Patron Services Manager

Peter Kelly is a queer Toronto based dancer, performance maker, artistic director, teacher, producer, and personal trainer. Peter has completed fitness training through the International Sports Science Association (ISSA), is a graduate of the Dance Performance Studies program at George Brown College, and was a company dancer with Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) for a decade under the direction of both Christopher House and Andrew Tay. Beyond TDT, Peter has worked as Program Coordinator for Culture Events at the City of Guelph, with SummerWorks Performance Festival as the Patron Services Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, with The Toronto Dance Community Love-In as a Space Host, with Dance Ontario as the Provincial Networks Coordinator, and was the founding Artistic Director of New Blue Emerging Dance. As a performance maker, Peter strives to construct performance works that tackle taboos, barriers, and stigmas associated with nudity, BDSM, sexual identity, and kink. Peter has had the opportunity to present work at Guelph Dance Festival, London Dance Festival, Queer Cab (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre), and Impact Festival, among others.