Driven by anthropological, biological and sociological concepts, Kianí’s work merges the lines of contemporary dance and performance art within film, photography, architecture, pop culture, technology and sound.

Photo: Courtesy of the artist

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and now based in Berlin and Los Angeles, her embodied practice is guided by the interdependence of physical exhaustion, intuitive groove, movement meditation, ritualistic practice, migratory journeys, and paranormal experiences—all intertwined with theatrics and amplified with a visual component that often taps into the magical, surreal, fictional and dystopic.

The founder and choreographer of the KDV Performance Group, Kianí has deepened her research by finding the subjectivity in historical Caribbean narratives, particularly among postcolonial realities and Taíno indigenous culture. In present years, she has collaborated with musicians such as Labrinth, Ziúr, Kelman Durán, Ludwig Wandinger, Bad Bunny, LSDXOXO, Floating Points, Lyra Pramuk, John Legend, Clark, Objekt, Lotic and Bendik Giske.