Carthorse Fellowship (2018)[6]Solange MacArthur Award (2016)[6] Dancemapolitan Award (2016)[6] NYFA Choreography Fellow (2016)[6] Dixon Place Dance Artist (2015)[6] Raja Feather Kelly is an American dancer and choreographer based in Brooklyn who is notable for his "radical downtown surrealist" productions which combine "pop and queer culture".

[8][11] Reviewer Sara Aridi in The New York Times wrote that "one leaves a performance of Raja's infected by his curiosity, love of craft and just plain outrageousness.

[12] Critic Brian Schaefer in The New York Times wrote that Kelly's choreography has a "lighter touch, a flirty wink and a queer sensibility" that "treats pop culture as a kind of religion itself.

"[13] A prime influence of Kelly in his approach to dance was the American visual and pop artist Andy Warhol.

[14] In 2020, Kelly directed and choreographed an Off-Broadway production of We're Gonna Die by Young Jean Lee.