Choreographer.
The concepts I explore are often in the realm of the uncomfortable. I am drawn to intense physical connections between movers, and enjoy evoking emotional responses in audience members and sparking conversations that last long after the performance has completed.
-Patsy Collins for Voyage ATL
Mover.
She is a gifted performer in a variety of dance styles and can readily call on her physical and dramatic skills to portray a wide range of dynamic qualities from the soft and still, to the full-out and dramatic.
Patsy is the kind of dancer every creator wants in the room, and she is the kind of dancer that profoundly moves every audience member.
Patsy is a ravishingly captivating mover who fully immerses herself in whatever creative process she is a part of. She is 100% curiosity driven, 100% of the time.
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Press
Review of Paroxysm No. 1
ArtsATL
Among the solos, Patsy Collins’ brief Paroxysm No. 1 highlighted her fine technique and compelling stage presence with flung gestures of head, arms and upper body. Read More.
Review of behind the glass
ArtsATL
As the two danced toward one another, they resembled animals stalking prey, low to the ground at times, circling one another warily. Both were technically strong…. Read More.
Review of blur/red
Into the Proscenium
One dancer, slinking her way forward from the back of the group, made her way to freedom onstage. A suspenseful and murky solo followed…. Read More.
Profile on Patsy Collins
Voyage ATL
That was the first time I had studied movement intensively, and once I started my hunger was never really satiated. Read More.
Review of behind the glass
Emory Wheel
Throughout the entire performance, the dancers’ movements were dynamic and vigorous.…the sounds of their bodies against the floor soon replaced the actual music. Read More.
Review of SWARM
Into the Proscenium
Collins explored the intricate manifestations of the fight or flight reflexes throughout the body. Collins beautifully crafted an internalized world where external stressors weighed down thick like ice-cold maple syrup on her seven dancers.…. Read More.