K.J. Holmes is a dance artist, actor, singer and educator based in Brooklyn, NYC. Exploring improvisation as process and performance since 1981, she has collaborated extensively with forerunners of dance improvisation Simone Forti, Karen Nelson, Lisa Nelson and Steve Paxton, as well as with poet Julie Carr, performer Keith Biesack, and trumpeters Roy Campbell Jr. and Dave Douglas, among many other outstanding artists. Her experience with BMC, Ideokinesis (with Andre Bernard), Contact/Improvisations and Release techniques have been instrumental in developing methods of inquiry into performance, the body and the mind. K.J. is a graduate of the School for Body-Mind Centering (1999) and the William Esper Studio (Meisner acting) (2009), of which the play between is essential to her current practices. Her work has been presented extensively in and beyond New York City. K.J. teaches at NYU/Experimental Theatre Wing, Eugene Lang/New School for Social Research and Movement Research in NYC, as well as traveling nationally and internationally conducting workshops and performing. As a performer she has most recently collaborated with Miguel Guitierrez and The Powerful People, film makers Matthew Barney and Cristiane Bouger, Xavier Le Roy and longtime mentors and collaborators Lisa Nelson and Steve Paxton. www.kjholmes.info