KRISILYN TONY FRAZIER 

Krisilyn Tony Frazier is founder and Artistic Director of her company, the Factory Dance Company. Tony earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 2007, and she performs and choreographs in many dance styles; among her favorites are modern dance and hip-hop. Tony is currently enrolled and dancing at the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University, where she is pursuing K-12 Certification and is a second-year member of the dance company, People Dancing. She has taught at many national events, including the New Orleans African Dance Festival at Tulane University in 2008-2009, and she conducted outreach programs in the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Public School Systems as a Teaching Artist. Tony continues to enjoy connections and collaborations with other artists in Pittsburgh and Michigan. She enjoys spreading her love of hip-hop and its history through teaching Master classes and lecture demonstrations at the University of Michigan and Washtenaw Community College. Tony continues to make her mark in the dance field by teaching studio classes and competitive dance at multiple studios, schools and churches in the mid-west and east coast. She is inspired by Rennie Harris, with whom she has worked as Rehearsal Director for "Heaven" at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  A favorite quote from Alvin Ailey says so much about her work: "Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people."