About Khris

Khris Beeson is a New York City–based dance artist, choreographer, and educator originally from Kernersville, North Carolina. She is interested in bodies of thought and motion, using movement to explore how we think, adapt, and communicate. Her work bridges performance, creation, and education, with an emphasis on clarity, curiosity, and humor.

As a performer, Khris has danced world premieres by Take Ueyama, Desmond Richardson, and Laja Field, as well as repertory works by Martha Graham, Robert Battle, Medhi Walerski, and Brandi Coleman. Her recent performance credits include The Feeling of Volvo, directed by Andrew Winghart and Terumi Murao, and Frank Winters’ upcoming short film Nellie Bly. As a dancer with Take Ueyama’s Take Dance, she also serves as a choreographer’s assistant, re-staging and rehearsing works for company and university settings, most recently for BalletX.

As an educator, Khris brings together technique and anatomical research to support functional strength, efficiency, and adaptability in the dancing body. She has led workshops for Take Dance at New York City Center and The Taylor School, and approaches teaching as a collaborative and investigative practice—one that honors humor, individuality, and the long-term health of the body. Her classes provide clear tools while remaining responsive to the needs and goals of each group.

As a creator, Khris directs her own movement projects for both stage and film. Her debut dance film, With Lanterns, premiered at Arts on Site in 2024, and she has completed choreographic residencies at Moulin/Belle in Mareuil-en-Périgord, France, and at MOtiVE Brooklyn. She is developing a new live work that will premiere in New York in July 2026.

Committed to research-driven and interdisciplinary development, Khris is currently studying neuromuscular anatomy and dance protocols with Anneke Hansen, deepening her understanding of the relationship between anatomical insight, coaching, and efficient movement. She also holds a BFA in Dance Performance and a BS in Health & Society from Southern Methodist University, where she graduated with honors. She previously worked with the Center for Global Health Impact at SMU. 

If she wasn’t a dancer, Khris would be a calculus teacher, which she currently does part-time as a private tutor. She is also a devoted Carole King fan and earnestly believes that contemporary dancers are the funniest people in the world.