Kylie Vinitski
Photo by Minty Photography
Kylie Vinitski, 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 Jeremy Blair, Monique Haley, Seyong Kim, and Joshua Manculich, and dancing in Kate Skarpetowska’s Tidal Intersections and Aszure Barton’s Happy Little Things (Waiting on a Gruff Cloud of Wanting). Fall 2019, Kylie moved to Chicago to dance on scholarship at Hubbard Street’s Lou Conte Dance Studio where she worked with Shannon Alvis under the mentorship of Ethan Kirshbaum. Kylie relocated to Metro-Detroit in 2021 where she has danced professionally with Contexture Dance Detroit and ArtlabJ and has performed at festivals such as Detroit Dance City Festival, Detroit Dance Exchange, Oakland Dance Festival, Maggie Allesee Choreography Competition, RAD Fest, and Dumbo Dance Festival in New York City. Kylie also toured Europe with Artlabj in 2022 at the Tanzhafen Festival in Linz, Austria. Kylie has choreographed for Michigan State University's Orchesis Dance Society, Grand Valley State University's Elite Dance Club, and Suttle Dance Company. Summer 2022, Kylie won the Emerging Choreographers Project competition and created a new work on the dancers of Young Dancer’s Initiative in Ann Arbor. Kylie has had the honor to choreograph for Churchill High School’s CAPA dance program where her choreography was chosen to perform in the 2022 and 2023 Oakland Dance Festival College Showcase. Kylie is working towards her MA as a Dance Teaching Artist at Wayne State University. 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 will complete her Master’s Degree Fall 2024 through her thesis essay, “The effects of the creative process – dance composition, improvisation, and choreography for teen and young adult dancers: A qualitative and interpretive inquiry on well-being.” Kylie is now a Senior Company Dancer in her 8th season with ConteXture Dance Detroit working as an administrative assistant and social media manager. This season Kylie has had the opportunity to develop CPSP: ConteXture’s Pre-Professional Summer Program where Kylie will be creating a new work on pre-professional dancers which will be premiered at the season 11 concert. Kylie looks forward to sharing her artistry and passion with the Detroit dance community this season.