CELESTE BRACE

COMPANY MEMBER SINCE 2023

Celeste Brace (she/they) is a movement artist/teacher from Colorado that engages with dance as a holistic, spiritual practice and an avenue for curiosity. She is in her second season as a Touring Company Member with Red Clay and has performed works by Vershawn Sanders-Ward and Michelle N. Gibson. Celeste earned her BFA in Dance with Columbia College Chicago’s class of 2023, where she had the privilege of performing works by Darrell Jones, Lisa Gonzales, Raquel Monroe, C. Kemal Nance, and Paige Cunningham Caldarella, as well as performing as a guest artist with Ayodele Drum and Dance in the company’s 2021 concert Herstory II Tell: Femmes de Pouvoir. In Spring of 2023, her work was acknowledged by the American College Dance Association as a selection for the National Gala Concerts. In 2022, she attended the A.I.M. intensive under the direction of Kyle Abraham. Celeste is eager to return to Red Clay for its 16th Season!