About KM Dance Project
KM Dance Project is an emerging New Orleans based dance company presenting choreographic works that lie at the intersection of art and social justice. Artistic Director, Kesha McKey, created KM Dance Project in 2013 to establish her voice as a choreographer as well as provide opportunities for other emerging choreographers needing a platform to express ideas and issues that affect and impact marginalized communities. We value the importance of creating dance not just for arts sake, but movement that moves people, creativity that can inform people and art that can change someone’s perspective. As we use our artistic voices to address existing inequities, racial injustices and the senseless acts of violence plaguing our communities, we understand that inside the creative process as well as the audience experience exists the possibility of healing, which can potentially be a catalyst for change.
KM Dance Project aims to present progressive choreography and innovative multi-disciplinary works that lie at the intersection of dance-theatre and social justice. It is our intention to enhance the public’s appreciation of dance rooted in experiences of the African Diaspora, while exposing issues of community responsibility and empowerment.
Performances and
Download a PDF version of the KM Dance Project Press Kit here.
Performances and Showings
2018 Contemporary Arts Center Artist Residency (August - September 2018)
October 2018 @ Contemporary Arts Center
Work in progress showing of Raw Fruit, a new multidisciplinary KMDP work
2018 Urban Bush Women Summer Leadership Institute Opening Performance
July 2018 @ Arizona State University Gavin Theater
Excerpts of Boschimanne: living curiosities and Taken
2018 Women in Dance Conference, New York
January 2018 @ Danspace
Excerpt of Boschimanne: living curiosities
Packard Foundation 2018 Summit
January 2018 @ Ashe Cultural Arts Center
Excerpt of Boschimanne: living curiosities
Moving Through
August 2017 @ Contemporary Arts Center
A KMDP Concert featuring choreographic works by Kesha McKey, Catherine Caldwell, Jeremy Guyton, Kehinde Ishangi, and Ceylon Seiber
Junebug Production’s Power of the Black Feminine
June 2017 @ Contemporary Arts Center
Excerpt of Boschimanne: living curiosities
Alternate Roots’ 2016 Roots Week
August 2016 @ Roots Week Asheville NC
Excerpt of Taken
Dancing While Black
April 2017 @ Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Untitled solo work by Kesha McKey
Peridance APAP Showcase
January 2016 @ the Peridance Capezio Center
Excerpt of Boschimanne: living curiosities
Vessels
September 2015 @ Contemporary Arts Center
A KMDP Concert featuring choreographic works by Kesha McKey, Jarrell Hamilton, and Catherine Caldwell
The Big Bang Conference
August 2015 @ Ashe Cultural Arts Center
Taken was a featured performance of the Sankofa presentation for this educators’ convening.
The Distillery
August 2015 @ Contemporary Arts Center
Premiere of Boschimanne: living curiosities
Southern Voices: Dance Out Loud 7
January 2015 @ Contemporary Arts Center
D’Project’s Southern Voices: Dance Out Loud 7 Concert featuring Daughters by Catherine Caldwell
Guantanamo Public Memory Project
November 2014 @ Ashe Cultural Arts Center
Excerpt of Taken was the featured closing performance for the Guantanamo Memory Project.
Courageous Conversations Summit
October 2014 @ Sheraton Hotel
An excerpt of Taken was the featured opening performance for the 2014 Courageous Conversations Summit.
Dance for Social Change 2014
September 2014 on the corner of Oretha Castle Haley Blvd @ Martin Luther King Blvd.
An excerpt of Taken was a featured site specific performance for the 2014 Dance for Social Change Festival. (see video clips @ http://dancingrounds.org/dance-for-social-change/).