PRESS & AWARDS

  • Karen and Allen Kaeja in ‘with’ - Choreography by Benjamin Kamino, Photo by Zhenya Cerneacov

    Allen Kaeja, a white presenting balding male of Middle Eastern and Eastern European Jewish descent, has Karen Kaeja, an Ashkenazi white woman with long dark hair, on his back. She is wearing a grey dress and her limbs are wrapped around him. Allen stretches his right arm outward and has his eyes closed.

 

ARTICLES


AWARDS

    • 2023 Eldred Family Dance Award Nomination - Karen and Allen Kaeja each nominated

    • TAPA’s 2022 George Luscombe Mentorship Award – Karen Kaeja

    • Best Choreography in a Music Video at New York International Women’s Festival 2022 for You Come Calling

    • Clearing – Highly Commended in the Best Experimental Category in the Women Over Fifty Film Festival - Karen Kaeja

    • Finalist - 1 of 3 for the Toronto Arts Foundation Celebration of Cultural Life Award - Karen and Allen Kaeja

    • 1 of 2 Toronto Arts Foundation Muriel Sherrin Award Finalist - Karen Kaeja

    • Dance Ontario's Lifetime Achievement Award - Karen & Allen Kaeja

    • Short Listed Jury Prize: XTOD: Moments in Reel Time; Best film over 15 minutes – IMZ, Europe - Allen Kaeja

    • Nomination - NOW Magazine's Reader's Choice Best Dance Company - Kaeja d'Dance

    • Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition (Solo Dance Xchange) – Karen Kaeja

    • Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Male Dancer (Crave) - Karen Kaeja

    • Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Choreography (Crave) - Karen Kaeja

    • Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Female Dancer (Crave) - Karen Kaeja

    • Dora Mavor Moore Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design/Composition (Crave) – Karen Kaeja

    • Muriel Sherrin Award Finalist - Karen Kaeja

    • Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB – Kaeja d’Dance

    • Kathryn Ash Choreography Award - Allen Kaeja

    • Arts and Culture Award King E Neighborhood Association, Kitchener - Porch View Dances - Kaeja d’Dance

    • Nomination - Ontario Arts Foundation Artist Educator Award - Allen Kaeja

    • Nomination – Now Magazine’s Best Toronto Dance Company – Kaeja d’Dance

    • Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB – Kaeja d’Dance

    • NFLD’s ACE award for MUN/Dance NL residency activity - Karen Kaeja

    • Finalist TD Diversity Award 2013 – Kaeja d’Dance

    • Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB – Kaeja d’Dance

    • Canadian Dance Alliance (CDA) COMMUNITY Award for Porch View Dances – Kaeja d’Dance

    • BEST SITE-SPECIFIC DANCE 2012 Globe and Mail – Karen and Allen Kaeja

    • Finalist CDA INNOVATION Award – Kaeja d’Dance

    • Gemini Award - Best Picture - Nureyev - Principle Performer - Allen Kaeja

    • Nomination - Now Magazine’s Best Choreographer’s - Toronto - Karen and Allen Kaeja

    • Partnership Appreciation Award - TDSB - Kaeja d’Dance

    • Top Ten: Now Magazine’s choice for Luminato: Allen and Mika Kaeja

    • Nominated Jury Prize, Dance on Screen Award, New York – Allen Kaeja

    • Dora Mavor Moore Nomination Outstanding Performance - Karen Kaeja

    • Shortlisted Best Short Film, IDN Barcelona - Allen Kaeja

    • Chosen for the VANOC 2008 Cultural Olympiad – Kaeja d’Dance

    • NOW magazine Top 10 dance artists – Karen and Allen Kaeja

    • Shortlisted Special Jury Prize, Banff World Television Awards (Top 6 of 1,000 films) - Allen Kaeja

    • Nominated for the Banff World Television Award - Best Performance Program - Allen Kaeja

    • Nominated Playback Magazine - Best Canadian Film – Allen Kaeja

  • Gemini Nomination - Freedom BRAVO! series on Canadian dance – Kaeja d’Dance

    Paul D. Fleck Award, Fellowship for Innovation, Banff Centre for the Arts - Karen Kaeja

    • Nominated Gemini Award - Best Direction of Performing Arts Program or Series - Allen Kaeja

    • Nominated for Outstanding Choreography: American Choreography Awards - Allen Kaeja

    • Paul D. Fleck Award, Outstanding Choreography, Banff Centre for the Arts - Allen Kaeja

    • Certificate of Distinction, American Dance Festival, Resistance film - Allen Kaeja

    • UNESCO citation for the year of Culture and Peace – Kaeja d’dance

    • Chalmers Award - Karen Kaeja and Allen Kaeja

    • Special Jury Award: Rework for the Camera IMZ, Zummel - Allen Kaeja

    • Moving Pictures Award for Best Performance, Zummel – Allen Kaeja and Karen Kaeja

    • Resistance receives UNESCO citation as a partner in the International Year for the Culture of Peace

    • Clifford E. Lee Award, Banff Centre for the Arts - Allen Kaeja

    • Special Jury Mention: Camera Rework, Witnessed, Dance Screen’99, Austria[IMZ] - Allen Kaeja

    • International Who’s Who Encyclopedia – Allen Kaeja

    • Bonnie Bird Choreography Award London, England - Allen Kaeja

    • K. M. Hunter Choreography Award - Allen Kaeja

    • Canadian Who’s Who Encyclopedia – Allen Kaeja and Karen Kaeja

    • The Canadian Encyclopedia – Karen Kaeja and Allen Kaeja

    • Encyclopedia of Theatre Dance in Canada – Karen and Allen