Candice Franklin

Candice

Undergraduate Discipline

Dance

Graduate Program

MFA Dance Program

Franklin, born and bred in live jazz music and jazz dance, is a New York-based professional dancer, choreographer, and producer, as well as artistic director for the live urban jazz music and dance production, JAZZ AIN’T DEAD®, and also for Cumbe RISE, an open community dance company and performance workshop series produced by Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance. Franklin received her conservatory training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and has continued her studies with the Ballroom Dance Teachers College of New Mexico. She is currently an IDTC certification candidate in Katherine Dunham technique. A 2024 NYSCA grant winner, Franklin’s choreography has been presented by Jazzmobile, Lincoln Center “Summer in the City,” Yale University, Joyce SoHo, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, Harlem Arts Festival, Harlem Summerstage, BAMcafé Live, New York City Department of Education DECC, Webster Hall, and MTV/Viacom, as well as at several casinos, including Turning Stone, Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Borgata, and Caesar’s. She has also choreographed for Bollywood recording artist SHAKTI, singer Art Auré, and Grammy award-winning recording artist MACY GRAY. Currently, Miss Franklin is earning her MBA with a concentration in Music Business at Berklee College of Music/SNHU’s joint business program and is on the faculty and audition tour team of Joffrey Ballet School.  She continues to teach throughout the US and abroad. SLC, 2024–

Dance

MFA Dance