Danielle Kay
Danielle Kay
BA in Dance, Minor in Theater, UCLA
She/Her
Danielle is a dance teacher, choreographer, and actor based in Los Angeles. She is skilled in a wide range of dance styles including musical theater, jazz, hip-hop, tap, contemporary, house, modern, and various ballroom styles. Her regional theatre credits include West Side Story, Young Frankenstein, 42nd Street, and Hello, Dolly! Danielle’s film work includes the indie feature Dramarama (streaming on Hulu), a coming-of-age story centered on drama students preparing for college.
As an educator, Danielle serves as Adjunct Faculty Choreographer in the Theater Department at UCLA, where she has choreographed Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (2025) and Into the Woods (2023), and assistant choreographed Something Rotten! (2024) and Pippin (2022). Since 2022, she has also been the choreographer for the UCLA Pre-College Musical Theater Summer Institute, a rigorous three-week program that produces a full-length musical with high school students from around the world. Additionally, she teaches at various dance studios throughout Los Angeles and runs her own private studio for students ages eight to eighty-one.
With over 15 years of teaching experience, Danielle is passionate about guiding her students’ creative growth. She finds coaching with MTCA to be an incredibly rewarding experience and looks forward to working with you.
