Kelsey James (she/her)

Movement Director, Mentor

CHOREOGRAPHER CREDITS: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (PTP), Much Ado About Nothing (CSTF), Young Frankenstein (PTP), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSTF), Robin Hood: Prince of Outlaws (CSTF), Legally Blonde (Garnet & Gold Theatre), Tarzan: The Musical (Garnet & Gold Theatre), Anything Goes (Garnet & Gold Theatre), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Motyer-Fancy Theatre), She Stoops To Conquer (Motyer-Fancy Theatre)

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR CREDITS: I Was a Rat (CSTF), The Hobbit (CSTF), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSTF), Robin Hood: Prince of Outlaws (CSTF), The Apple Kingdom (CSTF), Candlelight (DIY Theatre), Plaza Suite: Act 1 (Simply Theatre), Dr Faustus (Motyer-Fancy Theatre)

DIRECTOR CREDITS: Metamorphoses (Motyer-Fancy Theatre), Dr Faustus (Motyer-Fancy Theatre

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CREDITS: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Motyer-Fancy Theatre)

TECHNICAL CREDITS: Plaza Suite: Act 1 (Simply Theatre), The Diary of Anne Frank (Pine Tree Players/ACT Theatre), Unity:1918 (Motyer-Fancy Theatre), She Stoops To Conquer (Motyer-Fancy Theatre)

PRODUCER CREDITS: Legally Blonde (Garnet & Gold Theatre) 

OF INTEREST: Kelsey has been performing since the age of six, first as a dancer and then as a “triple threat” performer with both the Youth Singers of Calgary as well as various high school dance/theatre productions. Between Canmore and Calgary she has worked as a movement director and choreographer, a passion she discovered while earning her Drama degree at Mount Allison University. During her time at school she choreographed for over five full-scale community productions including Tarzan: The Musical and Legally Blonde. Back in Alberta, her creative work has been featured in CSTF’s past two summer seasons, as well as with DIY Theatre and Simply Theatre in Calgary. Kelsey has her Professional Acting MFA from Bristol’s Old Vic Theatre School.