KASHIA KANCEY
2025 TRISK FELLOW
Flyer by Cristina Moya-Palacios
MARCH 6-8, 8PM
EARLY BIRDS
$22 / $30 SUPERFAN / $50 🌟 SUPPORTER
$17 HEARTS
AT-THE-DOOR
$26 / $30 SUPERFAN / $50 🌟 SUPPORTER
$17 HEARTS
All seating is general admission
*This performance contains the use of water based haze and strobe lighting.
Flyer by Cristina Moya-Palacios
The Closties Variety Hour is a multi-era segment captured by a group of friends as they transport through time, transforming into their deepest desires and memories by bringing them to life through parody, song, performance, screaming matches, Nicki Minaj, journal entries, wine, and magic.
This work features my fabulous collaborators who bring so much character and life to the show, Khandis Merritt, Jailyn Wiley, and Channce Willams, with special guests Cristina Moya-Palacios, Alondra Balbuena, Kyla Thomas, Lakeria Robinson and Nayah Merisier. Lighting design is by Connor Sale.
Photo by Maria J Hackett
KASHIA KANCEY
KASHIA KANCEY is a Miami-born performer and choreographer, who earned her BFA in Dance from New World School of the Arts. Some of her choreographic history includes having work presented in The Carnival Studio Theater at the Adrienne Arsht Center through commissions by Peter London Global Dance Company. She has also had work presented throughout NYC at CreateART Performance, Triskelion Arts and Movement Research at Judson Church. Kashia has performed in spaces like Perez Art Museum Miami, South-Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center, Dance Place DC, the American Dance Festival, The Yard, and New York Live Arts. Kashia has had the pleasure of working with Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, Adele Myers and Dancers, and Abby Z and the New Utility. She has also worked with artists like Marcella Lewis, Donna Uchizono, Tendayi Kuumba, and Annie-B Parson. Kashia was most recently an apprentice with Urban Bush Women and is a company member with David Dorfman Dance. Kashia is based in Brooklyn, NY.
Kashia has been grateful to have been a recipient of residencies like Gallim Moving Artist (2023), Triskelion Arts SPLIT BILL #42 (2024), and Baryshnikov Arts Center (2024). She is currently the 2025 Triskelion Arts Fellow and is a 2025 Fresh Tracks Residency Artist with New York Live Arts.
THE TRISK FELLOWSHIP
The Trisk Fellowship is the cornerstone of our residency programs. This prestigious fellowship grants an artist an entire year to fully explore their creative vision, offering sponsored studio access and substantial financial support. Fellows receive extensive technical and theatrical design support and have opportunities for showings and open rehearsals, fostering community engagement and behind-the-scenes access.
At the conclusion of their transformative year, fellows get the chance to share their artistic journey through a performance series in our theater. The Trisk Fellowship reflects our commitment to nurturing artistic growth by providing time, resources, and support for artists to realize their visions in their most impactful form.
Our fellowship programming is made possible through the generous support of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.