Kennedy Wilson

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Kennedy V. Wilson is a dancer, performer, and violinist from Louisville, KY. Originally a ballet dancer from the age of three she attended high school at the Youth Performing Arts School/ DuPont Manual High School, where she picked up modern and contemporary techniques and performed in works such as the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote. After high school she participated in summer intensives at both the University of Louisville Dance Academy and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign as well as the dance studios Elevate Dance, ULDA, and Sacred Heart Academy.

In 2024, Kennedy graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with her BFA in Dance with a minor in Spanish on a pre-physical therapy track. As a student at Dance at Illinois, Kennedy performed in works by Dr. Kemal C. Nance, Roxane D’Orleans Juste, Bevara Anderson, and the restaging of Martha Graham works, as well as a plethora of student works. Currently, she is teaching at various dance studios in Louisville, KY, working on multiple choreographies, including the restaging of her senior thesis: Look Here!, and continuing to build upon her technique as a contemporary dancer.