Katy Pyle

Katy Pyle, a graduate of UNCSA's High School Program, is the founder of Ballez, a ballet group that describes itself as "lesbians doing ballet" and "not just lesbians, but all the queers that ballet has left out." Ballez promotes an inclusive future for classical ballet by incorporating the experiences of queer, lesbian, trans, and gender nonconforming persons into large-scale tale ballets, open lessons, and public conversations.

Pyle began ballet lessons at the age of three and danced with the Texas Youth Ballet. Pyle is the Artistic Director of Ballez and has performed and choreographed for the company in important works such as The Firebird, a Ballez, Variations on Virtuosity, a Ballez Gala, and Sleeping Beauty & the Beast. Pyle also collaborated with Paulina Olowska to choreograph Slavic Goddesses for six soloists with Ballez for a performance series at the Kitchen. Pyle created a dance de deux for PILLOWTALK with Kyoung H. Park at The Tank in January 2018, which toured to Chicago in August 2018.

Katy Pyle was a BAX Artist in Residence from 2013 to 2015, and has also received residencies from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Mount Tremper Arts, Rockbridge Artist's Exchange, the Bushwick Starr, the Dragon's Egg, Abrons Arts Center, and La Mama, among others.

Born: NA
Nationality: American