Mychal Keels
Hailing from Sumter, SC, Mychal Keels began his dance training under Nancy D. Pinckney at North Carolina Central University, where he acquired an immense love for dance, exploring a myriad of styles and concentrations in the process. He uses his background in football, track, and rugby to bring an intensity and strength that is usually only found in sports, to the world of dance. Mychal is experienced in the styles of jazz, ballet, and street jazz, but has a focus in Horton technique and contemporary movement. He is a member of Koffee Dance Company, a member of Origin Urban Dance Crew, and has participated in the American Dance Festival where he was a recipient of the Fox Family Foundation Scholarship, where he performed with Charles O. Anderson’s Dance Theater X. He has performed with Charles Anderson, Chuck “Baba Chuck” Davis, and has been a guest artist with ShaLeigh Dance works. He currently works as an instructor at Elite Formation Dance Studio and has been guest teaching at many DMV dance studios and schools Formerly he has been an instructor at Empower Dance Studio, Threehouse Studios, and Studio One Dance in NC. Mychal has also set pieces on Fayetteville State University, choreographed forNorth Carolina Central University Theater Department’s production of Dreamgirls., Longleaf School of the Arts (Raleigh, NC) and Durham School of the Arts, as well as taught master classes at a myriad of high schools in the RDU area.