The King Centre for the Performing Arts
The King Family Legacy

A working family of artists.

Nancy King's studio has always been a family enterprise. Her children and grandchildren have taken that training to Broadway, Radio City, national tours, network television, and feature film.

Natalie King Smith
Broadway • Rockette • Choreographer

Natalie King Smith

Attended Point Park College and has performed on Broadway in the Tony Award winning production 42nd Street, Carnivale, City Center's Anyone Can Whistle and Follies, and Tribute to Frank Sinatra. She was a New York Radio City Rockette and appeared in Radio City Entertainment's A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden.

Natalie's performing career also includes appearances in international touring companies, off-Broadway, television, films, industrials and national commercials. She is nationally recognized for her teaching, performing and choreography by institutions such as Dance Masters of America, American Dance Awards, New York Dance Alliance, Starbound, United States Tournament of Dance, Dance Excellence, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and has won many national awards for her outstanding, unique and eclectic choreography.

Brendan King
Broadway • Fight Captain

Brendan King

Theatre credits include 9 to 5 the Musical (Performer), Cry-Baby (Performer, Swing), Movin' Out (Eddie), Wicked (Chistery), and Dance of the Vampires (Ensemble, Villager, Vampire, Creature of the Night).

Productions: Fight Captain for Cry-Baby and Dance of the Vampires.

Chris King
Broadway • Television

Chris King

Theatre: Bad Boys of Dance, Movin' Out, Radio City Rockettes, and Wicked (Chistery).

Television: Smash on NBC.

Michael King
Film • Television • Stage

Michael King

Michael King is a proud alumnus of The New Jersey Foundation for Dance and Theatre Arts and AMDA. He has appeared in numerous film, television, and stage performances including Neil LaBute's Some Girls, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, What Would You Do, and Cred, to name a few.

Maddie Smith
Broadway • Film • National Tour

Maddie Smith

Maddie Smith is a driven, multi-talented performer whose work spans Broadway, national tours, film, television, and digital media. She began her career at eight years old under the direction of Julie Taymor in the Off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, portraying both a Rude Elemental and Peaseblossom, roles that were featured in the production's theatrical film adaptation.

On Broadway, Maddie was cast in Matilda the Musical as a swing, covering four principal roles: Lavender, Amanda, Eric, and Alice. Prior to her Broadway debut, she toured nationally with the production across the U.S. and Canada. Her on-screen credits include the feature films The Greatest Showman and Clifford the Big Red Dog, as well as a guest role on CBS's Blue Bloods. She has also appeared in national commercials for Nickelodeon, Golden Corral, and The Ladybug Game, and performed the National Anthem with the cast of Matilda at a New York Giants game.

She is truly dedicated to her craft and loves nothing more than to share that love and passion with others.

Sydney Smith
Principal Roles • NYCDA • World Dance Movement

Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith has trained at The King Centre since the beginning of her dance journey and continues to grow as an artist there today. Throughout her years of training, she has had the honor of performing several principal roles in The Nutcracker, including Clara, Dew Drop, Snow Queen, and Lead Marzipan.

Sydney's accomplishments include being named NYCDA Outstanding Dancer Runner-Up and LADM Magic Performer. She also had the privilege of representing the United States while performing at the World Dance Movement.

Sydney is currently honored to serve as Senior Miss Dancers Inc. 2027. She is passionate about performing and looks forward to continuing her dance education while inspiring others through her dedication, artistry, and love for dance.

"The work at the King Centre is real. Our family has lived it, and generations of students have carried it out into the world."

Nancy King, Founder