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Swing Sister Swing - Cat Foley
Hailing from Liverpool, Cat Foley is an exceptional lindy hop instructor, performer and actress. Cat was briefly known as the ‘the only Lindy Hopper in Liverpool’ until she found some simply excellent people who helped her build Mersey Swing CIC which she remains creative director of today. Through an unexpected turn of fate, Cat quit acting and theatrical improvising full time, when granted the ‘Spirit of Lindy Hop’ award at the European Swing Dance Championships in 2012. In recent years, theatre has come back into Cat’s life, writing and performing her solo show ‘The Wallflower’, and performing/ producing larger scale dance theatre, Swing Sister Swing. With a host of contest placements under her belt, and teaching credits at over 100 international festivals, Cat continues to enjoy most the magical moment when a dancer achieves something they didn’t expect to be able to do. Together, we talk about Arts Council bids, the international lindy hop community and finding the worthiness and courage to apply for funding along with a few laughs along the way.
Cat Foley - "There is something to be learned from not just waiting for work to come in. I feel my hustle has got a lot stronger in the last few years. If I see I haven’t got enough work I’m not just waiting for people to call me I’m chasing down the work myself."
Timestamps:
0.51 - Who is Cat Foley and what do you do?
3.54 - Is it chicken and egg, do you need more work to be coming in to be able to take more risks?
5.09 - You received an Artist International Fund grant a few years ago, why was that the right route to go down?
10.53 - Had you written an Arts Council proposal before?
13.15 - Is there anything else in terms of the system or the form where it felt like I don’t even know how to begin?
14.46 - Would you say that the way you talk about your work has changed?
17.45Is there any advice you would give to yourself 5 years ago?
Connect with Cat Foley
- Website - http://www.catfoley.com/
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cat.foley2?fref=ts
Connect with Nancy Hitzig:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nothingbuthitz/?hl=en
Twitter - https://twitter.com/nothingbuthitz?lang=en
Website link - https://nancyhitzig.com/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhitzig/?originalSubdomain=uk
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By Nancy HitzigHailing from Liverpool, Cat Foley is an exceptional lindy hop instructor, performer and actress. Cat was briefly known as the ‘the only Lindy Hopper in Liverpool’ until she found some simply excellent people who helped her build Mersey Swing CIC which she remains creative director of today. Through an unexpected turn of fate, Cat quit acting and theatrical improvising full time, when granted the ‘Spirit of Lindy Hop’ award at the European Swing Dance Championships in 2012. In recent years, theatre has come back into Cat’s life, writing and performing her solo show ‘The Wallflower’, and performing/ producing larger scale dance theatre, Swing Sister Swing. With a host of contest placements under her belt, and teaching credits at over 100 international festivals, Cat continues to enjoy most the magical moment when a dancer achieves something they didn’t expect to be able to do. Together, we talk about Arts Council bids, the international lindy hop community and finding the worthiness and courage to apply for funding along with a few laughs along the way.
Cat Foley - "There is something to be learned from not just waiting for work to come in. I feel my hustle has got a lot stronger in the last few years. If I see I haven’t got enough work I’m not just waiting for people to call me I’m chasing down the work myself."
Timestamps:
0.51 - Who is Cat Foley and what do you do?
3.54 - Is it chicken and egg, do you need more work to be coming in to be able to take more risks?
5.09 - You received an Artist International Fund grant a few years ago, why was that the right route to go down?
10.53 - Had you written an Arts Council proposal before?
13.15 - Is there anything else in terms of the system or the form where it felt like I don’t even know how to begin?
14.46 - Would you say that the way you talk about your work has changed?
17.45Is there any advice you would give to yourself 5 years ago?
Connect with Cat Foley
- Website - http://www.catfoley.com/
- Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/cat.foley2?fref=ts
Connect with Nancy Hitzig:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nothingbuthitz/?hl=en
Twitter - https://twitter.com/nothingbuthitz?lang=en
Website link - https://nancyhitzig.com/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhitzig/?originalSubdomain=uk