Keila Cordova

Maria Consuelo
Movement Director

Keila Cordova (she/her) creates out of the interrelationship of our moving and/or speaking bodies. Her short film, “RESIDUALS” was a 2021 Official Selection at the Montreal Independent Film Festival, DUMBO Film Festival & Toronto International Women Film Festival. Keila’s performance works include KITH, As Pretty Does, Volcano My Love, Agnes Falling, Janet 2.0. Awards include the 2018 Story Changers Award for Outstanding Leadership and for Empowering Women in the Arts in Philadelphia from the Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival; the Directors Lab West, Saltonstall Art Colony and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She’s received support from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Leeway Foundation, Small But Mighty Arts, Puffin Foundation, Harlem Stage. A graduate of UC, Berkeley, she has an MFA from the New School for Social Research. She lives in Philadelphia.