About YPT

kumari

kumari headshotkumari is a queer, non-binary movement/embodied performance and food-based artist and producer in Tkaronto. As a queer non-binary mixed maker of many things, they believe that creativity is a necessary tool for collective liberation, transformation and healing. kumari spends most of their time organizing in grassroots collectives with queer and trans, Black, Indigenous and people of colour. They are committed to nurturing overlooked brilliance and shaping processes that centre trust, access and growth.

Past collectives include ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company, Unapologetic Burlesque and The AMY Project Theatre Creation Program. They are currently producing Possibilities Podcast while learning about play and liberation in the forest.