Karisma Jay is the founder and CEO of AbunDance Academy in Brooklyn where she won the “Power Women in Business” award back in 2017 for her work with the studio. She is a dancer, actress, singer, director, playwright, choreographer, coach, teacher, entrepreneur, and host, she has been performing, curating, and creating for three decades.  Her work has been featured on Netflix, Lifetime, BET, MTV, NBC, and VH1. In 2013, Karisma joined STOMP and in 2016, Family Circle magazine called her a “Local Hero” & Lifetime TV- a Female Entrepreneur to Watch. Annually, she writes, directs, produces & co-stars in musicals that AbunDance presents. A recent Summa Cum Laude Dance MFA graduate of Hunter College, she also Guest teaches Dance/Culture at Hunter. A Guest Teaching Artist at The Juilliard School, LaGuardia HS, Hunter College, Ballet Tech, Broadway Dance Center, and more, she was also the choreographic apprentice of David Byrne’s American Utopia and choreographer for Common’s music video, “When We Move”. She is a Dance Teacher Magazine’s 2021 Dance Teacher Award Recipient and 2023 Women of Distinction Award Recipient.