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Kate Holden is an award winning Dance Artist, Craniosacral and Reflexology Therapist, and Mother, currently living and working in Toronto. Kate brings the synergies of creation, play, caring, on-going learning and healing to her work as Associate Artist with Peggy Baker Dance Projects, her healing practice, and the raising of two emotionally intelligent children.
A piece of advice I would give to my younger creative self would be…. “You are not defined by this one thing and it alone will not make you happy. I struggled to understand myself outside of my work as a dance artist, and in some ways, really wanted to be defined by it. I strived for my dance life; was sometimes consumed by my dance life. It wasn’t until I was much older that I found a more complex and grounded happiness. For many years, I put off other interests, endeavours, and serious romantic relationships, in an effort to try and build my career as a dancer; not realizing that all these other aspects feed and nourish each other and actually make me a much happier person.
Building a resilient happiness and sense of well being with my kids and my Husband is a kind of creative work. It is mundane, joyful and brutally hard at times, and has been one of my greatest teachers. For me, dancing has always been about connecting to a deeper sense of self and energetically sharing with other people, opening possibilities for learning and experiencing something more. I now bring this curiosity and desire for connection to my life in a more multifaceted way.”