Justine
Kay
Schmaltz

I am a contemporary dancer and performance artist with a focus on interdisciplinary work and collaborative creation. My training spans concert dance, improvisation, and experimental performance, and I’m especially drawn to work that blends movement with theatrical and vocal elements.

Professional Experience

Dancer — KTCO
New York, NY | 2026–Present

Performance Experience

• Moment’s Notice – An Interdisciplinary Performance Series — Boston, MA (2025)

• Boston Conservatory Gala — Boston, MA (2025)

• Mission Hill Arts Festival — Boston, MA (2023)

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Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2021–2025)
Performed works by:

• Andrea Miller (SAMA)

• Norbert De La Cruz III (The Closest To The Sun)

• Dan Wagoner (Plod)

• Jennifer Archibald (We Too Are Coded…)

• Doug Varone (The Constant Shift of Pulse)

• Daniel Pelzig (Birds of Paradise)

• Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (Shelter)

• Laila Franklin (Comings and Goings)

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Houston Contemporary 2 (2020–2021)
Performed works by Lennoris Arnold, Brandon Coleman, Donald C. Shorter Jr., and Kelsey Walsh

Choreographic Work

• I’m So Hungry — Student Produced Show, Boston, MA (2025)

• Nausea — Composition Show, Boston, MA (2024)

• Yours Or Mine? — Composition Show, Boston, MA (2024)

• Squeeze Your Lemon — Composition Show, Boston, MA (2023)

• Chaconne — Graduate Percussion Recital, Boston, MA (2023)

• Seeking Asylum — HC2 Concert, Houston, TX (2021)

Education & Training

Boston Conservatory at Berklee
BFA, Contemporary Dance Performance (2021–2025)

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Houston Contemporary 2
Pre-Professional Dance Program (2020–2021)

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Woodlands Dance Company
Training Program (2013–2020)

Intensives & Workshops

• Trisha Brown — New York, NY (2025)

• GagaLab — New York, NY (2024)

• Gallim — New York, NY (2024)

• Paris Summer Academy — Paris, France (2023)

• Dance Italia — Lucca, Italy (2023)

• B12 Festival — Berlin, Germany (2023)

• DOVA — New York, NY (2023)

• UNCSA — Winston-Salem, NC (2019)

• San Francisco Conservatory of Dance — San Francisco, CA (2018)

Skills

• 200-hour Certified Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance)

• Strong background in public speaking, theatrical performance, and voice

• Versatile mover across contemporary and interdisciplinary styles

Awards & Creative Roles

• Pavilion Partners Fine Arts Scholarship — The Center for the Performing Arts at The Woodlands

• Rehearsal Director for choreographer Avery Gerhardt — Boston Conservatory (2024)

• Rehearsal Assistant for choreographer Laila Franklin — Boston Center for the Arts (2023–2024)