Jakki Kalogridis is a New Orleans-based disabled dancer, choreographer, visual artist, and writer. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was a choreographer-in-residence at Space Station Dance Residency in St. Louis (2023) and was selected for the inaugural cohort at the International Dance Festival New Orleans Incubator Residency (2026). Jakki founded New Orleans Colorguard Arts in 2015, which offered programs teaching colorguard and dance through studio classes and workshops, a parading krewe, and stage recitals for local performers to showcase their talents. She is currently Co-Director of Shoestring Dance Residency.

Jakki has been a Featured Designer at New Orleans Fashion week, and won “New Orleans Designer of the Year” at a Raw Showcase is 2014. She has created custom costumes for numerous choreographers, dancers, musical artists, and private clients.

Her recent artistic works include Conditional Love (2026 installation/performance), I’m Not Daedalus Yet (2025 choreography), Pestilence (2025 series of art books), I’m Thoreau Waiting (2023 choreography and prose), Fast-Paced World (2023 choreography and costumes), and Untitled (Ode to a New Atlantis) (2021 choreography).