Charisma Brown

Charisma Brown is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer from Wichita, Kansas. Her passion for dance began at age four after seeing The Nutcracker for the first time. Although she is versatile and trained in many styles, her comfort genres are jazz and contemporary. She started her training at MGM Dance Studio, where she studied ballet, jazz, and tap. Her dedication to dance continued through recreational classes even during a brief period of financial hardship, leading to her return to intensive training at age fourteen on scholarship at Newton Performing Arts Center. Now, she is currently performing with Metropolitan Ballet Wichita as a company member, teaches classes at Encore Dance Wellington, and, of course, actively auditioning. Charisma received comprehensive training in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, acro, hip-hop, and pointe, studying at institutions such as MGM Dance Studio and Newton Performing Arts Center. During this period, she also developed a strong artistic voice through choreography, receiving awards for solo works and getting invited to national performance teams. She also earned a scholarship to AMDA's summer study program while still in high school. She is known for bringing grace, precision, and emotional depth to her movement. Charisma currently performs with Wichita Contemporary Dance Theatre, Metropolitan Ballet Wichita, and Mid-American Dance Theatre. She has collaborated with renowned choreographers and appeared in the dance film The Wanderer by Charlotte Boye Christensen. Her additional performance credits include productions of The Nutcracker with multiple Wichita-based companies. Most recently, she performed as an ensemble member and featured dancer in Matilda with Newton Community Theatre. Dedicated to continual growth, she regularly attends pre-professional intensives and travels to New York City to train in advanced classes across diverse styles. Her training includes the Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary Intensive directed by Michael Waldrop and Angelica Stiskin, the Oklahoma International Dance Festival with Austin Hartel and Thyrsa Da Rosa, and Broadway Dance Center. She is also a current mentee of Menina Fortunato, focusing on professional development, media presence, and networking within the dance industry. In addition to performing, Charisma is an experienced dance educator. She has taught through outreach programs such as Chance2Dance, introducing elementary students to the arts, and has worked with dancers ages three through eighteen in both recreational and competitive settings. She also initially taught at Derby Children's Theatre and the Northwest YMCA. She currently teaches at Encore Wellington, where she leads beginner through advanced classes and coaches competitive team dancers. Charisma aspires to pursue a professional performance career on a cruise line or Broadway stage and hopes to one day open her own dance studio to inspire the next generation of artists.