Studio Stories: CANDY BOX Dance Festival special with Nieya Amezquita + Kaityln Hawkins - Season 17, Episode 176

Dive into a world devoid of time that witnesses two people attempt to navigate their relationship while questioning their boundaries, perceptions of reality, and conflict resolution skills within the confined space of a growing cardboard set. 

Nieya Amezquita is a Minnesota-based artist currently working with Threads Dance Project, Rhythmically Speaking, Elayna Waxse Movement Projects and eMartin Dance while collaborating with independent artists like Kaitlyn Hawkins. She has also performed works with Concerto Dance, Yuki Tokuda, Off-Leash Area and Alexandra Bodnarchuk Dance Projects. Nieya earned a BFA in Dance from the University of Georgia. There she had the opportunity to perform nationally and internationally with founding company CADE:NCE before studying in Portugal with the Addo Platform. Most recently, Nieya has been a featured artist in the Blackness Is Arts festival produced by the Guthrie Theater, choreographed for Threads Dance Project and Alternative Motion Project, and launched her own dance company in 2023, Amez Dance.

KAITLYN HAWKINS  (she/her) is a freelance dance artist and choreographer based in NYC who likes to research an endless list of questions with movement and conversation. She has performed with TU Dance, Shapiro & Smith, Honeyworks, Hatch Dance, Contempo Physical, Doma Dance, and Black Label Movement. She has self-presented work in Minneapolis, MN and Brooklyn, NY, and participated as a choreographer in the Movers Make showcase and the Candybox Dance Festival in Minnesota.