Exploring space without leaving Earth. My feet have carried me to many places and in many ways. Using the soles of my feet as landing pads, I allow the grace of my breath to move my body throughout the environment. After living abroad for 16 years, I’ve returned home and to discover the footprints of those who have travelled these lands. I’m drawn to elements of nature, incorporating outdoor spaces either physically or through audio and visual recordings to enhance one's senses. Though dance I’m able to step into the shoes that carry one into a world that cannot be expressed with words. 

Kristy Janvier is born and raised in Flin Flon and is of Dene (English River First Nation) and mixed European decent. At the age of 18 she began working overseas as a professional actress/dancer. After 15 years of working in the entertainment industry with Disney, Kristy returned to Canada relying on her presence/meditation practice to guide her work. Performances are influenced by improvisation yet structured from personal story incorporating images, installation, sound recording, and/or video.

In addition to her performance work, Kristy has been sewing beadwork since 2018. Sales from her beadwork, Secret_Life_of_Beads, goes towards funding her family’s bush cabin started in 1934 for future generations.

Past Highlights:
She had an opportunity to explore her research on water, the rivers, bloodlines and healing with the support of Young Lungs Dance Exchange in Winnipeg (winter 2016-17). Her first solo work “Forest Floor”  showed with Free Flow/Saskatoon (Sept ’17), Weesageechak begins to Dance/Toronto (Nov '17), Nocturne/Halifax (Oct ’18), and Nextfest/Edmonton (June ’19). The video work from the E|MERGE artist residency at Earthdance, Massachusetts (February '18) has screened at 5 film festivals in Canada. Her current solo work, Hide, has been supported by the Made in BC Re-Centering/Margins Creative Residency (2019) and shared in Edmonton (Feb'20) at the Expanse Festival.

She has toured as an invited guest with Dancers of Damelahamid with Flicker (Oct-Nov ’17) and the national/international premier of Mînowin (Sept-Nov ’19). She has also worked with Raven Spirit Dance in The Gift (2019), presented solo work at IndigDIV (2019) and Confluence (2020).

Current Updates:
Co-Creative mind behind annual event “Art in the Wild” coming Sept 2024.
www.borealgatherings.com

”Weight we Carry” will tour with Mantioba Arts Network 2024.

collective/gatherings:
8 Days (2017)
Hungry Mothers (2018-present)
MÎCÊT TIPISKÂWI-PÎSIMAK "MANY MOONS" (2021-present)