Katie Kuntz was born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She began her training in dance at three years old old, dancing in a renovated barn. In 2009, Katie underwent brain surgery to preemptively save her from suffering a stroke. Her speedy recovery is credited to her desire to return to dance. She was able to attend The American Ballet Theater’s summer intensive in Detroit. She later transitioned to the Metropolitan Ballet Academy before eventually moving to New York City to attend the Joffrey Ballet School, under the direction and instruction of Era Jouravlev, as a ballet trainee for three years. During her attendance, Katie performed works by Merce Cunningham, Fredrick Earl Mosley, and Robert Ray, in addition to creating two works of her own, “Bittersweet” (2014) and “Needle/Thread” (2015). She studied under the tutelage of Irene Hogarth-Cimino, Marina Bogdanova, Colleen Barnes, and former Joffrey Ballet dancers Francesca Corkle and Nicole Duffy. She spent two summers working as a Resident Advisor for Joffrey South’s summer dance intensive where she gained knowledge and experience in arts administration. Katie graduated in 2019 from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with her BFA in contemporary dance performance with an emphasis in creating performance. She has been fortunate enough to perform work by acclaimed choreographers Roderick George, Gregory Dawson, Merce Cunningham, and Tommie-Waheed Evans, as well as work by the Conservatory’s own Robin Aren (‘15) and Margaret Falcone (‘19). She has choreographed “Nervosity” (2017), “How Remember” (2018), and “Confessional” (2019) while at the conservatory. She has furthered her training through various intensives and workshops including Doug Varone and Dancers and Springboard X. Katie is also a certified, registered ballet teacher through the Royal Academy of Dance. She currently resides in Chicago, IL where she plans to further her dance career.
