Studio Stories this week is with the CANDY BOX 2025 Happy Hour Artist collaboration of Nieya Amezquita and Kaitlyn Hawkins for Episode 176 airing at noon on Thursday, March 20!
Nieya Amezquita is a Minnesota-based artist currently working with Threads Dance Project, Rhythmically Speaking, Elayna Waxse Movement Projects, and eMartin Dance while collaborating with independent artists like Kaitlyn Hawkins. She has been a featured artist in the Blackness Is Arts Festival produced by the Guthrie Theater, choreographed for Threads Dance Project and Alternative Motion Project, and launched her own dance company in 2023, Amez Dance.
Kaitlyn Hawkins (she/her) is a freelance dance artist and choreographer based in New York City who likes to research an endless list of questions with movement and conversation. She has self-presented work in Minneapolis, MN and Brooklyn, NY, and participated as a choreographer in the Movers Make showcase and the CANDY BOX Dance Festival in Minnesota.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Come see Nieya and Kaitlyn’s Happy Hour Showing at the 9th annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival on Thursday, April 24 from 5:30-6:30pm. Tickets here!