Shion Skye Carter (she/they) is a dance artist originally from Gifu, Japan, who lives and dedicates time to their artistic practice in Vancouver, Canada on the unceded, traditional lands of the Coast Salish peoples. Through choreography hybridized with heritage art forms such as calligraphy interacting with objects and design, Shion’s work utilizes a sensitive intensity to navigate identity and the body’s complex internal and external worlds through performance. Recent presentations of Shion’s work include Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), FTA/OFFTA (Montréal), Expanse Festival (Edmonton), Tangente (Montréal), and Kinetic Studio (Halifax), and their short movement films have been screened at festivals and galleries globally, including in Bulgaria, Germany, China, Greece, and Canada. As a performer, they have worked with artists such as Anya Saugstad (Furious Grace Dance Theatre), Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance), Company 605, Wen Wei Dance, plastic orchid factory, and Ziyian Kwan (Odd Meridian Arts). Shion holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Simon Fraser University, and is the recipient of the Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award (2022) and Dance Victoria's Chrystal Dance Prize (2023).