Kat Michelle Files

Kat Files (born November 3, 1992) is a New York City based dancer, model, and actress. She is a 2015 graduate of Fordham University/The Ailey School BFA program in Dance where she was a Glorya Kaufman Foundation Dance Scholar. Kat has performed Alvin Ailey's "Memoria" during Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's New York City Center Season and "Lightning" as a member of Felice Lesser Dance Theater. Additionally, Kat has assisted pre-professional Ballet classes at The Ailey School. She is also a founding member of Matheta Dance in NYC. Kat has worked on several projects with noted choreographer, Germaul Barnes and was a featured dancer in a video for the Billboard music group, Autograf. In addition to being a professional dancer, Kat is also a noted model, having walked in Couture Fashion Week, Fashion Week Brooklyn for designer Mondo Morales, New York Fashion Week -The Journey, and for the Out Fashion Vanguard Awards (NYC) presented by Out Magazine and Lexus, wearing designs by Grayling Purnell. Kat was featured in a National BEDGEAR Performance promotional advertisement, in Nannocare's Social Media Campaign, in an editorial shoot for Beacon's Closet, and in designer Inga Murray's published spread in Sheeba Magazine. Kat was a principal talent for the Courtyard by Marriott "Live Your Passion" Print and On Camera Campaign, and was filmed in a Maybelline Commercial. She is currently finishing production for the short film "Fine Wine," which is being shot in Philadelphia, PA. Kat's been a featured ballerina on the television series "Gotham," a featured Magician's Assistant in the Pilot episode of the television series "Deception," and appears in the motion picture, The Irishman (2019). In 2014, Ms. Files created The F.I.L.E.S. (Future Inspired Leaders Exemplifying Success) Arts Project, a 501(c)(3) organization, to provide dance and music training to youth in her hometown of Birmingham, AL. For the last 5 summers, the project provided workshops to traditionally underserved communities at no cost. For the past 3 years, Ms. Files has taught and choreographed Ballet, Modern, and Jazz classes at Youth Arts Academy in Brooklyn, NY. Recently, she conducted a Dance Master class at the University of Connecticut (UCONN) at Stamford, where students had the opportunity to sit down with Ms. Files and participate in a Lecture/Demonstration.