Xenia Mansour

Xenia Mansour (she/her) is a dancer, mover, and performer based in Chicago and New York City. Originally from Oak Park, IL, Mansour is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She is currently a member of Katherine Maxwell’s HIVEWILD and performs regularly with experimental dance theater HOLDTIGHT Company in both Denver and New York City. A former company member of BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, she has also worked with Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Gabrielle Johnson + Artists, Javier Padilla & The Movement Playground, and Angie Moon Dance Theatre. She has performed in a range of stage, site-specific, immersive, film, and fashion work including as a guest dancer and model for Mexican fashion designer Carla Fernández with choreography by Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, and as a feature dancer for CXN’s Fashion Commercial Come With Us choreographed by Katherine Maxwell. She teaches private dance lessons to both kids and adults, focusing on Ballet and Modern techniques, Improvisation, and Choreography. She also works with MOMENTA Dance Company in Oak Park as a mentor and guest teacher for their high schoolers. Off the stage, she curated pop-up contemporary dance events with Hi Artist and Airbnb Experiences. She is an avid boxer and is enthusiastically curious about the intersection of sports and the arts.