Kenneth was just interviewed by UCLA's alumni department. Read about his decision to start KWDP and his favorite day at UCLA.
How and why did you get into dance? Did you always want to be a dancer? To read his answer to this and other questions click here.
Kenneth Walker is Artistic Director of Kenneth Walker Dance Project (KWDP) and a 2007 Lester Horton Dance Awards Nominee for Outstanding Performance by a Company for its program, Sheer Force of Will....Read More
Diane Chesseman began dancing at age three in a Los Angeles preschool. She continued her training around the country including the Kirov Academy in Washington D.C., International School of Classical Ballet in Seattle, Washington and The Ailey School and Broadway Dance Center in New York City....Read More
Candice Davis trained at Anna Cheselka School of Ballet in Studio City, California, under principal dancers from Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, American Ballet Theatre, and Joffrey Ballet, and with...Read More
Evyn Davis, trained at Lauridsen Ballet Centre, home of South Bay Ballet for ten seasons and has performed in many roles including Spanish, Marzipan, Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Coppélia, White Swan in Swan Lake Pas de Deux, Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty, and soloist in Kenneth Walker's Rito Transcendente....Read More
Allison Day has been dancing since the age of three and trained under Patricia Standar and June Chin as a Dance Peninsula Ballet company member. She has performed numerous classical and contemporary ballet roles for noted choreographers including Charles Maple, Eloy Barrigan and Valerie Houston, to name a few....Read More
Kara Fioretti began training in San Antonio, Texas with the Creative Arts Theater School and has performed with many companies including Ballet West, Media City Ballet, The Blakenship Ballet Company, and in ballets such as...Read More
Felicia Guzman was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas where she trained at the Vladimir Marek Ballet Academy under Vladimir Marek and Nancy Smith. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering...Read More
Gabrielle Palmatier was trained in upstate New York with Deborah Boughton and later with Mary Day at Washington Ballet. She has attended summer intensives with Houston Ballet and Chataqua Ballet. She has been a soloist with Media City Ballet in Glendale and is in her third season with KWDP
Elijah Pressman was recently appointed as the new Assistant Artistic Director at South Ballet where he has served many years as Ballet Master and principal dancer.trained at Lauridsen Ballet Centre in Torrance. California. Elijah's repertoire includes ballets by Robert Kelley, Laurence Blake, Jon Cristofori, Kenneth Walker, William Whitener,...Read More
Jeanine Ryan began her ballet training with the Chico Community Ballet under Deborah Jorritsma and Catherine Sullivan-Sturgeon. During this time, she performed various roles including Titania in Balanchine’s...Read More
Tiff began ballet training with acclaimed teacher Nan Klinger at the Cuyahoga Valley Youth ballet in Ohio. After moving to Cleveland Heights, she trained at the Cleveland Ballet School, under the artistic direction of Dennis Nahat....Read More
Kenneth Walker Dance Project is a contemporary ballet company dedicated to the expression of the modern condition through the lens of the classical vocabulary. To achieve its mission the company will:... Read More
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