Karl Pil
Additional Skills and accomplishments
Karl has an interest in both choreography and the preservation of dance. Karl has worked extensively as a rehearsal assistant for productions at UNCSA and for one month with the Atlanta Ballet. In 2023, Karl was invited to Atlanta Ballet to assist resident choreographer Claudia Schreier as she set her World Premiere "Carnivale." In 2024, Karl set his created his first original work, Pipe Dream, to music by Alexander Balanescu.
Karl Pil and Claudia Schreier after the premiere of "Carnivale"
Karl led the @uncsadance Social Media Team for over two years. Karl’s work helped produced over 25 million views across three separate social media platforms. Karl worked alongside UNCSA’s Strategic Communications Department to facilitate and create new content. Karl has also had the the opportunity to create several takeovers for social media. These include takeovers for The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, UNCSA, and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Karl also had the chance star in an advertisement for Mercedes Benz of Greensboro and Winston-Salem in 2024.
Feed from the @uncsadance Instagram account
Karl has had several opportunities to work on Dance for Film productions during his time at UNCSA. Karl danced and acted in Garen Scribner and Danielle Rowe's "Swan Lake: Cancelled," Ilya Kozadayev's "The Nutcracker - An Original Film," and multiple student-led creations including a VR motion-capture production.
A snapshot "of Karl in "Dream in Flight" - a student led film
Karl was invited by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts to represent UNCSA during the announcement of their multi-year partnership with the Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH). He traveled to Harlem to train at DTH under the guidance of Donald Williams, Charmaine Hunter, and Endalyn Outlaw - members of DTH’s original Firebird cast. In the spring of 2024, Karl helped revive Dance Theatre of Harlem’s The Firebird, performing the role of the Prince in UNCSA’s Spring Dance.
Karl was heavily involved in a variety of extracurriculars growing up. He continues to enjoy acting, singing, craft-making, sports, and circus arts. Karl has over 10 years of martial arts experience and is a second-degree Tang-Soo-Do Karate Black Belt. Karl also is proficient in circus arts and was a part of Carnegie Mellon University's "Masters of Flying Objects" juggling club. Karl enjoys theater having attended acting programs at Pace University and was a finalist in the Pittsburgh Public Theatre's Shakespeare Monologue Competition.
