Candice Michelle 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 music and dance production group, JAZZ AIN’T DEAD®. She received her conservatory training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and has continued her dance studies with the Ballroom Dance Teachers College of New Mexico. She is currently a certification candidate in the Katherine Dunham technique.
Miss Franklin’s choreography has been presented by such presenters as Jazzmobile, Harlem Arts Festival, and Joyce SoHo and has been performed in a host of New York venues including Dizzy's Jazz at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center's Summer For the City, Jacob Javitz Convention Center, The Syracuse OnCenter, MTV/Viacom, Symphony Space, Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Cafe, Webster Hall, The Theater of Riverside Church, John Jay College, and New York’s City College, as well as several casinos including Turning Stone, the Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Tropicana, Borgata, and Caesar’s. She has also choreographed for internationally celebrated Bollywood Hip hop recording artist, SHAKTI, and Grammy award-winning recording artist, MACY GRAY.
Currently, Miss Franklin serves as choreographer for recording artist, ART AURÉ, tours as a Master Teacher/Adjudicator for Joffrey Ballet School, and teaches throughout the US and abroad. Miss Franklin is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.