Kierstyn Zaykoski is a Principal Soloist of Classical Ballet and Modern Dance, and a choreographer with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre. She is National Director for the New York Institute of Dance & Education, Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting, and part of the Executive Implementation team for Global Initiatives. She is an Executive Coach and Organizational…
Celebrating the 35th year of Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre in 2025 and the New York Institute of Dance & Education in 2026, Sean McLeod, is a Black Multi-Award Winning Executive Producer, American Director, Composer, and Choreographer whose work spans over 40 years & 3 continents. He is founder of Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting, President, Kaleidoscope…
35 Years of Celebration! When good hearted people come together, and act together on a common goal, anything is possible. At the 35th New York Dance Festival we again proved, “Dance is not our goal, it is our vehicle”. It was an incredible 35th “A Day in Dance” Concert Showing at New York City Ballet,…
Scholarly PResentations, International Performance, Master Classes For more than 3 decades, the New York Dance Festival has presented International Stage, an invitation-only, curated, sharing of choreography and culture through dance. In 2019 due to COVID, the special concert was moved online, allowing for a greater reach of difference and expressions of dance to be shared.…
Celebrating 35 Years of the New york Dance Festival The New York Dance Festival celebrated 35 years! This very special two week experience included daily master classes in Modern, Ballet, Hip Hop, McLeod Technique, MT Afro Hip Hop, MT Reinforced Motor Function, McLeod Technique for Pointe, and more, a world-class concert series, New York Dance…
Scholarly PResentations, International Performance, Master Classes For the third year, Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre was invited to be a featured guest at the World Congress of Dance Research in Athens, Greece. Working closely with Dr. Alkis Raftis, Eleni Kouki, Adamantia Angeli, Kaleidoscope has become an important part of each summers event. At the Institute of…
Presenting in Pittsburg, pA Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre presented at the International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference in Pittsburg, PA. “Redefining Economic Norms in Black & Minority Entertainment: How to Make Money Now” This gathering at the 35th International Association of Blacks and Dance Conference in Pittsburgh, PA was special. Facilitated by Sean McLeod-Founder…
A Cultural COnversation in los angeles With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, “Two Black Voices” A Scholarly Comparative Analysis Project that asks “Are there Black-created dance techniques?” was hosted by the iconic company of Lula Washington Dance Theatre in Los Angeles. The project’s scholar subjects, Executive Producer Sean McLeod and intellect…
Unique Cultural Collaboration Fuses Taiwanese and African American, Music, Dance, and Heritage! Grammy Nominated Taiwanese Composer Chihsuan Yang and Jefferson Award for Public Service to America, celebrated African American Composer, Director, and Choreographer Sean McLeod; collaborate on a cross cultural work fusing their cultural music and heritage. Made possible by New Music USA and supported by the…
Two Black Voices – Lincoln Center Two Black Voices is a collaborative intellectual vehicle to present, teach, and study the exceptional and under treasured Black Dance Vocabularies of Fagan Technique and McLeod Technique. This research, cross analysis, and data driven study taken from in-studio sessions was presented in an in-studio showing. The intersection and individual…
