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Kyla Kikkawa (Company Member) (she/her) is a movement artist originally from Altadena, CA. A fusion dancer living between the concert and street dance worlds, she battles in KRUMP and all-styles scenes across the Midwest as one of, if not the only, female on the floor, and brings her improvisational sensibility to concert and commercial works. As a choreographer, she directed university team WUHHU to a first-place win at Prelude New England in 2023. Kyla lives for the healing power of movement, a passion that has also taken her to play live music in hospitals in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Managua, Nicaragua. She is a member of Arch Maddnezz, Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, and Kode Redd Dance Company, and is committed to intergenerational and intercultural exchange through her work as an educator and community builder.