a Michigan native, started her training in ballet, jazz, modern, and contemporary ballet at an early age. Chandler was accepted into the Conservatory of Performance Arts (C.O.P.A.) – Dance Program at Point Park University. Chandler graduated in 2019, obtaining her B.A. in Dance with a Minor History. She has performed choreography by; Daniel Karasik, Kiki Lucas, David Norsworthy, Kaylin Horgan, and many others. She has also performed in stage/film work with Rashaad Newsome and Allana Clark. In addition to being a multidisciplinary performance artist, Chandler also enjoys teaching and choreographing. Chandler was an apprentice with Staycee Pearl Dance Project 2018-2019 before joining the company in the Fall of 2019.
is a dancer from Baltimore city and a graduate of the Baltimore school for the Arts. Savionne has earned her B.F.A from Point Park University with a concentration in ballet. From an early age Miss Chambers has been passionate about dance and art education. Her mission is to inspire the youth and those with marginalized identities to dream dangerously and without boundaries.
is the youngest co owner of Kulture Dance Academy, K'aijha hails from Miami, FL where she began dancing before she could walk. Her first performance was during the half time show of a Miami Heat basketball game at the age of 6. K'aijha has competed throughout the US via her participation in the Turkish Olympiads and Odyssey of the Mind competitions. She is a recent graduate of Pittsburgh's Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) where she was trained under the infamous Leslie Braswell, Greer Reed and more. Outside of school, she has worked under Kontara Morphis and competed with national champions, Damage Dance Crew. K'aijha started her own dance company, K'Bria's Dance a Ria, later K'aijha's Caribbean Kreations, at the age of 9. She became a dance instructor for the Ryan Arts Center, Abiding Faith Ministry and H.O.P.E. for Tomorrow beginning at 14 years old. She was awarded the Girls Expo 'Girl of Merit/ Youth Entrepreneur of the Year', 2018.
Most recently, Kinsey danced with Confluence Ballet Company from 2021-2024, initially as an apprentice before her promotion to company artist in 2022. Some of her favorite roles included Carabosse in A Villain Redeemed, Dew Drop in Nutcracker for a Difference and Soloist in Kassi Tiedjens’ Gaia.
Previously, Kinsey trained with Louisville Ballet from 2017-2021, the first two seasons as a trainee and the final two seasons as a studio company member. She had the pleasure of performing in the corps de ballet with the main company in most of their productions including favorites such as Alun Jone’s Cinderella, Ronald Hynd’s The Merry Widow, Val Caniparoli's The Nutcracker, and Robert Curran’s Giselle.
Kinsey began her dance training at the age of 6 in Bakersfield, CA. From ages 12-15, she continued her training in Allen, TX before moving to Olympia, WA to train at Studio West Dance Academy under the direction of Stephanie Wood Ennett and Mariana Ramsour.
Additional training included summer programs with San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet Arizona, and Oklahoma City Ballet. She also attended the University of Utah on a ballet scholarship for one year before leaving to train in the pre-professional programs at Ballet Arizona and Colorado Ballet.
Keysha Gomez has always been a danceur! She began her dance career at Miss Roni's School of Dance in Miami, FL at the age of two. She was a student of the Expressive Arts Magnet Dance Department at C.R. Drew Elementary and Middle Schools before completing her High school training as a principal dancer at Miami Southridge Senior High Schoo
Keysha Gomez has always been a danceur! She began her dance career at Miss Roni's School of Dance in Miami, FL at the age of two. She was a student of the Expressive Arts Magnet Dance Department at C.R. Drew Elementary and Middle Schools before completing her High school training as a principal dancer at Miami Southridge Senior High School's premiere dance program. Keysha was a featured dancer in the County's Superintendent Showcase and was selected to attend dance intensives with the Alvin Ailey School of Dance camps. Keysha flourished in High school as a majorette, was a founding member of the school’s Afrocentric awareness club, Essence of Sisterhood, was voted Most Likely to Succeed in the Performing Arts department, and was the recipient of Miami-Dade County Public School’s Silver Knight Award for Performing Arts and a nominee of the Silver Knight Award for volunteerism. During that time, Keysha also established her church's dance ministry, producing choreography and leading the team in serving at numerous events across the County for 3 years before leaving for college. Keysha's dance career continued at Bethany College where she helped established their dance program and was part of their cheerleading team.
While Keysha paused her dance career to build her family, service to others never ceased. Keysha established H.O.P.E. for Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization in the City of Pittsburgh focused on helping youth and their families develop the skills needed to compete in the global economy. Of course, Keysha ensured that dance was always a component of the program. Keysha’s efforts produced a proclamation from the City of Pittsburgh naming H.O.P.E. for Tomorrow Day as September 16, 2014 and Keysha Gomez Day as November 19, 2018. Keysha was also the recipient of the Cupcakes Most Wanted Youth Ally award in 2018, VTP Counseling Service’s Passion Meets the Road entrepreneur award in 2018 was named one of the City of Pittsburgh’s 40 Under 40 in 2019. In 2023, she was a nominee for Professional Women's Network (PWN) prestigious Ladies Who Lead awards and was most recently an honoree in the 2024 Onyx Woman Leadership Awards! Keysha’s commitment to the legacy of dance continued as she found creative ways to introduce the joy and discipline of her art to the next generation primarily through support of the efforts of her eldest daughter, K'aijha, to teach dance at various forums in the City of Pittsburgh.
Kulture Dance Academy was officially established in summer of 2020 amidst school and program shutdowns and a battle against a worldwide pandemic. At that time Keysha reminded the City of Pittsburgh and the world that Dance cannot be bound by hardship and, no matter what, true dancers do what they are born to do ... Dance!