Kiara Paige, teaching artist

Kiara Paige is a Professional Dancer and Choreographer with over ten years of experience performing professionally. Although Kiara has heavily trained in ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop and tap dance, her passion lies in dances from the Caribbean and African diaspora. She is responsible for sharing her experience and knowledge of dance with others through her teachings and choreography. Upon graduating with her B.A. in dance, Kiara became the Founder of her dance company, CarNYval Dancers, her dance and fitness brand, The Kross Movement and her newest project, Kulture Kave. Kiara has performed traditional West African, jazz, and modern dance at Symphony Space, Wofabe, International African Arts Festival, The Hunger Project, Syracuse State Fair, Dance Africa 2013 and Dance Africa 2014. She has performed on stages known across the globe such as Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, The Soca Monarch in Trinidad & Tobago and NYC's Labor Day Parade.  Kiara has also performed with various Afrobeats, Soca and Reggae artists and was the choreographer for the World’s Largest Soca Flash Mob which took place in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to performing, Kiara has taught countless workshops for different organizations, universities, and even abroad in Japan. Kiara uses dance to advocate for the rights of others across the globe and was instrumental in raising funds for Project Protect NG to support the End SARS movement in Nigeria.