival twice and supported by NHS Lothian "A Sense of Belonging" Arts Programme, CAPs Mental Health Advocacy and Summerhall Artist Development Programme. Mentorship by Debbie Allan.
2016 • Sandbox
Site specific movement exploration in collaboration with dance artist Claire Pritchard, looking at togetherness and loneliness on various levels. Featured in Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and uDance on Screen Festival.
2014 • Untitled
Researching the emergence of a theme without predefined choices through playing with the work of Kandinsky as a stimulus for movement and creative process. BA final year choreographic project. Mentorship Eth Lashley.
2014 • Exploritis
Exploring the intersection of contemporary dance and functional movement through naturalistic and tribal movement. Second year choreographic project.
2013 • Know–ledge
Questioning the nature of national identity. Exploring the way in which language carries innate meanings. First year choreographic project.
TEACHING / SUB TEACHING
2019 • Dancebase, Edinburgh
Yoga / substitute teacher /
2019 • Sunshine Yoga, Edinburgh
Yoga / substitute teacher /
2019 • Sacred Heart Centre, Edinburgh
Release / Floorwork
2019 • Theiya Arts, Edinburgh
Release / Floorwork
2019 • Room to Move, Edinburgh
Release / Floorwork
2015 • Step It Up, Edinburgh
Creative dance
2013 • St. Augustine's High School, Edinburgh
Contemporary / Creative dance
2013 • Estudio de danza María Antonia Mas, Palma de Mallorca
Contemporary dance / Creative dance