Kelsey has over 20 years of dance experience. She is a graduate of Oklahoma City University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Dance Management. It had been her dream since she was very young to attend OCU and she is honored to be an alumni of such a wonderful university.

Some of her professional credits include Hardrive Productions, Six Flags, Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA, Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL, Ballet Wichita, and Royal Caribbean International. Kelsey continues to pursue her professional performing career by getting involved all across the state of Florida. Kelsey has recently co-founded the jazz company Hybrid Dance. This new jazz company was founded to provide professional performing opportunities for the best of the best in the Tampa Bay area. She is looking forward to all the wonderful opportunities Hybrid Dance will bring both her and her dancers.

Along with performing, Kelsey has worked for Universal Dance Association and was a Head Instructor in the state of Kansas along with traveling the country teaching. She has worked special events with UDA, such as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the World Dance Championship in Orlando, FL. She also judges Universal Dance Association’s National Dance Team Championships and is one of UDA’s choreographers for the 2009 summer high school/college camp circuit.

Kelsey travels from coast to coast sharing her knowledge of dance with young dancers through being a judge for two national talent competitions. She loves to be able to provide positive feedback and critques to improve a students dance technique and style.

Kelsey is a member of the Florida Dance Association and is very involved in the dance community in Tampa, FL. She teaches at several different studios around the Bay Area along with being a freelance choreographer and teacher. Kelsey has just accepted the position as Assistant Coach for the University of South Florida Sundolls dance team and is looking forward to a wonderful year with them.

I’m looking for someone to help my 13-year-old daughter choreograph a dance routine. We’re out in Wyoming and I couldn’t’ afford to have you come all the way out here, but was wondering if you ever videotape lessons? I have a very unusual request. My daughter wants to perform a solo dance with her hula hoop. She can do all sorts of fancy tricks like the “shimmy”, “vortex”, “illusion” etc. and has mastered every trick she could find a lesson for on the internet. She’s also been dancing since she was 5 years old and was a competitive gymnast for the past three years. She has competed in the Starlight dance competition in Denver and wants to enter again this spring with a “prop dance” using her LED hula hoop. I know this is a very unusual request. If you are willing to work with her from there or know of anyone who choreographs prop dances (baton, etc.) let me know. I am willing to compensate your for your time (within reason).

-- Joy