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Lily Kind

Job: Lecturer

School/department: School of Humanities and Performing Arts

Address: ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: 0116 257 7252

E: lily.kind@dmu.ac.uk

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Personal profile

Lily Kind (they/she) is a Lecturer for Dance at ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ in Leicester, as well as a dance-maker, choreographer, and performer.  Lily has been at the heart of underground and grassroots dance scenes in the USA in Baltimore and Philadelphia, including as founder of (2008-2014), Associate Director of (2017-2020), co-founder of (2016-2023) and as director of her own critically acclaimed ensemble show . Lily is a Vernacular Jazz Dancer (including Lindy Hop) and Waacker participating socially and competitively in local and international scenes. As a contemporary dancer, Lily specializes in the methods of (Flying Low & Passing Though) as well as clown and physical performance in the tradition of . She has had the priviledge to train closely in Black dance styles with Ron Wood, The Hood Lockers, Vince Johnson, and Breai Mason-Campbell. In 2024, Lily joined the London chapter of the House of Suraj, led by

Lily has choreographed, lectured, and guest taught for Gallim Dance Company, Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company, Princeton University, Ursinus College, Marymount Manhattan College, Miami Light Project, Tulane University, Temple University, and The Baltimore Museum of Art. She has assisted the work of Stephan Koplowitz, Raphael Xavier, Dan Rothenberg, as well as appeared in and supported many independently produced music videos and theater productions.

Research group affiliations

PoPMoves: International Research Group for Popular Dance & Preformance

ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ Institute of Drama, Dance and Performance Studies

Publications and outputs

Guest Writer at Culturebot, Phindie, and thinkingDance. 

Choreographic work presented by Philadelphia Dance Projects (2020 - present), Mondo Baltimore (2021), and Urban Movement Arts (2017-present). 

Guest Choreographer at Princeton University (2022), Ursinus College (2022), and Miami Light Project with Chelsea Murphy (2020).

Artist in Residence at TABLE Gallery Chicago (2020), SoundSpace Performing Arts (2018), Writer in Residence at Dance Italia (2016), Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company (2015).

Research interests/expertise

  • Black Dance In America
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • African Diaspora
  • Arts Economies
  • Choreography
  • Improvisation

Areas of teaching

  • Africanist Principles
  • Contemporary Dance (Flying Low & Passing Through)
  • Vernacular Jazz
  • Improvisation
  • Composition & Choreography
  • Dance History

Qualifications

  • MFA Interdisciplinary Arts (Goddard College)
  • BA honors Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies (Goucher College)

ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ taught

DAN 2602 | The Healthy Practitioner | Practical: Flying Low & Passing Through

DAN 2600 | Style, Production, Artistry | Creative Workshops 

DANS 1533 | Ensemble Production & Performance | Module Leader

DANS 1532 |Space, Place & Connections | Module Leader

DANS 1531 | Rethinking Dance |Practical: Vernacular Jazz

DANS 1530 | The Responsive Dancer |Practical: Vernacular Jazz

Honours and awards

Artist Fellowship Nominee, PEW Center for Arts, 2023.

The Woodshed, Jazz Pedagogy Residency, 2022 Cohort.

Host of The Rocky Awards, sponsored by Fringe Arts & thinkingDance, 2021.

Art & Social Change Grant, as Change Partner for Great On Skates, Leeway Foundation, 2021.

Artblog + The St. Claire's New Art Writing Contest Winner, For Under 500 words, 2016.

Dance Italia Writing Fellowship, 2016.

Best Choreographer, Baltimore Magazine, 2014.

Best Dance Company, Effervescent Collective, Baltimore City Paper, 2010, 2012.

Best Dance Company, Effervescent Collective, Baltimore Magazine, 2012. 

Baker Artist Award ‘B’ Grant, 2011.

Top 10 Baltimoreans to Watch Under 30, Baltimore Sun, 2011. 

Grant Recipient, Ignite Baltimore, for city-wide dance calendar, 2010. 

Innovation Grant, Goucher College, for Hounddog vs Golddigger, 2008.

Professional licences and certificates

Magu Yoga, Advanced Teacher Training (2017).

Conference attendance

 

Subject/Object/Practice/Place: Connecting Creatively Through the Performing Arts 10th Annual Conference of the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta, 2024. Presented: ‘Flying Home: A Critical Embrace of Queerness & Africanist Aesthetics in David Zambrano’s Flying Low & Passing Through’

ORCID number

0009-0000-9465-4838

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