Kelly McInnes

Kelly McInnes (she/they), a settler of Irish & British ancestry, is gratefully based on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Kelly is a queer dance artist creating as a way to remember our interconnection with all living Earth. Kelly shares performance as an invitation for collective witnessing, feeling, re-membering and resourcing. As choreographer, performer and community-engaged facilitator, the intention of her work is to inspire collective healing. Her Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy practice powerfully inspires her artistic process. Often multi-disciplinary, collaborative and site specific, Kelly's work has been presented in festivals in Canada, Germany and Mexico over the last decade. Community-engagement is integral to her practice. She has enjoyed working with various groups of youth, adults and seniors in collaborative creative processes since 2015, including MINE/Epoch Youth Project and Roundhouse Community Dancers.