Kelly Ferris

Adjunct Lecturer

E-mail: kferris@brockport.edu

Kelly Ferris received her MFA in Dance Choreography and Performance at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Brockport. She is a National Merit Scholar and received the Dean’s Creative Achievement Award from the University of Memphis in 2000 when she completed her BFA in Theatre and Dance. 

Presently, she performs as a company member of BIODANCE and the Kista Tucker Dance Company. Ferris serves as the Eastwest Somatics Network treasurer, membership coordinator, and conference chair. She is the Founder/Chair of the Brockport NDEO Student Chapter and was awarded the Elsa Posey Student Scholarship for Organizational Leadership in 2006. Originally from Tennessee, Ferris co-founded and directed Metal Velvet Dance Project in Memphis, TN from 2000-2004.

She has taught at SUNY Brockport, the University of Mississippi, the University of Memphis, The Hochstein School of Music and Dance in Rochester, NY, The Center for Arts Education for the Memphis Arts Council, and the Theatre for Youth Program at Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN.