A CREATIVE VISION TO ENHANCE THE VISIBILITY OF AFRICAN DIASPORIC DANCE FORMS.
EMBRACING ARTFUL POLITICS, MAKING OUR BODIES VEHICLES FOR ADVOCACY.
KEMORA MANNING DANCE COLLECTIVE
KMDC
EST. 2025
The Kemora Manning Dance Collective (KMDC) platforms multi-disciplinary IBPOC artists who merge athletic excellence and artistic movement to interpret Black political and feminist thought.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Kemora is an emerging researcher, dancer and choreographer trained in tap, ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, Afro-Caribbean, and traditional West African Dance - with a specific focus on the dances of Guinea. She is also a skilled djembe musician. Her dance journey, which started at age four, has included training at York University, Etobicoke School of the Arts and Ngoma Ensemble. Dancing has allowed her to travel and represent Canada in international dance festivals in Scotland, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad. Her work as a choreographer has been commissioned by dance and gymnastics studios and training institutes in both Canada and the USA. Beyond dance, Kemora is a public speaker who has spoken on panels at Harvard University, the University of Toronto, and both the International Association of Blacks in Dance and Pop Moves Conferences. Kemora seeks to empower and advocate through the arts which is evident through her work with community efforts like The Black Girl
Health Bank and the National Ballet of Canada’s “You Dance” program. In 2025 Kemora established KMDC (Kemora Manning Dance Collective), which focuses on platforming IBPOC artists with great artistic and athletic abilities who have a passion for communicating meaningful themes and stories through their movement practice.
