Born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Kyle Davis trained at Makaroff School of Ballet and on scholarship at the Rock School for Dance Education (now Rock School for Dance) and North Carolina School of the Arts (now University of North Carolina School of the Arts). He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2008 under the direction of Peter Boal and rose to the rank of Principal Dancer. His repertoire at Pacific Northwest Ballet has included leading roles in classical productions and in works by choreographers such as George Balanchine, Donald Byrd, Alejandro Cerrudo, David Dawson, Ulysses Dove, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Jessica Lang, Edwaard Liang, Justin Peck, Crystal Pite, Alexei Ratmansky, Jerome Robbins, and Twyla Tharp.

During his career Kyle has performed on stages in notable cities Los Angeles, New York City, and Paris and has been welcomed as a guest artist with festivals and companies such as Ballet Sun Valley, Chop Shop Contemporary Dance Festival, Guggenheim Works & Process, Mari Meade Dance Collective, Olympic Ballet Theatre, Manteo Summer Dance Festival, South Dakota Ballet, the Seattle International Dance Festival, and Traverse City Dance Project.

Since 2012 he has choreographed over twenty original works for companies and schools including Pacific Northwest Ballet, South Dakota Ballet, Olympic Ballet Theatre, and Traverse City Dance Project. In 2017 Kyle served as choreographic resident at University of North Carolina School of the Arts under the direction of Susan Jaffe, and in 2020 he was named artist-in-residence at Gonzaga University Department of Theater and Dance.

Kyle has worked internationally as a guest rehearsal director for Bayerisches Staatsballet, English National Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and Teatro alla Scala, and has worked alongside Alexei Ratmansky as assistant director on Tchaikovsky Overtures (2022), Coppélia (2023), and The Art of the Fugue (2025). From 2020-2022 he was vice-chair of launch and development for Moulin/Belle Art Residency in Perigord, France.

Kyle has taught company classes for Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet, and he served on faculty for Pacific Northwest Ballet School from 2012-2022. He has taught for ballet schools and intensives such as University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Rock School for Dance, Gonzaga University Department of Theater and Dance, Metropolitan Ballet, Ballet Sun Valley, Ballet Northwest, Olympic Ballet Theatre, Issaquah Dance Theatre, NEW Fusion Dance and Performing Arts, Green Bay School of Dance, and Makaroff School of Ballet. Virtually, Kyle has also taught for Worldwide Ballet Class, Ballet Together, and his own Covid pandemic digital program, Zoomer Course – which catered to the needs of pre-professional and professional dance artists residing on the West Coast.

His prizes and accolades include the Prix de Lausanne (2008), Youth America Grand Prix Junior Grand Prix Winner (2005), Youth America Grand Prix 1st place Contemporary and 2nd place Classical (2006), Princess Grace Award nominee (2014 & 2015), the Elizabeth Harriet Weaver Memorial Scholarship (2007), and the Martha and Spencer Lover Foundation Scholarship for Excellence in Dance (2007).

Kyle holds a Certificate of Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations from the University of Maryland DeVos Institute of Arts Management. In 2024 he co-directed Green Bay Ballet Festival, and in 2025 he co-directed the Weidner Summer Dance Intensive.