Interview with Kirstie Simson Heart Source Healing through Heart Connection Liz Butler October 2026, Edinburgh https://www.heartsource.co.uk/post/heartfelt-revelations-of-a-dance-improvisor Heartfelt Revelations of a Dance Improvisor Posted on Nov 30, 2025 Interview with Kirstie Simson Heart Source Healing through Heart Connection Liz Butler October 2026, Edinburgh https://www.heartsource.co.uk/post/heartfelt-revelations-of-a-dance-improvisor
With Kirstie Simson Interviewer Dave Pendle Life Imbued with Embodied Intelligence – Phenomenal Conversations # 23 Posted on Oct 05, 2024 With Kirstie Simson Interviewer Dave Pendle
Why did I make this solo performance? In April 2023 it was discovered that I had a recurrence of Triple Negative breast cancer that was first diagnosed in April 2020. To my great good fortune the cancer had stayed contained within the lymph nodes in my right arm pit. A CT scan showed no signs […]
May, 2024 I created a new solo Subterranéa This solo is the next step on Kirstie’s journey through dance and life. Evolving from 45 years of dedicated dance practice, and wide renown as a leading light in the art of improvisation, Kirstie shares her story of dealing with a life-threatening health crisis: cancer, and its recurrence. Through her art, […]
Hool https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QMwjo2WCwQvhmLBbWUrGw_Q4UWZEoZGu/view?usp=drivesdk__;!!DZ3fjg!-cBj4_ykChqTW0q2AX7UlmEjIjhzbQ_ggyaBgjc9yTehPuINBRUZnRgr_yoAHRFeDlzKhcqQ7R6-yWe-aWNxdyISbao$ https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QMwjo2WCwQvhmLBbWUrGw_Q4UWZEoZGu/view?usp=drivesdk__;!!DZ3fjg!-cBj4_ykChqTW0q2AX7UlmEjIjhzbQ_ggyaBgjc9yTehPuINBRUZnRgr_yoAHRFeDlzKhcqQ7R6-yWe-aWNxdyISbao$ Hool This short film was shot at the San Antonio HOOL ranch located on the outskirts of Merida in the Yucatan Peninsula. The name (San Antonio Hool) refers to the former owner Antonio de Padua, and hool which in the Mayan language means “hole”. The hacienda is from the 18th century when they […]
In January 2023 I taught a 3-Week Intensive Workshop in Chiang Dao, NE Thailand. The length of the workshop allowed for an in-depth experience of my work and gave me the opportunity to evolve my teaching towards a new direction which I am very excited about. On the last day of the workshop I was […]
Mary Adams interviewed me about my work in December 2022, resulting in the following podcast and transcribed article where in particular I explore the philosophies that ground my embodied practices, and especially how they relate to our current world crisis. Podcast: Transcribed article: space.org/embodied-intelligence-paradigm-change-in-conversation-with-kirstie-simson/ 3rd Space podcast and article – January 2023 Posted on Jan […]
‘LEARNING TO TRUST’ I gave this talk at the Yes to Life Annual Conference. Saturday 24th September 2022, London Introduction Good afternoon everyone, and welcome. I would like to thank Robin Daly and the Yes to Life team for inviting me to give this talk. During the next 45 minutes I will be talking about […]
Kirstie Simson To inhale is to allow the world to come into us–the world is in us–and to exhale is to project ourselves into the world that we are. To be in the world is not simply to find oneself in a final horizon containing everything that we are and will be able to perceive, […]
The inspiration for this multidisciplinary film collaboration between Mexican architect-filmmaker Isaac Zambra, photographer Mario Morales (MX), and dancers Kirstie Simson (UK/USA) and Martin Piliponsky (AR) is the exploration of the relationship between architecture and the moving body. In the span of a single day, from sunrise to sunset the filmmakers follow the dancers as they […]