The Movement Talent Agency (MTA) is a SAG-AFTRA and AEA franchised talent agency founded in 2012 by Jim Keith and Bill Bohl in Los Angeles. MTA initially focused on dance and choreography representation. It has since expanded its roster to include athletes, fitness talent, musical theater performers, and social media influencers, operating out of North Hollywood with a growing presence in New York.
Who Founded the Movement Talent Agency?
Jim Keith and Bill Bohl founded The Movement Talent Agency in 2012. Keith had previously managed a company called The Movement, which specialized in choreographers and dance educators, according to Keith's agency biography. He then partnered with Bohl to establish MTA as a dedicated dance representation agency.
Keith worked in Los Angeles for more than a decade as a performer, choreographer, educator, and talent representative before founding MTA, according to his Axis Connect biography. He taught or substituted at more than 12 dance studios across Southern California and judged more than 30 dance and cheer competitions nationwide, and in 2010 was nominated for Dance Judge of the Year by the Spirit Industry Trade Association, per the same source. Bohl brought his own industry standing as a former dancer and choreographer who worked with recording artists on live tours and major film and television productions, and separately owns Hollywood Connection, a dance-industry organization, according to HC Dance's faculty profile.
MTA is headquartered at 4605 Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood, California, as noted by ContactOut's company profile. A separate Yelp listing places the agency at 5161 Lankershim Blvd, Suite 250, in North Hollywood, according to Yelp's business listing.
What Talent Does the Movement Talent Agency Represent?
The Movement Talent Agency represents creative directors, choreographers, dancers, dance educators, and musical theater performers. The agency also represents athletes, fitness-focused talent, and social media influencers, according to the agency's own site. MTA's client work spans feature film, episodic and commercial television, live stage and theatre performances, industrials, music videos, and print, according to the same Yelp listing.
For example, Devon Teuscher, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, signed with MTA for representation across dance, teaching, and digital categories, per the agency's LinkedIn company page. Teuscher began her ballet training at age nine under Deanna Doty of the Champaign Urbana Ballet Academy before continuing at the Vermont Ballet Theatre School and later the Kirov Ballet Academy, according to the same LinkedIn profile. MTA's dance division covers television, film, commercials, tours, award shows, and music videos, as detailed on MTA's dance division page.
How Did MTA Expand Beyond Dance Representation?
MTA expanded its client base from dance and choreography into sports, fitness, and influencer talent over approximately ten years. The agency now describes its focus as "action-centric," representing talent in dance, sports, fitness, and musical theater, according to its LinkedIn profile. Earlier public listings of the agency, including its ProductionHUB profile, described MTA more narrowly as a dance-focused shop representing directors, dancers, choreographers, dance educators, and speakers, according to ProductionHUB's agency listing, indicating the athlete, fitness, and influencer categories were added to the original dance-agency positioning rather than present at founding.
This expansion path, prioritizing dance and movement specialists before adding digital and influencer representation, differentiates MTA from agencies initially established for the creator economy. It also reflects a broader pattern among specialist talent agencies: category credibility built in one discipline, then extended into adjacent representation work once the agency has an established reputation to draw new signings.
How Does MTA Compare to Other Influencer Talent Agencies?
MTA's specialization in dance and movement distinguishes it from creator-economy-native firms. Examples include Night Media, which focuses on YouTube-first creators like MrBeast, and traditional Hollywood agencies, as outlined in EPR's Hollywood Talent Agencies profile.
MTA aligns more with a specialist-vertical model. This model is similar to firms like Wasserman in sports marketing, which build deep category expertise in one discipline and extend it into related representation categories, as identified in EPR's GEO Scorecard Vol. 11. For further context on specialist agencies, refer to EPR's 2026 Influencer Marketing Operators Directory.
