Kristalyn Gill graduated from East Carolina University’s Honors College with dual degrees in Dance Performance and Interpersonal Communication. She is a dancer, choreographer, author, actor, and educator. Above all else, she considers creativity as a conduit for community, curiosity, and conversation.

Kristalyn is honored to be a company artist with Yue Yin Dance Company, Soul Project Dance Company (Candace Brown), and SHINSA (Bo Park). Her dance credits include Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Schrittmacher Festival (Germany), Belgrade Dance Festival (Serbia), Fire Island Dance Festival, 92NY, the American Dance Guild's Performance Festival, New York Live Arts, Judson Church, and Feud (FX). Additionally, she has worked alongside inspiring creators such as Akira Uchida, Brian Golden, Kristen Céré, James Alonzo, Theresa Stone, and Joseph Hernandez.

As a choreographer, Kristalyn's works have been commissioned nationally for festivals and companies in Portland, Philadelphia, NYC, and Chicago. Recently, she received the 2023 Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant for her latest evening-length immersive work "LOOK AT ME."

As a writer, Kristalyn was a 2021 Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellow. She has authored three poetry books. Her latest collection, "Purification in Queens," will be released Fall 2024. Kristalyn's poetry credits include Bowery Poetry Club, Dancegeist, Port Veritas, "While We Wait: A Tale of Fallen Fruit" by Soul Project Dance Company, and "B_TTERLAND" by SHINSA the Collective.

Kristalyn is represented by Clear Talent Agency and thrilled to explore the intersections of contemporary dance as a teacher at Peridance Center and Broadway Dance Center.