TWISTS AND TURNS

Holly Doyle took the road less travelled to find her place at Sydney Dance Company, discovers Geraldine Higginson.

– GERALDINE HIGGINSON

When I meet Holly Doyle late one afternoon, she has spent a full day in class and rehearsals at Sydney Dance Company’s iconic studios. Artistic director Rafael Bonachela has started choreographing Ocho, a new work that will form part of the “Orb” program opening in Sydney at the beginning of May, and choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung (the artistic director of Taiwan’s Cloud Gate 2) is soon to arrive. He will be creating a new work called Full Moon for the “Orb” program. Meanwhile the dancers are rehearsing some more familiar works in preparation for a season at the Joyce Theatre in New York. Despite being physically tired after a strenuous day, Doyle is happy to talk about her dance training and somewhat unusual pathway to a professional career with Sydney Dance…

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Dance Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, April/May 2017

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