Over the years, King's versatile experience and style has awarded her opportunities to choreograph, perform, and teach throughout the U.S., Costa Rica, Belgium, and France. In NYC, King continues to enjoy teaching on faculty at Steps on Broadway and Guest Faculty at Broadway Dance Center. Her choreography has been commissioned for a variety of venues as part of Special Performances at Pinkerton Academy Theatre Arts, Palace Theatre, Dansstage Dance Festival, Competitions, The Auditorio Nacional and Teatro Eugene O'Neil Theaters in Costa Rica.

King has performed in a array of genres such as, A Chorus Line , Cats , Fame: The Musical , Benefits for Broadway Cares; plays and Television. Prior her arrival to NYC , King performed with Impulse Dance Company - Adrienne Hawkins Dir. There King was chosen to perform works by Master choreographers, Danny Sloan, Fred Benjamin, Richard Levi, Lynn Simonson and Miquel Lopez. She was awarded full scholarships to Jacobs Pillow, American Dance Festival and accepted into Oxford Summer Shakespeare program, London England after her extensive training with master teacher Charles Kakatsakis in NYC.

In October 2008, King established JKing Dance Company, (JKDC), based in Brooklyn, NY. Since that time JKDC has performed at Tribeca Performing Arts, Triskelion Arts, Ailey, Steps Beyond, 92Y Harkness Dance Center, PMT and more. Most recently, JKDC will perform as part of HATCH/Jennifer Muller, and JCE's NY Jazz Choreography Project at Ailey Citigroup Theatre, Joan Weill Center for Dance, NYC. JKDC is a Sponsored Artist of The Field.

Further desires to share her knowledge and training, King created Jolt Dance Convention/The Workshop. JDC successfully debut in NYC on 2009. Scholarships are offered in honor of Adrienne Hawkins and Suzanne Taylor - Michaud. King has also had the joy of watching her students go on to perform in a variety of venues such as, Cats, King & I, West Side Story, Industrials and plays, as well as teaching throughout private owned studios and schools.

Joyce is happily married to Ray and the proud mom of Aidan, her 7 year old son.

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Beg. INTERMEDIATE Jazz Classes:
King creates an environment where dancers are inspired to embrace their own uniqueness and vibrancy in performance. Classes are geared toward strengthening the dancers overall performance, character development, building upon technique, expanding flexibility, through combining disciplines of jazz, ballet, modern, acting and Active Isolated Stretching (AIS). King's versatility in her own career path, lends itself to exploring a multifaceted outlook on dance and bringing together an eclectic approach in her teaching. Please note that these classes are not for the Beginner dancer. They are geared toward the dancers who are working toward an Intermediate level and beyond. Feel free to mention to Joyce prior the class that you are checking the level and you can discuss it with her following the end of class. She looks forward to dancing with you!