Kashia Kancey is a Miami-born performer and dance-theater choreographer, who earned her BFA in Dance from New World School of the Arts. Kashia creates work surrounding themes of joy, nostalgia, urgency, power, indulgence, intimacy, and reclamation of space through the black queer femme lens. Kashia has worked with Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, Adele Myers and Dancers, Abby Z and the New Utility, David Dorfman Dance, Urban Bush Women, and the Metropolitan Opera. She has also worked with artists like Donna Uchizono, Tendayi Kuumba, Annie-B Parson, Valentina Bache, Cristina Moya-Palacios, and Symara Sarai. 

Kashia's work has been presented around NYC at CreateART Performance, Triskelion Arts, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York Live Arts, and Ars Nova. Kashia has been a recipient of residencies such as the GALLIM Moving Artist Residency (2023), Baryshnikov Arts Center (2024), Triskelion Arts Fellowship (2025), and the Fresh Tracks Residency at New York Live Arts (2025). Most recently, Kashia was recognized as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” 2026 as a choreographer and performer. Currently based in Brooklyn, she is excited to continue making work where she can exist unapologetically and dream without any limits.