Kate Nankervis
Kate Nankervis is a recognized dancer, choreographer, teacher, and curator whose practice spans collaboration, movement research, performance, installation, and exhibition. Her work intertwines dance with care, lived experience, and deep connections to nature as a collaborative guide.
Kate has received the UNESCO Performing Arts Award (2008), the Ontario Arts Council’s Chalmers Fellowship in Dance Curation (2016), and the danceWEB Scholarship at ImpulsTanz Vienna (2019). For over 15 years, she has performed and collaborated with artists across Canada and internationally.
Kate’s curatorial practice embraces lo-fi, do-it-together communities. She co-directed Toronto Dance Community Love-In (2010–19), hub14 art+performance(2013–16), fostering spaces that nurture artistic development, movement research, and creation within experimental dance and performance. Based in Tkaronto, with roots in Northern Ontario, Kate also works and studies in Berlin. www.katenankervis.com
Kate has received the UNESCO Performing Arts Award (2008), the Ontario Arts Council’s Chalmers Fellowship in Dance Curation (2016), and the danceWEB Scholarship at ImpulsTanz Vienna (2019). For over 15 years, she has performed and collaborated with artists across Canada and internationally.
Kate’s curatorial practice embraces lo-fi, do-it-together communities. She co-directed Toronto Dance Community Love-In (2010–19), hub14 art+performance(2013–16), fostering spaces that nurture artistic development, movement research, and creation within experimental dance and performance. Based in Tkaronto, with roots in Northern Ontario, Kate also works and studies in Berlin. www.katenankervis.com
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Layers of Kin
