Congratulations to the 2025 Spring Choreography Award Winner at Point Park: Kayla Beardslee

Kayla Beardslee is currently a senior dance major with a concentration in jazz and a minor in public relations, advertising, and social media at Point Park University. Her performance resume includes works by choreographers such as Kiesha Lalama, Kiki Lucas, Crystal Frazier, Christopher Huggins, Staycee Pearl, and more. Kayla has also had the opportunity to co-choreograph with Ahmad Simmons and perform in Boo's Halloween House Party, the Pittsburgh Playhouse's first annual Halloween show. Professionally, she has worked with Cedar Fair and Six Flags Entertainment at Kings Dominion for their Grand Carnivale event as a stage and street dancer. Most recently,

Kayla’s piece, “As The Cadence Shifts”, is a nod to how we perceive time and allow it to influence our narrative. Time’s existence is complex, appearing finite to some and boundless to others, often causing friction between those that experience it differently, or even within each individual. This piece explores that conflict, but also the harmony that occurs when varying perceptions coexist. Kayla seeks to live in the present, acknowledge the past, and welcome the future in hopes that she finds balance within her own time and all it has to offer.