KERIEVA McCORMICK

Artistic Director of KAM-RI Dance Theatre

Kerieva’s artistic work as a Theatre Director, choreographer, and trained practitioner in dance/theatre/musical composition plus 15+ years’ experience of Performance academic research and public speaking, has meant a continually interwoven interdisciplinary career; an artist who is able to utilise theoretical understandings and deep nuance in her creative work.

“Kerieva McCormick is an artist who brings a fierce intelligence to everything she touches.”

Metro

From 2005 She engaged fully in her professional performing career as a composer/multi-instrumentalist, as a dancer/choreographer developing practice in Contemporary and Flamenco dance, and as a choreographer/director developing Dance Theatre in Scotland that interweaves the above elements with historical narrative, contemporary dance and film.

Her performance record is extensive having performed professionally at Sadlers Wells, the Royal Festival Hall, the National Portrait Gallery London, with National Theatre of Scotland, and internationally in her long career. She has also conducted and coordinated transnational projects with a number of simultaneous partners and donors, such as lead choreographer on a world dance project involving 14 dancers from Spain and India, performer and facilitator at AWID Brazil involving 2,000 participants, and producing for the British Council and Canada Hub on transatlantic projects for Edinburgh International Festival.

Kerieva was previously with stadium band Asian Dub Foundation and session musician (multi-instrumentalist and vocalist) for many major labels and producers, including legendary producer Adrian Sherwood where she is part of the label ON-U Sound family. She maintains her connections in the record industry, in underground music scenes, and in music composition and recording.

Kerieva McCormick is currently in the rehearasl phase of KAM-RI’s next full production show, and is an Honorary Research Fellow of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.