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Raja Feather Kelly is a visionary choreographer and director, serving as the artistic director of the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory (TF3T), which he founded in 2009. Known for pushing the boundaries of performance, Raja’s work blends dance, theatre and media to explore complex cultural narratives. TF3T’s most recent production, BUNNY BUNNY, premiered at The Invisible Dog in 2025, and their upcoming work, A Body of Dangerous Ideas, will debut in 2026. Raja made his acclaimed playwriting debut in 2024 with The Fires at SoHo Rep, which he also directed.
Raja’s work has garnered numerous prestigious awards, including a Creative Capital Award, a National Dance Project Production Grant, and Dance Magazine's inaugural Harkness Promise Award. He is a three-time Princess Grace Award winner and has been honoured with the Breakout Award from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the Solange MacArthur Award for New Choreography, and the New York Dance Performance “Bessie” Award. Notably, he was named the 2022–2023 Quinn Martin Director at the University of California, San Diego, and held the position of Randjelovic/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist at New York Live Arts in 2019–2020. Raja was a Princeton Arts Fellow at Princeton University from 2023 to 2025, and is a recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award, one of the most significant and impactful awards for artists in the United States.
Throughout his career, Raja has created 18 evening-length works with TF3T, earning critical acclaim for pieces such as the UGLY trilogy at The Bushwick Starr, New York Live Arts, ImPulsTanz and Chelsea Factory, and WEDNESDAY at New York Live Arts. He has performed with renowned companies including Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group, David Dorfman Dance, and Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion. His extensive choreography for Off-Broadway productions includes collaborations with leading theatre directors such as Lileana Blain-Cruz and Sarah Benson, with credits including A Strange Loop (Broadway, 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Fairview (SoHo Rep, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), White Girl in Danger (Second Stage), and Lempicka (Broadway).
In addition to his work in dance and theatre, Raja is an Ecker Fellow at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, where he is earning a certificate in Psychoanalysis and the Creative Arts. Born in Fort Hood, Texas, Raja holds a B.A. in Dance and English from Connecticut College. His work continues to expand the possibilities of interdisciplinary performance, making him a leading voice in contemporary theatre and dance.
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