Kassandra Taylor graduated cum laude with a BFA in Dance from Point Park University, where she attended on an academic, community service, and dance scholarship--achieving the Dean's List every semester during her four years.
At graduation, she was awarded "Most Outstanding Dance Senior", "Most Outstanding Senior", and tapped for Who's Who at Point Park University.
Two of her works have been performed at the (regional and national) American College Dance Festival, and five of her works have been selected for the Southeastern Regional Dance America (RDA)--three for gala credit, one performing credit, one emerging credit. She also received the National Choreographic Recognition Award at the 2007 National RDA Conference. Her most recent piece "Braking Space" was chosen for the 2008 RDA Festival, receiving gala credit; after this, Ms. Taylor was awarded the National Commissioning Award-Project Tier Choreographer.
Spending 2007-8 in the trainee ensemble for Alonzo King's LINES Contemporary Ballet, she has also studied with Boston Ballet, Broadway Theater Project, Craft of Choreography, and the North Carolina School of the Arts. She has also choreographed and traveled for works performed across the United States and in Austria, Germany, and Italy.
Ms. Taylor resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, dancing and teaching full-time with the Salt Lake Ballet Conversatory. She may be contacted for new projects.