Dylan Parton, of Raleigh, NC, started her dance training at North Carolina Dance Institute, under the direction of Kirstie Spadie. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, under Dean Susan Jaffe and Associate Dean Brenda Daniels. She has had the privilege to perform works by Douglas Dunn, Martha Graham, José Limón, Ming-Lung Yang, Patricia Casey, Juel D. Lane, Chris Yon, and Taryn Griggs. Dylan received elite training from Northwest Dance Project and the American Dance Festival. She has collaborated, choreographed, and performed in various works that include a music video Night Feeding by CashavellyMorrison and A reaction to Marsha Cottrell's Exhibition Black and Light at CAM Raleigh. She is currently choreographing and teaching contemporary dance to emerging young artists in North Carolina.