Kiara Benn is a movement artist and creative producer committed to expanding access to the performing arts. She has collaborated with production companies, artists, and cultural organizations to develop impactful projects in museums, theaters, and community spaces. As project manager at For Freedoms, she helped to produce initiatives like Hear Her Here, a series of murals, programs, and salons highlighting Black femme visions in partnership with Converse. As a choreographer and performer, she contributed to opera productions like Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’s 2022 opera Omar, which was directed by Kaneza Schaal and staged at venues including Spoleto Festival USA, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, and Carolina Performing Arts—an experience that led to her role as studio producer on Schaal’s team. Alongside her artistic practice, Kiara serves as assistant curator of performance at Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts.