Abbie Madden

Abbie Madden is artistic director and founder of inclusive dance and circus company Blindful. Originally from Adelaide, where she was a member of the world-renowned Australian Dance Theatre’s Youth Ensemble, she relocated to Belfast in 2013 to join ponydance as a company member for two years. A founding member of the highly successful Yuck Circus, Abbie also works as a choreographer, with experience in dance performance along with creative research and developments, film, physical theatre and musical theatre. Abbie wishes to work with those with a vision impairment, coming from her own experiences being born with congenital glaucoma. She won the 2020 Arts Access Australia National Leadership Award.