hkostas8@gmail.com
PORTFOLIOPORTFOLIOChoreographer & Movement Director
HALEY KOSTAS
I'm Haley, a choreographer, dance artist and movement director based out of Kansas City, Mo.
I’ve been a resident of the dance industry for over 20 years, where I’ve performed, taught, choreographed, directed, produced, assisted and adjudicated.
2024
NEW MOVES
KC BALLET 
“Kostas created quite a compelling narrative which often left this viewer with flashes of surrealism..”
As an artist I create movement with psychological and social intent. My work is designed to evoke the individual’s experience while exploring the modulation of the social gathering, with the visceral hope of moving through what we feel, think and experience together.
When I'm not choreographing or directing, I’m guest teaching across the country and writing about dance. My diverse career in commercial and concert dance, combined with my experience with mental illness inspired my multidisciplinary approach; melding my knowledge of movement with my study of psychology, and love of color into a working-ethos as an individual artist, company and brand.
Upcoming
UMKC Dance Conservatory Intensive June 8-12 Kansas City, Mo
Premiere for tbd Dance Collective at The Joslyn Art Museum June 12 Omaha, Ne
Choreography resident at UNCSA Choreographic Institute June 29 - July 12 Winston-Salem, Nc
Orsolina 28 Art Foundation, Akram Khan Intensive August 3 -10 Moncalvo, Italy
Latest Projects
tbd dance collective, Joslyn Art Museum ‘Vignettes’
Nelson-Atkins, Niki de Saint Phalle ‘Fool’
Client List
UNC School of the Arts Dance
Guest Lecturer and Choreography Resident 2025
tbd Dance Collective
Choreographer, Guest Teacher, Presenter 2025, 2022
Salt Contemporary Dance
Guest Teacher for Salt2 2024
Laguna Dance Festival
Guest Performer 2024
Mashup Dance Co.
Guest Teacher, IWD Choreography Presenter, Residency Winner 2024, 2022, 2019
Nelson-Atkins Art Museum
Commissioned Artist, Guest Performer 2024
Kansas City Ballet
Choreographer 2024, 2023, 2019
In The Lowest Ferns
Guest Performer 2025, 2024
Charlotte Street Foundation
Choreographer, Gala Committee, Fellow, Studio Resident 2024, 2022, 2021
UMKC Dance Conservatory
Guest Teacher, Former Adjunct Professor 2024, 2016
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance
Guest Teacher 2025, 2024
CV available upon request.
