KAI KNIGHT

Kai Knight is a choreographer, performer and instructor. She is an active member in the New Orleans-based cultural performance companies; Kumbuka African Drum and Dance Collective and Bamboula 2000 Band. She is the Artistic Director of Silhouette Dance Ensemble and Breathe!/A Multi-Cultural Collective Breath through Movement Company. In 2017, she choreographed Le Code Noir, directed by Tommye Myrick. Kai is a resident teacher at Dancing Grounds and the founder and director of Seasons Center which hosts multi-cultural programming that assists women, families and communities by application of faith, education, and the performing arts. She is currently enrolled at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to better provide individual, social and community healing through the integration of faith into the performance arts and social work.