Kyla Kikkawa (she/her) is a movement artist originally from Altadena. As a fusion dancer who lives between the concert and street dance worlds, Kyla battles in the KRUMP and all-styles dance scenes in St. Louis, where she’s often one of, if not the only female on the floor, and she brings her improvisational performance to concert and commercial works. As a choreographer, Kyla directed her university team WUHHU to a first place win at Prelude New England in 2023 alongside her co-choreographer Kendall Watts, championing authentic alignment with Hip Hop dance legacy and appreciation in the process. 

Kyla lives for the healing power of movement, but her passions have also led her to play live music in hospitals in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Managua, Nicaragua. As an educator of neurodiverse and neurotypical youth, adults, and older adults, she cares deeply about intergenerational and intercultural healing and exchange.

Kyla is a proud member of the St. Louis KRUMP community, Arch Maddnezz, Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, and Kode Redd Dance Company.  Kyla enjoys pouring directly into or empowering those around her to be uniquely themselves and to move in the way that they prefer while doing it, and she looks forward to further incorporating somatic education into her work as a community builder.