Curriculum Vitae
Performance Experiences
2025 | Project InTandem | “Exile” | Choreographer Meghann Michalsky | February 22 | Banff AB
2025 | Cloudsway Dance Theatre | “CRM & PNSHMNT"” | Creator Kunji Ikeda in Collaboration with Kaili Che & Val Duncan | January 29- February 01 | Calgary AB
2024 | New Works | “Marooned” | 15-Min Excerpt | Creator Kaili Che | November 24 | Roundhouse Community Centre | Vancouver BC
2024 | Nextfest Festival | “INTERWEAVE” | Co-choreographed & performed by Carla Alcántara & Kaili Che | May 31-June 02 | Edmonton AB
2024 | Vancouver Hong Kong Fair | Choreographer Brianne Chan in collaboration with Kaili Che | Vancouver BC
2023-2019 | Project InTandem | “Deep END” | Choreographer Meghann Michalsky | Tour: Calgary AB, Vancouver BC, Camrose AB, Regina SK & Canmore AB
2022 | Project InTandem | “co/exist” | Choreographer Karissa Barry | Calgary AB
2021 | Cloudsway Dance Theatre | “CRIME and PUNISHMENT” | A digital performance | Creator Kunji Ikeda | Calgary AB
2021| kloetzel&co | “The Coming Silence” | Choreographer Melanie Kloetzel | Calgary AB
Current | New Works “Operation: Blueprint” | Pop-Up Dances | Granville Island | September 20 & 21, 2025. Vancouver BC
2025 | The Dance Centre Research Engagement | 40hrs Studio Space, Full Day Theatre Studio with One Head Technician, 4hr Photo/Video Documentation. March-July 2025. Vancouver BC
2024 | Dance Short Film “STITCHING CHANGE” Research, Creation, Production | Distribution, February 2025. Filming, Lower Mainland BC
2024 | Britannia Coffee House Event | “Molds’ Lab-yrinth” |Performed at Progress Lab | Choreographed by Kaili Che in collaboration with Brianne Chan & Ariane Custodio | April 21 | Vancouver BC
2024-2023 | The Dance Centre, New Works, Surrey Art Gallery | International Dance Day, All Over The Map, and Family Art Party Event | “INTERWEAVE” | Co-creators Carla Alcántara & Kaili Che | Vancouver BC
2023 | re:Naissance Opera | The Liminal | Creator & Performer Kaili Che & Musician Miguel Maravilla | Vancouver BC
2023 | The Dance Centre | 12 Minutes Max | Winter Session | Working title “Marooned” | Choreographer Kaili Che | Vancouver BC
2022 | TRAction | 10 Ways Project | “Eliminate Fast Fashion” | Online/Digital | Creator Kaili Che | Videographer Carla Alcántara | Vancouver BC
2022 | Expanse Festival | “Live/Local” Curation of Good Women Dance Collective & Azimuth Theatre | “Did you eat yet?” | Co-creators Alyssa Maturino & Kaili Che | Edmonton AB
2021| Fluid Festival | Synergy-Set: A Music-Movement Cabaret | “An Anecdotal Fable” | Co-creators James Watson & Kaili Che | Collaborator Subin Choi | Calgary AB
Choreography Experiences
Independent Experiences
Current | The Dance Centre | Research Engagement | 40hrs Studio Space, Full Day Theatre Studio with One Head Technician, 4hr Photo/Video Documentation. October 2024-June 2025 | Vancouver BC
2025 | Dance Short Film | “Stitching Change” | Research, Creation & Production | Distribution, January 2025 | Filming, Lower Mainland BC
2024 | LẼNA | LẼNA Artist Research & Residency Centre | March 2024 | Galiano Island BC
2024 | Dancers’ Studio West, Kaili Che & The New Gallery | “Marooned” | Co-Producers Dancers’ Studio West & Kaili Che | Presenter The New Gallery | January | Calgary AB
2023 | The University of Calgary | Dance Alumni Choreographic Residency | May-August | Calgary AB
2023| Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | Deer Lake Artist-in-Residency Program | June-July |Burnaby BC
Education
Teaching Experiences
2021 | Safe in Dance International | Achieved the Healthy Dance Practice Certification
2019 | The University of Calgary | Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance with Distinction | School of Creative and Performing Arts, Division of Dance | Added Dance Pedagogy Concentration
2017| Associated Dance Arts for Professional Teachers | Certification in Tap and Jazz
Current-2024 | Vancouver Beauty Dance World Private Classes | Lyrical, Musical Theatre, Stretch & Conditioning, & Jazz (age 11-15). Richmond BC
2024-2019 | Endorphin Rush Dance & Fitness | Preschool, Dance Extreme, Hip Hop, Ballet, and Jazz | (ages 2-12) | Vancouver BC
2022-2021 | HongDe Elementary School | Western & Traditional Chinese Dance | (ages 5-10) | Vancouver BC
2022 | Expanse Festival, DanceWest Studio, and Vancouver Beauty Dance World | Guided Movement/Body-Based Improvisation, Ballet: Point & Pre-Primary | (ages 7-18+) | Edmonton AB, Surrey & Richmond BC
2022-2015 | Dance On Edge | In-Person & Online | Hip Hop, Stretch & Conditioning, Lyrical, Tap, Jazz, RAD Ballet, Musical Theatre, Enrichment, Kinder Combo | (ages 4-20) | Calgary AB
2020-2019 | The Dance Matrix | Musical Theatre, Tap, Jazz & Preschool | (ages 3-12) | New Westminster BC
2020| Spotlight Dance Centre, Squamish Dance Centre, Place des Art, and Dance Collective | Hip Hop, Stretch & Conditioning, Jazz, Lyrical, RAD Ballet Grade 1-3, and Open Teen | (ages 5-17) | Burnaby, Squamish, Coquitlam BC
Achievements
2025 | Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Grant.
2025 | DanceHouse & The Hawthorne Foundation Louise Bentall Biennial Award for Emerging British Columbia Choreographers | First Prize | March 2025. Vancouver BC
2025 | Neighbourhood Small Grant | Intergenerational Creative Movement & Play | Teaching March 2025 | Vancouver BC
2024 & 2023 | Canada Council for the Arts | Concept to Realization, Project Grant | Vancouver BC
2023 | The Dance Centre | March Monthly Reboot Grant | Vancouver BC
2023 | The Training Society of Vancouver | Winter Dance Artist Training Scholarship | Vancouver BC
2018 & 2017| The University of Calgary | Terpsichore Award | Offered annually to undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence and aptitude in the study and practice of dance | Calgary AB
Additional Skills & Interests
CPR-C with AED Re-certification (2023) | St. John Ambulance | Vancouver BC
Criminal Record Check (2019) | Can provide a copy through email | Calgary AB
Administration | Dance on Edge, AEBC Internet Corporation, HongDe Elementary School
Can speak English, French, and Cantonese
An ongoing interest is learning, listening, and sharing stories/experiences with others
How can I inspire individuals to approach movement through play, laughter and curiosity?