Kimberly Prosa - Guest Choreographer
Kimberly Prosa is originally a New York City based teaching artist, choreographer, and dancer. She holds a BFA from the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance and an M.A. from NYU where she focused her research on using dance as a tool to facilitate community peacebuilding. Her research and methodology has been implemented as part of Dance Education Laboratory (DEL’s) Dance for Social Change’s professional development summer program, as well as part of Dance Research Forum Ireland’s conference on “Power, Politics and the Dancing Body” and was selected for inclusion in Dance Performatica’s international festival in Cholula, Mexico.
Kimberly is currently a doctoral student at the University of Auckland working at the intersection of dance studies and the sociology of mental health, conducting research that examines the wellbeing and mental health of working class, contemporary dancers.
Highlights among Kimberly’s performance career include performing with Dance Theatre of Oregon, the Eugene Ballet Company, The Purchase Dance Corps, Angela Harriel, Pascal Rioult, Paul Talyor, AERA Dance Company and serving as a company member with the Bessie award winning HT Chen and Dancers for seven years, in addition to working with numerous independent choreographers throughout New York City. In 2010, she served as a dance double for Natalie Portman in the academy award winning film, Black Swan.
Kimberly has been on faculty at Ballet Hispanico, New York City Performing Arts Center, Chen Dance Center and led New York City Public School 42’s modern dance school program. She is a recent recipient of the Leimay choreographic fellowship and is the Artistic Director of the modern dance collaborative, Contremune Dance whose work has been shown at venues including: the Connelly Theater, Manhattan Movement Arts, Shetler Studios, Triskelion Arts, The Fertile Ground series, Riverside Church Theater, Liberty University and more.
Since moving to Auckland last year, Kimberly has taught professional level contemporary dance at Wellesley Studios, and presented as part of the Friday Features series.
We feel so lucky to have someone of Kimberly’s prestige creating a work in Tāmaki Makaurau this year.
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