All About Kay’s Academy of Dance
Our Mission Statement
Kay’s Academy of Dance is dedicated to providing dance and fitness classes to the community of Mukwonago within a family-friendly, respectful and inspirational environment.
Our Values
To make Kay’s Academy of Dance a place to learn, move, create and grow with friends and family while giving back to the community and ones in need.
Value Statements
We will effectively teach our students respect, accountability, confidence, and integrity.
We promote self-care and self-exploration.
We encourage challenging yourself and each other.
We foster an environment of collaboration.
Our Location
Our new studio was designed with careful consideration and attention to detail. When you walk through the doors, you will notice the large windows that let in natural sunlight. Each studio has vaulted, high ceilings making them open and spacious. Our floors are the same floors used by the Milwaukee Ballet selected for their beauty and high performance for various dance styles. All studios have observation windows where parents are always welcome and invited to observe.
Meet Our Team
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Miss Kay
Director / Owner
Miss Kay opened the studio in 1993 combining her two passions in life: working with people and dance. In 1994, she introduced Dancers in Motion, a not-for-profit traveling dance company that has performed at local and national venues ranging from Mukwonago nursing homes to New York City. She has over 30 years of dance teaching experience. Her vast expertise in ballet, lyrical, tap and jazz paired with her ability to work with all ages render her qualified. She is excited for yet another year of dancing!
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Miss Stephanie
Assistant Director / Instructor
Miss Stephanie is happy to say this is her 15th year teaching at Kay’s Academy of Dance. She has been studying dance for over 30 years with a background in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, pointe, and contemporary. She has a BFA in Theatre Management degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a minor in dance. She has taken classes at numerous universities and studied contemporary in Seattle. Kay’s is where Stephanie’s heart and soul is, she is glad to call it her home.
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Miss Morgan
Dance Instructor
Miss Morgan is so excited to be teaching again this year at Kay’s. She has studied ballet/lyrical, pointe, jazz, African jazz, hip hop, tap and contemporary. Miss Morgan is furthering her dance knowledge at DanceWorks in Milwaukee. She has been dancing for 20 years and has been to various workshops for dance in and out of state to increase her dance skills. Miss Morgan can’t wait to share her love of dance with your children.
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Miss Chloe
Dance Instructor
Miss Chloe is ecstatic to continue her love for dance as a teacher at Kay’s Academy of Dance. She has been dancing for over 18 years and has experience with pointe, hip hop, poms, tap, lyrical, and jazz. She spent 2 dancing with Kay’s, being a part of Dancers in Motion. She has taken various dance workshops including several with Dance Masters of Wisconsin. Miss Chloe can’t wait to help our dancers grow even stronger this year!
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Miss Chloe C.
Dance Instructor
Miss Chloe has been dancing for 15 years and is excited to share her passion with her students. She began at Kay’s Academy of Dance in kindergarten and continued through her senior year of high school studying lyrical, tap, jazz, hip hop, pointe, and contemporary. She also spent six of those years as a member of Dancers in Motion. Currently, she is studying Elementary Education at UW Whitewater and is a member of the Dance Company there as well. Miss Chloe hopes to push our dancers and inspire them to become the best they can be.
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Miss Alex
Dance Instructor
Miss Alex is super excited to be teaching at Kay’s Academy of Dance after dancing here for 13 years. Throughout her years she has been a part of Kids In Motion, Dancers In Motion, the high school varsity dance team, another competition dance team, and hopes to continue dance at college as well. Miss Alex loves working with children to help them grow as dancers as well as young individuals.
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Miss Taylor
Dance Instructor
Miss Taylor is excited to join the team at Kay’s Academy of Dance for her first year of teaching! She danced at Kay’s for 14 years and studied ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, and contemporary. She continued to take classes in jazz and modern dance while she attended Carthage College. Miss Taylor is very grateful to have the opportunity to work with the wonderful team and incredible dancers at Kay’s this year!
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Miss Madison
Dance Instructor
Miss Madison is beyond excited to begin her first year teaching at Kays! She has been taking classes at the studio for 13 years. During these years she studied Hip hop, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Pointe, and Lyrical. She was also on the "Dancers In Motion" performance team. Along with teaching at the studio, Miss Madison will be attending Carroll University to study Nursing. She can't wait to fill the next generation of dancers with the same passion of dance that she has.
Our Dance Family Says It Best
“Miss Stephanie is so patient with the little girls/boys. my daughter has absolutely loved her creative movement class this summer! we can't wait for fall!”
— Dani K. 2021
“Amazing staff. Wide variety of classes during the school year and during the summer. Traveling dance team for kids when they get older without the competitions- just to do what they love.”
— Dionna K. 2021
“Family-oriented, safety concerns of ALL kinds, very reasonable priced they love what they do. Love, love, love this studio.”
— Kristi N. 2020
“We couldn't ask for a better dance studio. It's like having an extension of your own family. The teachers and staff are amazing! My girls have been dancing at Kay's for 10+ years and have loved every year. Recitals have all been fun and unique! Love our Kay's family”
-Renee H. 2020
Our New Location
Located in the ♡ of Mukwonago - our new location provides a haven for our dancers, instructors, staff, and parents to enjoy. Our lake views, interior and exterior spaces to sit, relax and enjoy their dance experience.
Location: 715 Main Street, Mukwonago, WI 53149