KAIROS DANCE THEATER INC
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Mission Statement
KAIROS Dance Theater aims to redefine the role of art in culture by speaking to social issues and working towards rewriting culturally defined narratives. KAIROS expands access to the arts in Boston communities and beyond by consistently and frequently creating innovative performances and interactive workshops that invite all to experience and understand the power of dance. Our work is built around creating movement, sharing stories, building connections, and using the body as an instrument of expression. For the past 15 years, we have enabled dancers and nondancers to discover their voices and the importance of their own personal stories. KAIROS’s immersive performances and community-based projects promote collaboration, risk-taking, border-crossing, and thinking deeply about the boundaries of art and lived experience, employing dance as a threshold for communication and social change. In pursuit of creating engaging, sensory work, KAIROS currently crafts 2-3 original dance-theater performances per season in collaboration with digital media artists, composers, musicians, and fashion and set designers; and offers cultural events including open rehearsals, post-performance discussions, and educational workshops throughout New England, NYC and internationally at theaters, universities, galleries, museums, and site-specific spaces. Dance is the tool by which KAIROS Dance Theater builds sanctuary; a vulnerable, cherished space, where people come together to listen, empathize, communicate, imagine, trust, and most importantly, heal. KAIROS creates spaces where people gather, to share and listen to stories. Suspended inside 'kairos time', the forward motion of chronological time stands still, and audience and performers are invited to be together in the now -- to savor, to dream, to feel, to expand, to circle back, to remember. KAIROS's interdisciplinary performances, rich with dynamic movement, visceral images, and commanding, tactile landscapes, bring to life stories, myths and memories that speak to the deep, human truths we all experience. Through visual and physical story-telling, KAIROS’s cultural events invite both performers and audience to deepen our understanding, our compassion, and our empathy for one another; because no matter our differences, we all share the same experiences, we all have common ground, and we all belong to each other. The creative voice is the direct expression of our humanity. Art is its expression. Dance is especially powerful because it combines the voice and the act into one simultaneous expression. When someone is able to express their humanity with the full force of their creativity, they are embraced by the forgiving and loving power of their own selves. Being touched by the hand of one's own creative force can evaporate even the densest fog of self-doubt and hatred. In order to heal as a global community, we must all first heal as individuals. KAIROS Dance Theater's success is truly measured by helping one community member at a time realize their power, and find a deeper sense of belonging through art, movement and dance. Example of one core program: KAIROS collaborates annually with visual artist Michael Dowling (since 1999), on collaboratively fusing live music, visual art, movement and dance into live performances, producing largescale art installations that become suddenly, deeply alive. KAIROS opens Michael's World AIDS Day installation, the largest recurring site-specific public art event in Boston, at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama, every November 30th with a FREE, world premiere, site-specific performance. This annual collaboration invites community to participate and share in an immersive, creative experience, that focuses on art as a way to heal.
About This Cause
KAIROS expands access to the arts in Boston communities and beyond by consistently and frequently creating innovative performances and interactive workshops that invite all to experience and understand the power of dance. KAIROS is passionate about working with movers of all ages and abilities, and committed to curating diverse audiences through work with marginalized communities. KAIROS puts together teams of artists who create programming and performances that give voice as a form of catharsis and growth to voiceless, underserved, and oppressed populations. KAIROS's collaborative creative process leads artists through intense exchange and distillation to find a deep connection to the work. Dancers' and collaborators' personal experience, perspective, artistry, curiosity, expertise, vulnerability, and imagination are layered into workshops and rehearsals; their individual talents, physical, mental and emotional intelligence, and commitment to craft are embraced and directly contribute to the development of each project. The work is deeply rooted in feminism and incorporates themes focused around LGBTQ+ social movements and transgender justice. The company also has a long history of working with urban, at-risk youth on issues of race, identity and belonging. KAIROS is a company of change-leaders. Dancers, collaborators, administrative staff, and Board of Directors are brought together from various backgrounds and communities, and all believe in one mission: to make the world a better place, one dance at a time. A wonderful family has emerged from our shared interest in dance, performance art, and our commitment to justice and world transformation. Currently, KAIROS is made up of seven dancers, two apprentices, and two trainees. The all-female company members represent a range of ethnicities: Jewish, Korean, Brazilian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern. They represent diverse neighborhoods throughout the city of Boston including: Jamaica Plain, Cambridge, Brookline, Charlestown, Roslindale, Somerville, Brighton and Roxbury. Administrative staff includes an Executive Assistant, as well as a technical director, and stage manager. Collaborators include costume and fashion designers, visual artists, digital media artists, composers and musicians. The entire team represents a wide range on the LGBTQ+ and race spectrums. KAIROS expands access to arts and culture for communities who have been historically excluded from arts and creative programming, including those with different abilities and access needs. A portion of KAIROS’s ticketed performances are donated to low-income individuals and more recently we have adopted a pay-what-you-can ticketing model for all shows. Our stage manager is an ASL certified interpreter. She converts spoken language in our performances and post-performance Q+A's into sign language for those who are deaf or hearing impaired. Through our youth outreach initiative, KAIROS sponsors Boston Latin High School Students on their career development day to observe, meet with and ask questions of KAIROS artists. KAIROS is also a proud member of Massachusetts Cultural Council's "Card to Culture" program in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Public Health's WIC Nutrition Program, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and hundreds of organizations by making cultural programming accessible to those for whom cost is a participation barrier.