ZOE CANTY
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COMPANY DANCER
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR: JAZZ & TAP Zoe was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a fourth year student at the Ohio State University's Department of Dance, with anticipated completion of her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in December 2025. In her formative years she received training in Ballet, Modern, Horton Technique and African dance from David Choate at Revolution Dance Theatre, Ballet from Heather Britt at Uptown Arts Center. Additionally she trained at Mutual Dance Theatre and Arts Center, studying Modern and Horton Technique with Hannah Williamson, Ballet with Alexandria Wright, and African with Diamond Evans. She also performed as a part of her high school’s dance team, The Sycamore Flyerettes. During her time at the Ohio State University, Zoe studied Contemporary with Crystal M. Perkins and Eddie Taketa, House and Krump with Donald Isom, Stepping and Body Percussion with Ryan Johnson, Ballet with Dr. Valerie Williams and Ellie Escosa Carter, and African with Momar Ndiaye, Suzan Bradford-Kounta and Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown. Her time at OSU also led to various opportunities to learn and perform in many notable faculty works (and dance reconstructions from score) locally, nationally and internationally. These include: OSU Dance Brazil tour in 2025, Zion Dance Project (in Dallas, Texas) 2024 & 2023, National Dance Education Organization National Conference (in Bellevue, Washington) 2024, and The 33rd Annual Festival of Blacks in Dance (in Toronto, Canada) 2023, The 2025 spring concert "Together, We Move." and special performance excerpts of "Four Corners" (as performed by Alvin Ailey Company in 2014) which she danced at the Lincoln Theatre and Columbus Museum of Art. Zoe is passionate about arts access in dance education, empowering and uplifting through the art of dance while integrating her faith into movement to honor Jesus. This is Zoe's first year on faculty and dancing as a part of the company. She is beyond excited for the opportunity to be part of our community! |
