The Collective was formed by Jan Bolwell after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She turned to dance to help make sense of this traumatic event. The group began in 1999 with 4 performers and in 2008 numbers 18.
Crows Feet’s first public performance took place in 1999 at the launch of Osteoporosis New Zealand at the Michael Fowler Centre. Apart from annual dance concerts we have performed at a number of different events, including a National Midwives Conference, a National Women's Convention, and a Cancer Society conference (2008). We are regular contributors to Wellington's International Dance Day, running classes and demonstrations. In 2008 we performed at the Fringe Festivals in Wellington and Dunedin.
All choreography is by Jan Bolwell unless otherwise stated.
1999: In Shadow Dreaming
2000: Throwing Like a Girl
2001: Patsy Cline
2002: Ancestors
2003: Cross Currents
2004: Dear God, Degas! and Women's Work
2005: The Woman’s Mag and A Motor in my Soul
2006: Quintet and Going for Baroque
2007 & 2008: Requiem, and Take Five (choreography by Jenny Cossey)
Home page: all about Crows Feet and their Dunedin season in April 2008