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about me
Kesha McKey is a choreographer, educator and performing artist from New Orleans. After graduating from NOCCA she received her BS from Xavier University of LA and her MFA in Dance Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the founding Artistic Director of KM Dance Project, the Director of Arts at NOCCA and a Dance for Social Change instructor at Dancing Grounds.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dance Performance
KM Dance Project | Raw Fruit tour | 2022-25 | Choreographer/Dancer/Vocalist
Junebug Productions | Gomela: to return Tour | 2018-23 | Dancer/Singer
Urban Bush Women | Hair and Other Stories Tour | 2018-20 | Dancer/Singer
Junebug Productions | Homecoming Project | 2016-21 | Dancer/Singer
Choreography
KM Dance Project | Raw Fruit tour | 2022-25
Coker University Choreographic Residency | 2024
Lamar University Choreographic Residency | 2024
Theater/Directing
Echoes From the Heart | NOCCA Summer Stages | 2026 | Performer
Goat in the Road Productions | Playwrite | 2009 - 2026 | Director / Performer
Ashe CAC | The Vagina Monologues | 2012 - 2019 | Director / Performer
The NOLA Project | Midsummer Night's Dream | 2011 | Titania/Hippolyta
teaching / Education
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Director of Arts / Dance Faculty | Instructor - Modern Dance
Dancing Grounds | DG performance Group, Dance for Social Change | Instructor - Modern Dance
Ashe Cultural Arts Center | Kuumba Institute Youth Cultural Arts Program | Program Coordinator
Honors / Awards
National Performance Network | Take Notice Award | 2025
Dancing Grounds | DG Legend Award | 2023
National Performance Network | Development Fund Award | 2022
Urban Bush Women | Choreographic Center Initiative Fellowship | 2019 - 2022
Dance USA | DFA Fellowship | 2022