Katie Couchie

Katie Couchie is an Anishinaabekwe Oji-Cree dance artist from Nbisiing (Nipissing First Nation), now based in Tkaronto. Katie has worked with companies and choreographers including Kaha:wi Dance Theatre (Santee Smith), A’nó:wara Dance Theatre (Barbara Diabo), Human Body Expressions (Hanna Kiel), Alejandro Ronceria, Christine Friday, Peggy Baker, and Cameron Fraser-Monroe.

Katie is a Dora nominated artist for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble for the productions of Homelands and SKéN:NEN created by Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and has performed at events including APTN’s Indigenous Day Live (2022), the FODAR Dance Festival (2023), Governor General’s Performance Awards (2023), and MOCA Live: Contemporary x Dance (2024).

Currently, Katie is working on her first solo piece where she spent the summer as the Artist in Residence at the University of Toronto and is grateful to be back working on Homelands again with the Kaha:wi Dance Theatre team.