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Evadne Kelly
Evadne Kelly is a dance artist and interdisciplinary scholar with a Ph.D. in Dance Studies from York University. Publications of her research can be found in Pacific Arts Journal, Performance Matters, and Journal of the History of Behavioural Sciences. Dr. Kelly’s book, Dancing Spirit, Love, and War: Performing the Translocal Realities of Contemporary Fiji, examines the social and political dimensions of kinesthetic expression and performance. It received support from SSHRC and builds on her 20 years of professional dance experience. She recently led and co-created two projects that expose and counter histories and legacies of eugenics: an exhibition (co-funded by Bodies in Translation and the Guelph Civic Museum) called Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario (recipient of the 2020 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Award for Excellence in Conservation), and an online learning source called Into the Light: Living Histories of Oppression and Education in Ontario (intothelight.ca).