Kylie Karam (she/her/hers) is a dance artist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State University with a B.F.A. in Dance and a minor in Arts Entrepreneurship as a member of the Honors College. During this time, she was awarded the Xavier Atienza Scholarship, the Cowperthwaite Scholarship, and the G. Harry Wright Award in Dance by her dance faculty.

To supplement her training, Karam has participated in several intensives with companies such as Emily Cargill & Dancers, SALT Contemporary Dance, New Dialect, BODYTRAFFIC, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive under the direction of Peter Chu. Additionally, she has performed works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Micaela Taylor, Rena Butler, Hope Boykin, Amy Hall Garner, Brandon Lee Alley, Stefanie Batten Bland, Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Ray Mercer, Yoshito Sakuraba, Catherine Meredith, Morgan Grube, Mark Tomasic, and Heinz Poll. Karam has also performed at various conferences and festivals, including APAP | NYC Conference, OhioDance Festival, Detroit Dance City Festival, American Dance Guild Festival, American College Dance Association East-Central Conference, Cleveland Severance Hall Commemorative Concert, Cleveland Dance Fest, and the CDF Akron Concert Series.

Following her graduation, Karam joined The Movement Project as a Seasonal Company Member. Currently, she is a second year company member with the Dancing Wheels Company. She also recently joined Morgan Grube’s Mojo Co.Lab, a newly founded project-based company in Cleveland, OH. Karam also works as a Cleveland-based freelance artist and has presented her own choreography at the 2024 Cleveland Dance Fest and the 2025 OhioDance Festival.