2015 IAF Winner, Kelly Nicole Bond

Choreographer and performer Kelly Bond uses her art to better know and express the human person. She and her duet partner, Melissa Krodman, have used their past works to explore the consciousness and unconsciousness of humanity. Their newest explorative piece, “Jean & Terry: Your Guides Through Dark, Light and Nebulous,” is still being developed. It will explore the idea that the human body is both a dwelling place and reflection of a greater energy and the possibility that it can act as a two-way channel for information, through physical experience.

Bond hopes to premiere the performance early 2016. Bond earned her BFA in dance performance and choreography and BA in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, and MA in European dance-theatre practice from the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance. She is relatively new to Nashville and is looking to integrate her work into the city’s rich artistic culture.

The Individual Artist Fellowship awards professional artists who have exhibited excellence in their discipline of choice. For more information, click here.