Kyla Ernst-Alper

Kyla Ernst-Alper began her dance training in Vermont, where she performed with Patricia Wilson’s Dunham technique-based dance company and was mentored by Dana Holby. She studied with Christine Sarry, Daniel Levans and Richard Thomas at the Ballet Tech School in New York City and joined Eliot Feld’s Ballet Tech at the age of 16. Since then Kyla has danced with C. Eule Dance, Elisa Monte Dance, Battery Dance Company, Sensedance, Williams Works, Kenny Larson, Yep Collaborative and Dzul Dance. Kyla has taught dance throughout her career, including at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts and as a guest at Marlboro College. She is currently a second-degree black belt and studies Shaolin Kung Fu with Thad Wong at the New York City Shaolin Center. Kyla works as a producer and editor at Spin The Bottle, a multimedia content company in New York City, where she has worked on shows for Animal Planet, Travel Channel and Verizon Fios, among many others.