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professional work

Messina exhibited excellent control and technique, moving seamlessly through sustained balances, specific isolations, and explosive rolls to the floor.  

-Review for Koresh Dance Festival

Messina currently dances and performs in new york city. here, she has worked with Yoshito sakuraba, yuki ishiguro, Open Dance Ensemble, Anna paterson, Fern katz, dawn schultz, animus movement, LEIGHANN KOWalsky, and emmy wildermuth as well as performing in her own work. She guested for a work by Jordan Ryder, and continues to guest for Kit modus. She recently performed for emma morris and patsy collins.

before this, she danced professionally in atlanta, ga for five years, further detailed below.

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KIT MODUS

Katie's primary professional work in Atlanta, GA has been as a company member of Kit Modus for four seasons. She has also guested around the city for independent choreographers, further described below.

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staibdance

laura briggs

BIll T.
jones

jessica bertram

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catellier dance projects

immerse atl

core dance

Helen
Hale

FILM WORK

katie has performed in music videos for vibe city entertainment (2020) and adnan basrai film and media (2017) and leighann kowalsky's mfa film work (2023).

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katie has also performed professionally since 2015 in Atlanta with PATSY COLLINS, Jacquelyn Pritz, roxey ballet, dance truck atlantA, Alice Halter, Global Water dances, mediums atl, kristel tedesco, kikimora immersive theater, Foster and Co productions, and the opa imperial circus.

PERFORMANCE REEL

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