(director, choreographer)

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 and has a BA in Sociology from The State University of New York at Fredonia. 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.

Owner/Director of CoffeeMill Dance Studio, Choreographer/Instructor (Modern, Musical Theater, Zumba)

Born and raised in the Bronx, Penny relocated to Key West in 1977 with a B.A. in Dance Education from Herbert H. Lehman College. Penny purchased the CoffeeMill property (known for it’s El Brazo Fuerte coffee) in the mid-eighties, co-founded the Key West Dance Theatre and became an original member of the Fabulous Spectrelles (Toni). Penny choreographs for all the theater groups in Key West including Keys Kids (credits include: Annie, Peter Pan, King & I, High School Musical, Footloose, Wizard of Oz, Little Mermaid, Oliver, Wanda’s World) the Waterfront Playhouse (favorites include: Urinetown, Reefer Madness, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Drowsy Chaperone, Xanadu, Spamalot) and the Red Barn Theatre (credits include: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bat Boy, Forbidden Broadway, Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class, Bingo) and produces DanceWorks! (this year featured A Midsummer’s Night Dream May 16 & 17 at TWT) and Walk on White’s ‘hiPSo fActO’ - an informal live dance performance series. In 2009 the CoffeeMill was awarded an ‘Art Reach’ Grant to present Peter and the Wolf to school aged children. Penny is also interested in promoting dance in our schools through the CoffeeMillDance Outreach and Scholarship Program bringing dance to children who cannot get to the studio and is a recipient of two ‘Artist in Schools’ Grants. Every summer Penny is proud to be a part of Camp Bravo! A musical theatre camp for children in collaboration with the Waterfront Playhouse and Keys Community School of the Arts (credits include:Once On This Island, The Aristocats Jr.)

Erin gets to flex her creative muscle as Artistic Director of the Studios of Key West but has also completed a graduate degree at Harvard, served as a National Park Service Search and Rescue volunteer, visited all 50 states, rescued a 300lb sea turtle, nabbed the title of Key West Ms. Gay Pride, and gotten involved with Special Olympics. She says yes to pretty much everything.

Since moving to Key West in 2014, John has been an avid supporter of the Arts and Artists. John is a retired attorney from Pittsburgh, PA with many interests such as sailing, horseback riding, cycling, skiing, skate boarding and is an active member of the worldwide Burning Man community. John is fond of saying “I love Key West but if there is one thing we need more of it’s dance!”

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