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ABOUT

Kinetic is a non-profit contemporary dance support organization dedicated to the creation, development, and presentation of contemporary dance. Based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Kinetic is dedicated to supporting independent professional dance artists.

Kinetic continues to provide established and relied upon platforms for presentation and development, while also introducing new and innovative programs that directly work to address the gaps and opportunities within our sector. We see our role as fostering a vibrant professional contemporary dance scene by providing workshops, classes, artistic residencies, and a seasonal program of finished works and works-in-process. We aim to foster a supportive, responsive, and flexible environment that allows dance artists to develop to their fullest artistic potential.

Kinetic is committed to building and nurturing spaces where artists can explore, create, and grow with equity, justice, and respect. We recognize the inequities in our society that result in many artists being vulnerable to abuse, harassment and discrimination. We reject these abuses of power, and commit to work towards creating safer spaces for everyone. We work to uphold an environment in which all artists can create with the freedom and respect we all deserve.

Kinetic is committed to programming and supporting artists who represent a diversity of gender identities, races, sexual orientations, physical or mental abilities, and ethnicities.

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The work of Kinetic takes place in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral home and unceded traditional land of the Mi'kmaq people. We are grateful to be on this land, and have deep respect for those who have been its caretakers for many generations. We are committed to working to understand and live by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship which govern this land.

We, also, recognize the cultural, historic, and artistic contributions of African Nova Scotian communities whose work and presence has been central to the infrastructure of the places in which we work.