Faculty

Kylie Moore - CPSP Artistic Director

Kylie Moore, originally from Livonia, MI, graduated from Western Michigan University in April 2019 with her BFA in Dance. At Western, she had the privilege of working with choreographers Monique Haley, Seyong Kim, Joshua Manculich, Kate Skarpetowska, and Aszure Barton. While at Western, Kylie joined ConteXture for her first season as a company member in 2017. After she graduated from WMU in 2019, Kylie moved to Chicago to dance on scholarship at Hubbard Street’s Lou Conte Dance Studio under the mentorship of Ethan Kirshbaum. Kylie relocated to Metro-Detroit in 2021 where she continued to dance professionally with Contexture Dance Detroit and has performed at festivals in the Metro-Detroit area, Chicago, and New York. Kylie also danced with Artlabj for two seasons where she toured Europe in 2022 at the Tanzhafen Festival in Linz, Austria. Kylie is a resident choreographer for Churchill High School’s CAPA dance program where her choreography has been chosen to perform in the 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 Oakland Dance Festival College Showcase. In Spring of 2025, Kylie received her MA as a Dance Teaching Artist at Wayne State University with her thesis, “Effects Of The Creative Process For Pre-Professional Learners In Dance: Enhancing Well-Being Through Personal Expression.” Through this program, she has had the honor to collaborate with the undergraduate students of Company One at Wayne State under the mentorship of Lisa Wilmot and work as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate pedagogy course under the direction of Dr. Doug Risner.

Kylie is a Senior Company Dancer with ConteXture Dance Detroit moving into her 10th season as a dancer and second season as Company Manager. Kylie manages all communication within the company along with running social media accounts, updating the company website, assisting in grant writing, writing applications for dance festivals, and assisting in event planning. Kylie is also the Artistic Director of the Pre-Professional Summer Program (CPSP) providing opportunities for artists ages 13-18 to train and perform alongside professional dance artists in Detroit. Kylie centers her teachings around promoting positive mental health and providing a safe studio environment for growth and learning. Her goal as a teaching artist is to allow dancers the space to explore their vulnerabilities and express themselves as human beings. Kylie is looking forward to connecting and creating with the dancers of CPSP this season. 

Tracy Halloran

Artistic director of ConteXture, Tracy Halloran, earned her BFA in dance at Marygrove College and her MFA in Choreography at the University of Michigan. In 2014, she was named a Kresge Fellow in Music and Dance. She has worked as a performer, teacher, choreographer, and rehearsal director in the dance world. She is also the co-founder of Detroit Dance Exchange, a program established to help local choreographers exhibit and explore their own professional works. Halloran’s choreography blurs the lines between dance genres and styles by combining the movement techniques of modern, hip hop, jazz and contemporary. She uses the dynamics of motion and choreographic levels to create explosive and exciting movement phrases, which juxtapose the delicacy of human emotion. In the past few years, Halloran has been a finalist in the Michigan Dance Council’s prestigious Maggie Allesee Choreography competition. Tracy’s choreography was selected to perform at the Tanzhafen Festival in Linz, Austria in Fall 2023. Ms. Halloran is an accomplished teacher in ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary and flexibility and strengthening techniques. Her students have performed as Rockette’s, NFL and NBA dancers, also with American Ballet Theatre, Zurich Ballet, Disney World’s Beauty and the Beast, and Royal Caribbean. They are also dancing for choreographers like Andrew Winghart, Talia Favia, and Liz Imperio. She has been an instructor all over the MidWest. She is currently on faculty at Company C Dance Club in Toledo, Ohio and is a consultant for the U.S Rhythmic Gymnastics team, aiding the gymnasts and coaches in high level training to qualify for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games.

Kelley Novak

Kelley began her dancing at the American Dance Academy of Commerce, MI. She furthered her training all four years of high school while being a member of the West Bloomfield Varsity Pom/Dance Team, as well as the dance program where she performed in numerous school events. During this time, she was offered to attend the World Jazz Congress in Chicago where she was able to take from instructors such as Frank Hatchett, Gus Giordano, Joe Tremaine, and many others. After high school, Kelley continued her dance studies at Marygrove College under the direction of Jordeen Ivanov-Ericson, Penny Godboldo, Babara Selinger, and Susan Panek. She graduated in 2011 with a BFA in Dance Performance, along with a minor in Business. Kelley has had the opportunity to train with the River North Dance Company of Chicago, as well as perform works for artists including Pattie Obey, Ray Mercer, Kim Bears-Bailey and Kevin Iega-Jeff. She has also been casted as a performer in the Dreamworks Production of “Holiday Shrektacular” at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville in 2012. From 2014-2017, Kelley performed as a member of Pure Existence Dance Company of Ann Arbor, MI. Since 2018, she has been training and performing with ConteXture dance Detroit. Currently, Kelley is a dance instructor for local studios, teaching both recreational and competitive dance. She has recently completed her 5th season as the Head Coach for the Pom/Dance team at West Bloomfield High School, after being the Assistant Coach for 7 years prior. Kelley is also going on her thirteenth season as a member of the Detroit Tigers Energy Squad, and completed her 4th season as a member of the Detroit Red Wings Red Patrol, using her enthusiasm and rhythm to pump up the crowd.

2025 CPSP Dancers

2024 CPSP Dancers