Katie adams gossage: archival project

Katie Adams Gossage reflects on her own experiences of being an independent dancer while reading the responses from the ‘Yearbook Survey of Dance’ filled out by Dancemakers in 1976 for the 2024 Archival Project.

Katie Adams-Gossage (she/her) is a dance artist originally from Montreal, now collaborating, creating, performing, and leading in Toronto. She feels most at home in her personal practice: an improvisational universe that integrates contemporary techniques with introspection, composition, honesty, and exchange. She is committed to a holistic dance philosophy and consequently centres education, performance, process, relationships, and social context in equal measure. 

Her interests in history, production, and pedagogy have garnered Adams-Gossage roles as a production associate with Dancetheatre David Earle, rehearsal assistant with Rock Bottom Movement, and class demonstrator at STDT, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Canada’s National Ballet School. She leads regular improvisational classes in Toronto’s professional contemporary dance community.

Photo from Katie Adams Gossage’s text (2024)