Kiley Dolaway was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She
studied dance at Philadelphia Dance Theatre and graduated
high school from The University of North Carolina School of
the Arts under the directorship of Susan Jaffe. She
graduated Cum Laude with a BFA from the Conservatory of
Dance at Purchase College in 2018 where she performed
work by Shannon Gillen, Kevin Wynn, Manuel Vignoulle,
Sidra Bell, and Merce Cunningham. Additionally, she was
invited to dance at Springboard Danse Montreal both in
2017 and 2018 where she performed in the restaging of
'Paper Cuts in an Empty Bag' by Peter Chu and a new
creation by Johannes Wieland. In 2018, Kiley performed in
Shannon Gillen's 'SUPERBLOOM' at the 92nd Street Y in
New York upon joining VIM VIGOR DANCE COMPANY as a
company member. Following this, she supported Gillen's
creations at L.A. Dance Project, b12 festival in Berlin,
Princeton University, Boston Dance Theater, and Booker T.
Washington School for the Arts. In 2019, she debuted in
VIM's latest creation FOREVER in NYC, she later traveled
with Gillen to teach, create, and perform at LINK 2019 in
Salt Lake City, Perry Mansfield's Summer Program,
Springboard Danse Montreal, Springboard X, MOVE NYC,
VIM VIGOR's Summer Program in NYC, and the University
of North Carolina School of the Arts. Over the past two
years, Kiley has taught classes and workshops alongside
Gillen and also individually at The Juilliard School, NYU
Tisch School of the Arts, Fordham, Purchase College,
Rutgers University, Peridance Center, Gibney Dance, and
the University of Calgary. In 2020, Kiley will be representing
VIM VIGOR teaching, creating, and performing at LINK in
Salt Lake City, New Dialect in Nashville, Springboard Danse
Montreal, and b12 festival in Berlin.
