About the dancers

Noa Colvin

NOA BEGAN HER DANCE TRAINING IN JAZZ AND HIP HOP, COMPETING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WINNING MULTIPLE TITLES. SHE LATER TRAINED AT ATLANTA DANCE AND MUSIC ACADEMY IN BALLET, CONTEMPORARY, JAZZ, AND HORTON. AT SIXTEEN, SHE BEGAN TRAINING WITH AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE AND STUDIED AT BOTH THE JKO SCHOOL IN NEW YORK AND THE WILLIAM J. GILLESPIE SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. AT EIGHTEEN, SHE JOINED PHILADELPHIA BALLET, FORMERLY PENNSYLVANIA BALLET, WHERE SHE DANCED UNTIL 2021 BEFORE RETURNING TO ATLANTA.

MEG GOURLEY

MEG HAS A BFA IN DANCE, A MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY, AND A K12 CERTIFICATION FOR DANCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. SHE BEGAN HER DANCE TRAINING AT DECATUR SCHOOL OF BALLET AND STUDIED AT THE JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL, STAIBDANCE, THE GOVERNOR'S HONORS PROGRAM, AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL, AND IMMERSEATL. SHE'S WORKED WITH ALEXANDRE MUNZ, LUIS PIEDRA, URBAN BUSH WOMEN, DANZA UNIVERSITARIA, JESSICA BERTRAM, POETICA, ATLANTA DANCE COLLECTIVE, DANCE CANVAS, BAUTANZ HERE, AND VALLETO DANCE. MEG IS IN HER FOURTH SEASON WITH KIT MODUS. THERE, SHE'S WORKED WITH JILLIAN MITCHELL, MARK CASERTA, PULKIT SHARMA, RUBEN JULLIARD, ALEXANDER ESPINOZA, MADDIE HANSON, YOSHITO SAKURABA, CHRISTIAN DENICE, AND MARCO PALOMINO. SHE IS A TEACHER IN THE ATLANTA AREA AND SERVES AS GUEST FACULTY AND ON THE AUDITION TOUR FOR THE JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL.

Maile Griffeth

MAILE GREW UP DANCING COMPETITIVELY AND LATER TRAINED WITH IMMERSEATL. SHE'S IN HER SECOND SEASON AS A MEMBER OF KIT MODUS, WHERE SHE'S WORKED WITH CHOREOGRAPHERS CHRISTIAN DENICE, ALEXANDER ESPINOZA, MADDIE HANSON, noelle kayser, JILLIAN MITCHELL, MARCO PALOMINO, YOSHITO SAKURABA, and annalee traylor.

MAILE HAS WORKED IN DANCE ADMINISTRATION FOR IMMERSEATL AND KOMANSÉ DANCE THEATER AND waS A NEUROSCIENCE MAJOR AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY.

avery mason

Avery began her training at Roswell City Dance Center before joining Rhythm Dance Center where she spent fourteen years as a performing company member. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a concentration in Ballet from Kennesaw State University, where she graduated in 2024.

She is on faculty at Rhythm Dance Center and choreographs for multiple performing company groups across jazz and hip hop styles while continuing to develop her work as a teacher and choreographer in her post-grad career.

emma morris

EMMA GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, RECEIVING HER BA IN DANCE PERFORMANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHY AND A BS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. SHE DANCED FOR FULL RADIUS AND ZOETIC DANCE ENSEMBLE AND HAS PERFORMED WORKS BY LEO BRIGGS, PATSY COLLINS, KATIE MESSINA, AND SAMANTHA SPRIGGS, AS WELL AS HER OWN WORK. SHE'S PRESENTED HER CHOREOGRAPHY ACROSS THE EAST COAST AND WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE ATLANTA MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS PANDEMIC GRANT FOR HER FILM CLOSE TO DISTANCE. SHE WAS A SARASOTA CONTEMPORARY DANCE EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHER. WITH KIT MODUS, EMMA HAS PERFORMED WORKS BY ALEXANDER ESPINOZA, CHRISTIAN DENICE, MADDIE HANSON, RUBEN JUILLIARD, MARK CASERTA, MARCO PALOMINO, AND DIRECTOR JILLIAN MITCHELL.

Hoke Payne

HOKE PAYNE, AN ATLANTA-BASED DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FOUR YEARS. AT KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, HE STUDIED WITH LISA K. LOCK AND IVAN PULINKALA, EARNING A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DANCE IN 2020. HE PERFORMED WITH THE TALLAHASSEE BALLET UNTIL 2022 AND CONTINUES TO WORK ON AND CREATE HIS OWN INDEPENDENT PROJECTS. HE IS IN HIS FIRST SEASON WITH KIT MODUS WHERE HE HAS PERFORMED THE WORK OF JILLIAN MITCHELL AND MARCO PALOMINO.

Abby Schulze

ABBY HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DANCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. SHE HAS TAUGHT AND CHOREOGRAPHED FOR N-STEP DANCE ACADEMY, DANCEFX, AND THE STUDIO ATHENS, AND HAS WORKED WITH THE JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL IN GEORGIA, CALIFORNIA, AND COLORADO AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND RESIDENT ADVISOR.