![]() “When I was in college I would go down the street to the Museum of Fine Arts and visit the same 14-year-old Ballerina Degas statue that Neveah visits. Now, as Kylie has taken her own center stage in Tiny Pretty Things, a different kind of on-screen ballet academy, she carries that inspiration and those past experiences with her. With all that being said, my experience at DADA has helped me establish tools I can take with me into any room I enter, and I love the way that’s been working out for me, along with the desires that I have for myself.” Allen intentionally goes out into the world to bring dance masters to come teach at DADA,” she said, “I grew up with teachers from Russia, Brazil, New York, and various other places. “There’s a universal awareness, a universal respect, for all cultures and genres of dance that’s embedded within the education of the dance academy (DADA). Allen was asked, she allowed me to audition and has been a part of my life ever since.” Beginning her dance career in the studios of Debbie Allen, a dance icon who has helped pave the way for many Black and brown dancers, has been a major influence in her career path. The age requirement was 8 years old to audition and I was 6, so there was some hesitation. ![]() “I took a few classes here and there, and in 2001 I auditioned for the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. “Ever since I could walk, I was trying to dance,” she says. ![]() Kylie has been making waves in the dance world since her history-making admission into the prestigious Debbie Allen Dance Academy - where, at the age of 6, she became the youngest student accepted at the academy level. ![]()
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