I am sure many of you can connect and identify, as I did, with what Vicky describes in this podcast about how she was struggling with her lack of confidence, how that got in the way of many opportunities that were presented to her and how she managed to overcome those obstacles in very concrete ways with very specific tools.In this 8th episode of the 2nd season, we talk with Victoria Hoyland (UK) . Vicky has collaborated and worked with numerous companies including Hofesh Shechter Company, Barebones, James Wilton Dance Company, Robert Clark and Riccardo Buscarini. Since 2013 she has been working in Switzerland with Cie 7273 and as assistant and dancer with Cie Alias. From 22' 40" you can hear what her class will be like in detail. But before that, do not miss the other themes we talked about in this very insightful conversation:how to serve the work you are performing by not forgetting who you are but by choosing what it needs each timehow a professional dance career and studying for a degree in Ostepathy, can complement each other.Why dancers can continue dancing for longer And what the role of dance and dance artists will be in the futureA few quotes from our conversation: "Although I did well in the work and I love the work, and they really appreciated me as a performer… I think my lack of confidence in the studio was probably one of the reasons why I wasn’t able to continue with the company""I couldn’t hide behind my dancing , I had to be really exposed in a completely different way that I was used to""You allow the piece to work through you and you have some control over or in it. Your own live experience and emotions will arise but it is allowing them to filter through in a way that serves the piece" "Dance serves the osteopathy as a very useful way to embody your patience… you are so used to your body and sensations that when people describe things or how things happen, it is so easy to put yourself in their position. That really helps with the empathy and the understanding and already that kind of connection can help with the treatment approach."Join her classes the w/c 1st of March 2021 as part of the TWV Academyhttps://twvonline.academy/Victoria graduated with a BA Hons degree in 2008 from NSCD. Upon graduation she joined the Hofesh Shechter Company as an apprentice touring “ In Your Rooms” and went on to join the company for the creation of “The Art of Not Looking Back” in 2009. She has since collaborated with choreographers and company’s balletLORENT, VanHuyhn Company, Barebones, James Wilton Dance Company, Jorge Crecis, James Finnemore and Robert Clark. In 2012 she was a creative dancer in The Place Prize winning piece “Athletes” by Riccardo Buscarini. Since 2013 she has worked in Geneva Switzerland with Cie 7273 and as assistant and dancer for Cie Alias. Alongside her dance career Victoria trained as an Osteopath at the British School of Osteopathy graduating in 2017.Support the showSupport the show HERE

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