Kelsi Fears

Kelsi Fears is a graduate of the Point Park University Conservatory of the Performing Arts and a participant of the Camille A. Brown Mentorship Program. Fears received a 2023 Tomayko Foundation Award for Excellence in Choreography and has created work for New Dances 2025 a collaboration between Thodos Dance Chicago and DanceWorks Chicago, presented work as an emerging choreographer for the Eisenhower Dance Detroit NewDANCEfest and as a featured artist for the Chicago Dance Month Festival presented through See Chicago Dance. Kelsi has developed work as a DanceWorks Chicago Dance360 ChoreoLab Choreographer, is a 2026 Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company Choreography Fellow and is an Emerging Choreographer Fellowship recipient for Aimed Dance Company. Kelsi has spent summer’s training at the Sidra Bell Summer Module, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, ChuThis Movement Intensive and the Gibney Summer Study Program. Kelsi danced with South Chicago Dance Theatre as an Emerging Artist under the direction of Kia S. Smith. Fears joined Conflux Dance Theater in 2026.