{{Short description|Canadian choreographer and dancer}} {{Infobox person | name = Karen Kaeja | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|25}} | education = York University {{small|(BFA)}} | occupation = Choreographer, dancer | spouse = Allen Kaeja | website = {{url|kaeja.org}} }}
'''Karen Kaeja''' is a Canadian choreographer and dancer. She has been the co-artistic director of Kaeja d’Dance with her husband Allen Kaeja since 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schabas |first1=Martha |title=Celebrating 25 Years of Pushing Boundaries |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/celebrating-25-years-of-pushing-boundaries-at-kaeja-ddance/article23557517/ |publisher=Globe and Mail |date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, Kaeja conceived the community-based performance series Porch View Dances<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mastroianni |first1=Julia |title=The Mind Behind Porch View Dances |url=https://trnto.com/the-mind-behind-porch-view-dances/ |website=TRNTO.com |date=17 July 2018 |publisher=Post City |accessdate=19 August 2019}}</ref> in Toronto's Seaton Village neighbourhood.
Among her stage works is ''Crave''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Citron |first1=Paula |title=Kaeja d'Dance's new pair of shows inspired by intimacy |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/kaeja-ddances-new-pair-of-shows-inspired-by-intimacy/article11788827/ |website=The Globe and Mail |date=8 May 2013 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Crabb |first1=Michael |title=Jasmyn Fyffe Dance's Interlock leaves an impression |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2012/03/15/jasmyn_fyffe_dances_interlock_leaves_an_impression.html |website=The Star |date=15 March 2012 |publisher=The Toronto Star |accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref> According to ''The Toronto Star'', she is "exploding barriers between art and life".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crabb |first1=Michael |title=Kaeja d'Dance company celebrates 25 years with two new works at Harbourfront |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2015/03/22/kaeja-ddance-company-celebrates-25-years-with-two-new-works-at-harbourfront.html |accessdate=30 August 2019 |publisher=The Toronto Star |date=March 22, 2015}}</ref>
Kaeja has received multiple nominations for the Dora Mavor Moore Award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=The Dance Current |title=Toronto's 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards |url=https://www.thedancecurrent.com/news-article/torontos-2017-dora-mavor-moore-awards |accessdate=19 August 2019 |publisher=Dance Media Group |date=June 27, 2017 |archive-date=10 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910202103/http://www.thedancecurrent.com/news-article/torontos-2017-dora-mavor-moore-awards |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://kaeja.org/ Kaeja d'Dance]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaeja, Karen}} Category:1961 births Category:Canadian choreographers Category:Canadian female dancers Category:Contemporary dance choreographers Category:Dancers from Toronto Category:Living people Category:Canadian women choreographers