Y SPACE - Key Persons
Abby Watkins Principal Artist - grew up in Geelong, Victoria -trained for gymnastics, gaining selection on Victorian and Australian teams and receiving an athletic scholarship to U.C. Berkeley in California in 1988. At Berkeley, she trained in contemporary dance technique and performance and also began rock climbing in nearby Yosemite NP. These two movement inquiries have formed the basis of Abby's practice and professional life for the past 30 years.
Job Titles:
- Director
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Creative producer performer established Natimuk based Y Space in 1999 to work with climbers and dancers to create work on high and iconic structures including: Silos, Coal Dredgers, Arts Centre Spire, Churches, Sky Scrapers, cliff faces, quarries, enormous bamboo structures.