Carl Massey

CARL MASSEY has been a principal tap dancer with the Hot Shot Tap Dancers of Salem, Oregon since the age of eight, performing in this dynamic quartet throughout Oregon and Washington. In 2010, the Hot Shots were featured on America’s Got Talent, one of only 12 acts to reach the semi-final round. Also fluent in modern and ballet, Carl has performed with the Olympic Ballet Theatre, the Seattle Opera, and in the work of New York choreographer Donald Byrd. He joined Rainbow Dance Theatre in 2007, and since that time has collaborated with the directors on four world premieres, toured throughout the northwestern and southeastern United States and performed with RDT in Shanghai, China. Carl received his BFA in Dance from the Cornish Institute of the Arts in Seattle, WA.