Cody Knight

Styles

Overview

Cody Knight was born and raised in Dallas, and attended school at the KD Actor's Conservatory of the Southwest. After graduating in 2002, he began his dance training in the American Smooth and Rhythm styles, becoming a professional teacher shortly afterward.

Get To Know Cody in 22 Questions

What inspired you to become a dancer?

I needed a job and thought it would be a good skill to have as an actor.

What is your favorite thing about teaching?

That I get paid to do it.

Do you have a mantra you live by or a favorite motto?

Who is the most inspiring person you know?

Maya

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

What, like on Earth? I don't know, somewhere like the African savannahs, or a rainforest - somewhere with an extreme environment.

What is your favorite thing to do on your day off?

Play video games and watch movies

What is on your grocery list?

Coffee, sugar, cream, occasionally some food of some sort

What is your favorite T.V. show to binge watch?

Rick and Morty

What are two things not many people know about you?

1. I almost joined the Air Force because I wanted to be a fighter pilot.
2. I am very susceptible to motion sickness...

Where did you grow up?

Irving, then Rhode Island, the Irving again

What is your secret talent?

I'm really good at untying knots.

What is your guilty pleasure?

Terrifying terrifying blazing speed

What is your weirdest habit?

That's relative isn't it? I don't think I have any weird habits, but others might think all of my habits are weird.

What celebrity embodies your inner rockstar?

Keanu Reeves

What is your go-to sing-in-the-shower song?

Bohemian Rhapsody

What is your favorite food/restaurant?

Enchiladas from my kitchen when Maya cooks them

What's on your bedside table?

The remotes for the TV

What did you want to be when you grew up?

An actor

One word people use to describe you?

Him

What never fails to get you out of a bad mood?

Terrifying terrifying blazing speed

What are the top three things on your bucket list?

1. Go to space
2. Never go to space again
3. Race cars

What is the best advice you ever received?

Instead of trying to be perfect, become a master at recovering.

Testimonials

“My husband and I took lessons at Studio 22 in preparation for our wedding. We started out taking a few of the classes in different styles to try a few things and ended up getting along really well with the swing instructors Maya and Cody. Maya worked with us on learning Jitterbug for our first dance. We didn't want a choreographed routine but we wanted to have a few moves to throw in moving about the dance floor. She was great about breaking the moves down and coming up with different ways to explain things if we were struggling and we really looked forward to our lessons. However, she really went above and beyond as we got closer to the wedding. My dad really wanted us to waltz for our father daughter dance but he lives out of state so there was no way for us to practice together and he was taking lessons at a studio near him. Maya was great at communicating, finding out what he was learning up there so she could teach us the same moves and we were able to schedule an appointment with her a few days before the wedding so she could help us work through any of the disconnects. We just got our wedding video back and we are all so proud at not only how great the dancing was but also how relaxed, confident and happy we look. I highly recommend Maya for private lessons if you'd like to wow at an upcoming event! The studio is also great and is always putting on fun events, we just joined them for a West Coast Swing lesson down in Deep Ellum as part of the Reimagine Crowdus project and had a blast - perfect date night!