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BIO

Laurie Kanyok is the founder and director of Kanyok Arts Initiative based in New York City with a mission of evolving the standard approach to dance education. Kanyok is recognized as an impeccable industry leader, mentor, and coach.



Most recently, Kanyok was the casting consultant for Tony Award winning choreographer Chris Wheeldon’s An American in Paris, scouting talent from the elite ballet companies of North America. As a performer, Ms. Kanyok played the lead roles in Twyla Tharp’s COME FLY AWAY and MOVIN’ OUT as well as appearing on Broadway in FOSSE, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and IN YOUR ARMS. Finding parallels between being a mother and being a teacher drives her passion for her students’ success daily as she inspires them to be daring and find meaning in every moment.

STAGE CREDITS

[US Tour]
National Tour, 2011
Babe


[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2010
(Albania)

(Alternate)

Performer (Swing)

[US Tour]
National Tour, 2004
Brenda


[Broadway]
Actors' Fund Concert, 2003
Dancer


[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2002
Performer (Swing)

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News


Kanyok Arts Initiative Celebrates Five Years With Guest Of Honor Andy Blankenbuehler
by Stephi Wild - Apr 5, 2023

​​​​​​​Kanyok Arts Initiative, an intimate New York City training program that bridges aspiring artists from the studio to the professional stage through a re-imagined multi-disciplinary curriculum, announces the KAI Gala, Sunday April 30 at 5:00pm with special guest of honor, Tony Award winning director-choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler.
Meet the Cast of THE MUSIC MAN; Beginning Previews on Broadway Tonight!
by Stephi Wild - Dec 20, 2021

The Music Man officially begins previews tonight on Broadway! Meet the cast bringing the iconic musical back to the stage!
Josh Radnor, TR Knight, Robert Morse, Leslie Bibb and More Join Powerhouse's 2014 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2014

New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, this summer celebrating the 30th year of their Powerhouse Theater collaboration, are thrilled to reveal the first round of casting for the upcoming Powerhouse Theater Season, running from June 20 to July 27 at Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, New York).
TV: COME FLY AWAY Soars into the Pantages - Inside Opening Night!
by Michael Sterling and Jerry Evans - Oct 28, 2011

The new Broadway musical and U.S. National Tour of COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, made its Los Angeles debut at the Pantages Theatre Tuesday, October 25 for a strictly-limited 2 week engagement thru November 6, 2011. Michael Sterling, co-producer and Los Angeles correspondent for Broadway World TV, along with Associate Producer Jerry Evans of the JLE Media Group, Inc. covered the evening's festivities. The star-studded guest list included many of the late Sinatra's celebrity friends and family members. After attending the performance, Sterling said 'In short, the show is an intoxicating marriage of pure harmony and wedded bliss.'
STAGE TUBE: New Montage from COME FLY AWAY National Tour
by Lauren Wolman - Aug 17, 2011

North American tour of COME FLY AWAY will launch at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA, on August 2, 2011.
COME FLY AWAY Tour Kicks Off Today in Atlanta!
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 2, 2011

COME FLY AWAY launches its North American tour today at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA. Direct from the original Broadway cast of COME FLY AWAY and the Las Vegas production of Sinatra Dance With Me are principal dancers Matthew Stockwell Dibble, Cody Green, Laurie Kanyok, Marielys Molina, John Selya and Ron Todorowski.
Dibble, Green, Kanyok et al. Lead COME FLY AWAY National Tour; Kicks Off in Atlanta, Aug. 2
by Jessica Lewis - Jul 12, 2011

The producers of the new Broadway musical, COME FLY AWAY, announced the cast today for the North American tour of the show, launching at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA, on August 2, 2011.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Laurie Kanyok been in?

Laurie Kanyok has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Laurie Kanyok been in?

Laurie Kanyok has not appeared in the West End.

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