About
Meet our Team
Kairos Alive! is a pioneering artist- and teacher-led nonprofit, blending research-based performing arts with meaningful community engagement. Since our founding in 1999, we’ve brought the transformative power of dance, music, and storytelling to people of all ages and abilities.
Parker Genné
Artistic Director
Parker, Artistic Director and teaching artist, is an opera and musical theater performer, a producer of theater engagement works, and a developer and performer of character comedy sketches.
Vlad Garrido-Biagetti
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Cris Anderson
Teaching Artist/Communications
Cris is a folk fiddler, poet and theater artist. He plays at local Scandinavian dances, and is included on the American Swedish Institute Spelmanslag CD, Love is Hard to Hide. His poems and essays have been published regionally. He founded and directs the 30-year audience-as-artist participation theater for emotional and social healing, Minnesota Folktale Gardening Club. He has a background in television journalism and is a national award-winning documentary filmmaker: Visible Target, NYTimes: “Wondrously well done.” 2023 Dwight in Denmark now in festivals. He serves as a premarital counselor and wedding officiant.
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About
Our Story
We believe in the joy of intergenerational, all-abilities participatory arts to nurture, heal, and connect. Through innovative programs, we liberate the power of the performing arts to create communities rooted in belonging, inclusion, and celebration.
Kairos Alive! bridges the performing arts with over 60 community partners, including healthcare, social services, education, Tribal Nations, and local governments. Our art-based interventions engage individuals not traditionally seen as art makers, inviting them into inclusive, intercultural circles of creativity and shared celebration.
Our Teaching Artists reflect the communities we serve, co-creating programs that foster healing and belonging. Every activity is designed to empower participants to discover their artistic potential and build connections that improve well-being for all.