CURRICULUM VITAE
Weléla Mar Kindred
Film
Heart of the City Pearl Brown Dir: Jehan Patterson
Corridor Maria Grey Dir: Johnathon Olsen
Fresh Cut Flowers Dahlia Dir: Imani Davis
American Theater
Intimate Apparel Director Dir: Weléla Mar Kindred St. Croix Falls Theater
Black Nativity Ensemble Dir: Mike Malone The Goodman Theater
To Kill a Mockingbird Calpurnia Dir: Anthony Mosely Collaboraction / The Chopin Theater
OC Black Actors Theater Ensemble Dir: Adelaine Hunter Touring Company
European Theater
Cie de Agnes DesFosses
Dancer/Choreographer
Hellwach – International Theater Festival for Young Audiences – Hamm, Allemagne
Festival – Forum de Blanc Mesnil, France
Festival Trés Tot Théatre – Quimper
Festival Bravo – International Children’s Theater Festival – Helsinki, Finlande
Industrial
2018
Mercedes Benz
Choreography : Welela M. Kindred Dir : Mei Dong
Angel Perfume
Choreography: Weléla M. Kindred Dir: Sammi Xiu
Balenciaga
Choreography: Weléla M. Kindred Dir: Mei Dong
Education
2021: Acting Studio Chicago
2001 - 2003: BFA Cinema/Performance Studies :
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago {Dean’s Scholar}
2007-2008: HB Studio of Acting NY
Languages
French
Swahili
Spanish
Danse Training
2009-16: Centre of National Danse . Ménagerie de Verre . Centre de Danse du Marais {Paris}
2005-08: The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater . Dance New Amsterdam . Cedar Lake Ballet {New York}
2001-05: Homer Bryant Ballet . Joel Hall Dance {Scholarship} . Hubbard Street Dance {Chicago}
1987-00: Edge Performing Arts Center . St. Joseph Ballet Company {Los Angeles}
Residencies & Fellowship
2019: Redcat Studio Artist Finalist
2016: Harvard & NYU Fellow
2016: Panel Speaker - NYU Black Portraiture III South Africa
2015: Brussels Art Practice Residency
2014: The Saas Fee Summer Institute Artist in Residence
2012: Artceb Suriname Artist in Residence
2008: Dance New Amsterdam Choreography Lab Artist in Residence, New York
Grants & Awards
2014: The Tides Foundation Arts and Culture Grant, New York
2012: The Tides Foundation Arts and Culture Grant, New York
2001: Dean’s Award The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2015
James Baldwin’s Nigga, Centre National de Jazz Dance, Paris
#Goldteeth - The Nightengale, Chicago, Illinois
2014
May I - Galerie Nivet Carson, Paris
Risk Society - Le Baron, Paris
2013
Yoga in Ethiopia - Chalé Woté Festival - Foundation for Contemporary Art Ghana / Jamestown, Ghana
Colonized cages / children on the outside of the car / i’m sorry god for that / collected moons in a california bus / carnival of sound / hi-fi lipstick / awoke in a car in african dust / kneeling under a table of rain / - Lé Centre Barbara, Paris
2012
The Animal Theory - The Historical American Church, Paris
Rosa Parks and all the Jews Get on the Bus - Lé Generator Performance Festival, Gentilly, France
shad rasa mantra / i will open you up at the soul / spread your voice on wet clay and sacrifice the axis which you call serpent - Nuit Blanche, Les Salaisons Gallery, Paris