Instructor
City Dance Corps
Kahvontay Willis better known as Kahvontay Slaughter is a natural performer andpassionate teacher who embraces dance as an expression of life. He is a Torontobased dance artist. He is known for his expressive performance quality, captivatingstage presence and risk-taking physicality. At the age of sixteen years old, he obtained his first job and began to self-fund hisextensive dance training. After graduating high school, he moved to Toronto andreceived his Certificate of Dance Performance from George Brown College. He hastrained with Dark Dance Company under the artistic direction of Allison Bradley, inaddition to training with notable instructors including John Ottoman, Niki Wozniak,Patrizia Ferlisi, and Jami Lynn Harper, among others. Kahvontay was a featuredancer with Inamorata Dance Collective for both their 2016 and 2017 seasons.Kahvontay completed his final year of post secondary dance school with CentennialCollege under the Artistic Direction of Celestine Eagle, inclusive of mentorship withMing-Bo Lam. Kahvontay Slaughter’s teaching experience includes competitive studio instruction,guest faculty workshops and intensives, and school settings including CentennialCollege. At the age of 21 Kahvontay became the youngest person to ever becomefaculty at City Dance Corps, Toronto's leading centre for dance and artisticmovement. As dance artist Kahvontay thinks it's very important to hold himself to thesame standards he instills within his students, so he’s always training and findingnew ways to fall in love with his craft. Over the recent years he has had the pleasureof expanding his knowledge and performing in Los Angeles, New York City andVancouver. When not in the studio, you can find Kahvontay performing in and around Torontowith his performance company Unapologetic Dance Collective and by invitation withsome of Toronto’s most revered dancers at the industry’s most celebrated eventsincluding Fever After Dark and Choreographers Ball.
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