ON NOW
OPEN STUDIO SERIES
a sharing and celebration of dynamic works-in-progress
Friday, November 21 (livestream) + Saturday, November 22, 2025 @ 7:30PM
DANSpace, 1800 Argyle Street (3rd floor), Kjipuktuk / Halifax
$17 / $15 / PWYC
Featuring:
Ariel Boulos-Callias (Kjipuktuk / Halifax)
Painted Dance Collective (Unama’ki / Cape Breton)
Tendre Effort: Kéïta Fourner-Pelletier and Barbara Simms (Tkaronto / Toronto and Tiohtià:ke / Montreal)
Colleen Arcturus MacIsaac and Coral Maloney (Kjipuktuk / Halifax)
Olivia MacLean (Punamu'kwati'jk / Dartmouth)
Calder White (Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh Nations / Vancouver)
This event takes place in Kjipuktuk, on the ancestral and unceded traditional land of the Mi'kmaw people.
ANNUAL PROGRAMMING
Open Studio Series
Kinetic offers choreographers the opportunity to present risk-taking works-in-progress through our twice a year Open Studio Series. The majority of the participating artists are local, but we also include some out-of-town artists each season. Audience feedback is a key feature of this dynamic presentational platform. Artists are selected via a call for submissions held each season.
COASTAL CURRENTS
Co-presented with Live Art Dance, Coastal Currents features the work of choreographers who live and work in the Atlantic region. A true celebration of local artists, Coastal Currents shares the breadth of incredible choreographic skill that we have right here on our doorstep. Artists are selected via a call for submissions held each season.
Explorations
Through the support of the Craig Foundation and DANSpace, Kinetic selects an artist-in-residence for the duration of the season. The chosen artist can explore new or developing dimensions of their choreographic process. Each year the program is custom-tailored to the needs of the Explorations artist, with support generally including access to rehearsal space, a stipend, and the opportunity to show their work over the season. Artists are selected via a call for submissions held each season.
Artistic Residencies
Kinetic offers some artistic residencies to dance artists, collectives, companies, and those wishing to explore dance and movement in their artistic practice. These residencies are offered to artists whose work falls within Kinetic’s mandate, and most often takes the form of access to rehearsal space. Other supports can also be considered. We additionally strive to find some form of free community engagement between the residency artist and Kinetic’s community. If you have a proposal for a residency idea and would like to discuss it further, please contact the Co-Artistic Directors.
WORKSHOPS
Kinetic offers a variety of classes, workshops, community discussions, and other special programs that respond to the needs of our community throughout the season.
Please contact the Co-Artistic Directors at emma@kineticstudio.ca and kay@kineticstudio.ca for further information on any of our programs.