ABOUT
ARTIST BIO//
Born and raised in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Metropolitan area, Hailey Brynne Kemp is a contemporary dancer and choreographer. Having started her dancing at age 3 and moving onto a more rigorous classical ballet training, by the time she was 6, Hailey knew of her need to perform. She danced in traditional ballet training settings, learning character dancing, pointe work, and more. At age 12, she was introduced to Graham movement and modern, and from there moved to Rhythm Street Dance Center in Herndon, VA, looking to expand her horizons. From there, she was chosen to be a member of the Production Competition team - a rigorous and elite team selected to perform solos and group pieces at regional competitions. During that time she won various awards for her participation, including a Platinum medal for a solo, as well as a High Gold medal for special character. Simultaneously, Hailey dabbled in choreography at her local high school, working in the small urban dance program. There she created works to be shown during the Annual Black History Month Showcase, as well as Kaleidoscope Performances which ranged from student choreographed group pieces to solos, usually working with pop songs and culture. Hailey went to school at Eugene Lang College: The New School for LIberal Arts in New York City, looking for a non-traditional setting, interested in composition and modern dance. At Lang college she focused on somatic and postmodern dance, while learning about the postmodern traditions and forms, as well as creating her own works. During her time, Hailey was selected to perform in various repertory pieces, choreographer including Reggie Wilson, Sarah Michelson, Rebecca Stenn, Neil Greenberg, Sally Silvers, Ivy Baldwin, Jeanine Durning, and Joanna Kotze. Her first produced work Mermaid Pose, created with partner Olivia Porter, premiered in May 2015 at New York Live Arts, and her senior thesis work Black Hole Dance//You Can’t Practice This Shit, performed April 2016, was made after an intensive with Ralph Lemon. Hailey graduated in June of 2016, with a bachelor of Arts with a concentration in dance and is looking to make her own work and perform. She has danced with Joanna Mendl Shaw, Marie Christine Giordano, and has performed at Dixon Place, Triskelion, Queensboro Dance Festival, and the Tank Theatre. She loves being a part of the process, and like a true aries can never be left out of the spotlight. Her new piece "To Stay// Danny Boy and the Three-Headed Hecate" premiered in April 2018 at TaDa theater and again at The Artists Collective in June 2018.
Currently, Hailey works with The Rogue Dancers, Vashti Dance Theatre, At The Brink! Dance Company and makes her own work.
She is a 200 Registered Yoga Teacher through Y7's Teacher Training Program, as of June 2019
artist
statement//
Hailey Brynne Kemp works with a naive tension in her artistic work, that conflates ideas of the adult woman and child of the earth. A native of Northern Virginia, and trained as a contemporary dancer, works through ideas that delve into ideas of the supernatural, the mystical, and the mysterious. Dance is a means of creating a space that portrays the black hole underside of living. The artistic work surrounds and works through the existential crises as a means of mold the audience’s true realities, and asks the viewer to walk out of the space questioning something about themselves. Hailey Brynne is interested in the gallery space versus the stage, and the negotiation between practice and performance. The dance works fall on the extreme kinesthetic experience; using illusions and dramatics to point the audience towards making their own conclusions about the stakes of their existence. Hailey Brynne looks to find the space where the story and the interpretation are a meant as a means of illuminating what already exists in the world today, where the dancing body is a tool for clarification and exploration.
teaching BIO//
Hailey Brynne currently teaches dance, gymnastics, and movement around the New York City area. She has taught in New York City public schools, private studios and gyms, and is constantly looking to spread her teaching roster. Specializing in creative movement, Hailey currently teaches at Creative Arts Studio, Brooklyn Dance Centers, Dancewave, Cynthia Kind Dance Center, and is a teaching artist with Together in Dance. She teaches toddler dance and gymnastics, as well as acro-dance classes as a sub at various New York studios.
She teaches ballet for all ages, modern, contemporary, tap, creative movement, and gymnastics.
Hailey Brynne is also a 200 RYT Vinyasa Yoga Instructor providing private and group lessons in the NYC area.
