KIMIE PARKER

CONTEMPORARY DANCE ARTIST

PERFORMER EDUCATOR CREATOR

I am a dance performance artist, educator, and creator ​based in Brooklyn, NY. My movement practice, both on stage and in the classroom, centers around unveiling//distorting the anatomical//social form and function of my Asian body. My work is a continuous chase to understand my distant Japanese ancestry while embodying the complexities of diaspora and struggles of femininity within the contexts of patriarchy and fetishization.

I have been invited to teach or choreograph for ​the Limon Dance Company Summer Intensive, BigKid Summer Create + ​Connect, Gibney Dance Summer Studies, and DISCO RIOT.

Since earning my BFA from Point Park University in 2019, I have been a company member with Sidra Bell Dance New York (SBDNY). In 2022, I was appointed Rehearsal Director. With the company, I have taught at institutions such as Harvard University, ​The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, University of the Arts, SUNY ​Purchase, and more.

ABOUT ME

PERFORMANCE CREDITS

SIDRA BELL DANCE NEW YORK

COMMUNION - 2024 at Gibney Dance Center, NYC

Role: Dancer and Rehearsal Director

ARENA - 2023 at Petzel Gallery, NYC

Sidra Bell x Derek Fordjour Collaboration

Role: Choreographic Assistant and Rehearsal Director

IN|REP: Introspection (An Evening of Works) - 2022 at Gibney Dance Center, NYC

Role: Dancer, Soloist, and Rehearsal Director

IN|REP: Presented by the Jefferson James Contemporary Dance Series - 2022 at ​Jason-Kaplan Theater, Cincinnati, OH

Role: Dancer and Soloist

waiting — 2020 at The 92nd Street Y, Harkness Dance Center, NYC

(Online Broadcast)

Role: Dancer

BIFOLD: An evening of works with SBDNY, Staycee Pearl dance project & Soy Sos - ​2020 at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

Role: Dancer

IN|REP: Presented by CUNY Dance Initiative - 2019 at Hostos Center for Arts ​and Culture, The Bronx, NY

Role: Dancer

KOSTAS CONTEMPORARY DANCE

In All Forms - 2022 at Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO

Role: Dancer

WLDFLWR DANCE COLLECTIVE

permanence - 2022 at Tada! Theater, NYC

Role: Dancer

EDUCATION ROLES

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (SBDNY)

Harvard University

University of the Arts

SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance

ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER (SBDNY)

The Juilliard School

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Marymount Manhattan College

University of Michigan

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER/TEACHER

Limon Summer Intensive

2023 - NYC

BigKids Summer and Winter Create + Connect

2022/2023 - Philedelphia, PA

Gibney Summer Studies

2024 - NYC

DISCO RIOT Pop In/Pop Out Master Class

2024 - San Diego, CA

CHOREOGRAPHY

"FIG JAM" >

presented by THAT SHOW

Index Space, NYC (2024)

"A MEDITATION ON DISTORTED LINEAGE"

presented by LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival

Campos Community Garden, NYC (2024)

"HOLLOW ENOUGH FOR TWO" >

performed by BigKid Summer Create + Connect participants

Philedelphia, PA (2023)

"KOMAINU DUET" (WIP) >

made possible by MOtiVE Brooklyn, NY (Space Grantee, 2023)