Kyla Piscopink’s dance career has taken her everywhere from NFL cheerleading to the Nutcracker—and pretty much everywhere in between. Somewhere along the way, in 2008, she founded Dance Key West and has served as artistic director ever since. With Dance Key West, Kyla has presented and performed her work at Lincoln Center, Dixon Place, Triskelion Arts, and all over the stages, streets, and beaches of Key West. Kyla is most passionate about dance’s ability to connect, heal, and transform, and that passion can be seen in the DKW outreach programs she has developed, including: The ReMARCable Dance Project, Telling My Story, Dance America, and BVMP Dance & Technique.

Kyla’s choreography credits include “OK Toilet Bowl”, (a children’s music video with STEVENSTEVEN, dir: Steve Burns), two musicals at The Studios of Key West: Prime Time (by Blake Hunter & Charles Lindberg, dir: Murphy Davis), and See Jane Run!, (by Maribeth Graham & Dana P. Rowe, dir: Murphy Davis), StylePointe (a New York Fashion Week event at Dixon Place), and Five Course Love at The Red Barn Theatre (by Gregg Coffin, dir: Moritz von Stuelpnagel).

Kyla is Pilates Mat certified, has a BA in Sociology from The State University of New York at Fredonia, and teaches Performing Arts/Dance at Grace Lutheran School in Key West. Kyla is proud to be a member of American Legion Unit 1280 Auxiliary in Cassadaga, NY and the Florida Keys Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Kyla lives in Key West with her husband, Dennis, and their two children, Hendrix & Polly. For more information, please visit: kylapiscopink.com.

Cait Belland began her dance training at age four at The Coffee Mill Dance Studio in her hometown of Key West, Florida. She furthered her dance training in Jacksonville, Florida at various studios including the Florida Ballet and Orlando Ballet. She trained at Festival Ballet Providence in Rhode Island in their pre-professional and summer programs. Other summer programs Cait attended include: Orlando Ballet, The Rock School of Dance, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Kansas City Ballet, and The Nutmeg Ballet. She continued her studies and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy, training under Katie Dorn, Rachel James, Jurijs Safonovs and Director, Joseph Morrissey. Her classical ballet performances include Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote. She has also performed “Serenade” by George Balanchine and “Before Your Eyes’’ by Yoshito Sakuraba. Cait has worked with renowned dancers and choreographers including Shura Baryshnikov, Michael Spencer Philips, Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba, Dillon Crossman, Wendy Whelan, Fana Tysfagorious, Shura Baryshnikov, and Sydney James Harcourt. She has also performed work by the late Paul Taylor, and has trained at Steps On Broadway and Gibney Dance in NYC. In 2019, Cait performed at Carnegie Hall to work choreographed by Loni Landon. In 2020 she performed at the New World Center in Miami, Florida to work choreographed by Katie Dorn. Cait is ignited by creating unique choreography and exploring the collaborating relationship of dance with other art forms. She graduated from the University of Florida cum laude in Spring 2024 with her BFA in Dance. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Management and will graduate in Spring 2025. While at UF, she has performed works by Xan Burley, Alex Springer, and Isa Garcia-Rose. Spring semester of 2023, she studied dance in Paris through the University of South Florida’s study abroad program, directed by Michael Foley. Cait is Assistant Director of Admission at Interlochen Center for the Arts, recruiting and promoting talented young artists. Cait is in her fourth year as a company member of Dance Key West. This year, she is excited to work with Kyla Piscopink as Co-Artistic Director, building upon the history of Dance Key West.