KARLEY WASAFF
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                                        XwhY  ​

XwhY is a compositional-improvisation score that channels reclamation to foster resilience, healing through movement while navigating the hardships that gender markers impose on nonbinary and female identities. Using memories and “X marks the spot” as movement scores, XwhY transforms body trauma into empowerment, resonating with the urgency of reclaiming agency and autonomy in today’s socio-political climate.
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Choreographed, performed, directed, produced, and sound by Karley Wasaff
In 2024,
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ODDFEST Film Festival c
ommissioned XwhY for ODDFEST Film Festival, revamping the 2021 dance-for-film version. Additional 2024 film screenings in NYC include, The Oculus World Trade Center, MODArts Dance, MetaBetties, Theatre for the New City.

XwhY Dance for Film Trailer

XwhY investigates body trauma and empowerment through movement. Each performance serves as a form of time travel, where movement revisits past traumas and transforms them into empowerment and healing.
2024 International screenings include Art Basel 2024 with Satellite Art Show, and French premier with Festival Regards with CineCorps
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In 2021, 

​XwhY Dance for Film 
was born out of the pandemic thanks to a commission by RAD Fest in Michigan and screened at Comeback Selection: Take Your Medicine and Smile in Los Angeles and the Essence of Embodiment Film Festival at SMUSH Gallery, New Jersey.
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XwhY Mini Artist Talk

Step into reclaiming autonomy with XwhY, where movement is protest, healing, and a reclamation of body agency. In a world challenging our autonomy, XwhY uses dance as resistance and transformation."
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  • Home
  • About
    • 2025 in Review
  • Choreographer
    • Immersive Shows >
      • Growing Takes Time
      • The Weight of Worth
      • Bonedaddy's Bacchanal
    • Stage Choreography >
      • XwhY
      • Glitch
      • CYCLICAL CYCLES
      • DARTH DOM X presents DADDY ISSUES
    • Film Choreography >
      • Lasercats Film
      • XwhY (Film only)
    • MFA choreography >
      • here nor there
      • I am a... Womyn
      • Ambivalent | Ambiguous
    • BFA choreography >
      • Apparatus
      • Be .
      • Absence is Presence
    • Heels Choreography
  • Performer
    • Highlight Reels
    • GORDON HALL ‘Hands & Knees’
    • Meta Betties
    • Gogo Looks/Characters For Hire
    • Performer Pre 2023
  • Modeling