Michele Has been teaching in St. Marys since 1999 and Has been with the  award winning Staff of Kelly School of Dance/Gel's Dance Centre since 1998.She teaches all the dance and tumbling classes here in St. Marys and is also the director/instructor of the Vienna studio which is owned by her former teacher, Gel Tracewell. Tracewell has helped put Kelly's School of Dance on the Map! Michele studied dance at Ohio State University and holds a BFA in Dance.

Michele is also the director of  the Elite teams, which are entering their 7th year and  have earned top Honors at National events!

She has been the long time coach of  XTREME dance team. They have earned such honors as Top Senior Line in the Nation while competing with Hoctors Dance Caravan and also the #1 Dance team in the Midwest by COA in Hip Hop. Michele stays active producing choreography for College Dance teams and High School/Jr. High Cheer Teams. She is currently working on material t obe featured by Marshall University Dance team fall 2008!

Michele lives in Newport, Ohio with her Husband Aaron and daughter Cooper

Jenny has been with Michele since she 1st opened here in St. Marys 10yrs ago. She is a member of the Sr. Elite Team,  Xtreme, and Sr. Company and a Freshman at St. Marys High School

Jenny is going into her 4th year as a soloist and is our  assistant teacher for Tuesday. She is a gifted technical dancer  & a wonderful tumbler, as well a great person!

info coming soon!

Heather has been dancing & tumbling with Michele since the age of 3!

 She is a member of the Jr. Elite, Jr. Company, Jr. Xtreme, and Teen Lyrical. This is Heather's 4th year as a soloist. She  is a powerful tumbler and loves working w/ the little dancers!  (and they love her too)

Besides dancing, Heather is active on the Frontier Jr. High girls basketball team, volleyball & softball team!