MICAELA TAYLOR

Artistic Director

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Micaela Taylor is a dancer, choreographer, and the Artistic Director, Founder, of the TL Collective. Trained in hip-hop and ballet, she has created her own dance genre called Expand Practice, exuding emotion from the core and creating varied physical shapes and textures as expressions of one’s authentic self. Her quirky style of exaggerated facial expressions, gesture, and athletic theatricality sets her work apart. Taylor created her own technique and is building The TL Collective all from the ground up. She received the Inaugural Springboard EMERGE Choreographic Award, was named in Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2019, and graced the cover of Dance Magazine in April 2020, Most recently she was awarded San Francisco’s Audience choice Award for “Best Solo Artist," 2022. A millennial herself, Taylor is a role model and influencer to aspiring BIPOC artists and is creating groundbreaking work that introduces commercial styles to concert dance. Taylor’s work has been presented at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Broad Stage, Ford Amphitheatre, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, and more.  Taylor has been commissioned to choreograph by Ballet BC, NDT 2, Rambert Dance Company, The Getty Museum, BODYTRAFFIC, Gibney Dance Company,  Carlos Acosta’s Acosta Danza, alongside commercial work including music videos and campaigns for various brands and artists. Upcoming commissions include Paris Opera Ballet, English National Ballet, and currently choreographing for her first Vegas show produced by FiveCurrents productions, “Bob Marley Hope Road” premiering this summer at Mandala Bay Hotel and Resort.