About Abbie
Abbie is a contemporary dance artist originally from Norfolk. After graduating from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Abbie joined Stopgap through Northern School of Contemporary Dance’s Professional Placement Scheme in 2019. Continuing to work with Stopgap, Abbie has performed in productions for stage, outdoor, gallery and film. Including performing on the BBC for the Festival of Remembrance and being featured in a dance film that was awarded Best Dance Film at the Together Disability Arts Film Festival.
Abbie has also worked with Ascension Dance, Mercurial Dance, Turned On It’s Head and Scherzo Ensemble. Abbie blends her dance training with other skills, including Aerial Disciplines and Sign Spinning. She was part of the launch of Sign Spinning UK in March 2025.
During her vocational training, she performed works by choreographers such as Stephanie Schober, Struan Leslie, Sara Wookey, Sonia Rafferty and performed in the restaging of José Limón’s ‘A Choreographic Offering’ by Jacqueline Bulnes. Abbie had the opportunity to perform with Candoco's youth company and Magpie Dance for Co-Motion dance platform, which was choreographed by Luke Brown.
Past Perfromances . Past Perfromances . Past Perfromances . Past Perfromances . Past Perfromances . Past Perfromances .
Frock
Image by Kristina Timmermann
Stopgap - Dance Company
Six striking dancers collide in an uplifting dance riot accompanied by especially composed original music by Hannah Miller and Oli Austin of Moulettes.
Embody XR
Image by Will Hodson
Mercurial Dance
EmbodyXR® is an immersive, dance art game that uses physical movement and digital storytelling to reduce the impact of anxiety in young people.
The Other Side
Image by Andrew Moore
Ascension Dance
A highly physical outdoor performance that tackles the ideas of bridging differences and divides in order to all benefit. Watch the performers realise that the only way to succeed will be by finding a way to work together, support each other, and lift one another up.
The Delights
Image from Hoopla Festival Nottingham 2024
Discover a delightful world. Meet Bud and Buddy Delight, who wake from sleepy hibernation to discover a delightful, enticing world that has blossomed around them. Twirling, bouncing and leaping they invite children to join them in their dance to create an enchanted outdoor playground full of wonder, joy and sheer delight. A sensory dance performance for 0-4s and their grown-ups.
Festival of Remembrance 2023
Image from Auidence member via Instagram
Stopgap - Dance Company
Stopgap Dance Company presented a powerful dance performance of resilience and reinvention for BBC and Royal British Legion at the Festival of Remembrance 2023 at Royal Albert Hall. The performance saw the company reunite with the DJ duo Sigma, this time featuring Morgan to play ‘Adrenaline Rush’, which was accompanied by a full orchestra.
Beyond The Waves
Image by Callum Graham Robertson
Stopgap - Dance Company
Beyond the Waves is a site-specific dance work created by Chris Pavia during his tenure as the Artist in Residence at Watts Gallery in 2021.
Echoes Within The Earth
Image by Daria Agafonova
Stopgap - Dance Company
Following a call from deep below the earth, two lost travellers embark on a journey through the sights and sounds of nature.
The Creation (Haydn)
Image from Scherzo Ensemble
Scherzo Ensemble
The aim was to create a synergy between the influence of the music on movement, and the influence of movement on the music. It was in collaboration with Orpheus Sinfonia to deliver this project
Here And Where
Image by Chris Parkes
Stopgap - Dance Company
Capturing experiences of solitude, the loss felt through lockdown and fluctuating emotions on emerging back into a studio for a final time, Here & Where is an introspective celebration of the four dancers’ achievements.