Meet Kaye Weinstein Gary

PERFORMER, CHOREOGRAPHER, TEACHER

Kaye (creator, director, choreographer, teacher) is the founding Artistic Director of K Dance.  She has created over 50 works with the company, some of which have toured Virginia. Additional choreography and movement direction credits include Firehouse Theatre, Quill Theatre, 5th Wall Theatre, CATtheatre, and TheatreLab.

Kaye has choreographed for the dance departments of Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Kansas, Iowa State University, University of Richmond, Randolph-Macon College, Longwood University, Hollins University, and Richmond Ballet.

Kaye and K Dance are the recipients of numerous Virginia Commission for the Arts awards (project grants, choreographic fellowships, community college programs, touring grants, and technical assistance grants). Additionally, she has been recognized by the Richmond Arts Council, CultureWorks, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Artists Workshop Series.

Kaye is a former company member of Virginia Dance Company and Virginia Ballet Theatre and has been guided in her training by Lar Lubovitch, Dan Wagoner, Helen P. Rogers, Paul Draper, Lance Westegard, Louis Falco, and Ethel Winter, a passionate, powerful dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company.

Kaye received her B.A. in dance from the University of Mary Washington and her M.S. in dance from James Madison University. She has taught in numerous private studios, colleges, and universities across the country. She is currently offering classes in movement, ballet, and yoga and co-teaches classes with Joel Bassin,  Producing Artistic Director at Firehouse Theatre.

In 2000, Ms. Gary established her own company and non-profit corporation, K Dance. This company is an outgrowth of her solo touring program.

Richmond Magazine recognized Ms. Gary as “the Dancing Master” and included her as one of the “lively five,” a group of performers that shows Richmond at its best.