Taylor Manney
Company Member
Originally from Las Vegas, NV, Taylor received her classical ballet training through the Royal Academy of Dance and studied Modern, Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, and Musical Theatre at the Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts.
In 2014 Taylor graduated from Point Park University with a B.A. in Dance. Her professional experience includes performing and being dance captain in multiple musicals including “Hairspray”, “West Side Story”, “Cats”, “How To Succeed In Business”, and “Beauty and The Beast”; working for Spirit Productions/Dublin Worldwide in “Dance Inferno”; and performing as a Dancer/Aerialist for Royal Caribbean Productions.
More recently she performed as a soloist in "The Nutcracker" and "Drakula" for StageWorks Productions. In the past, Taylor has been fortunate enough to perform in pieces choreographed by Kirby Reed, Christopher Huggins and Blake McGrath, and toured with Dance Olympus as a teacher’s assistant.
Transitioning out of the professional dance world and into
the fitness/rehab industry, Taylor is certified in P.M.A. Pilates Mat and Apparatus, Bootybarre, Fascial Stretch Therapy and Neuro Kinetic Therapy.
For the last seven years she has worked at Life Dance Academy in Janesville teaching all styles of dance to children and adults. Taylor also co-directs and choreographs for LDA's award-winning competition team.
She is so honored to be a part of Madison Contemporary Dance where she can be further inspired as an artist, dancer, and teacher.