DANNI KELLY MFA Dance, BFA Ballet Pedagogy Ok State Dept. of Education Teaching Certificate, Level K – 12, 1996 - Current Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma School District Ballet Instructor/Coordinator • Developed a sequenced seven year ballet training curriculum that prepared students to compete on a national level • Students annually selected in National Auditions for scholarship to prestigious summer programs such as: Atlanta Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Boston Ballet, Ellison Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, & San Francisco Ballet • Choreographed student performances of The Nutcracker Ballet Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Tulsa Oklahoma Company Dancer • Six years National Touring, major cities coast to coast • New York City, premier performance • Columbia Artists Management Inc. West Coast Tour Performed Swan Lake, and role of Can Can dancer in Gaite Parisienne • Performed over twenty classical ballets such as: Giselle, Coppelia, Les Sylphides, Fire Bird, & Ballanchine’s Scotch Symphony Movable Parts Modern Dance Company, Tulsa Oklahoma Company Dancer • Regional Touring • Pull Up A Chair, Opening Ceremony for International Chair Competition Tulsa Opera, Tulsa Oklahoma Guest Choreographer and Performer • La Traviata the opera • National Convention of State Legislators Opening Ceremony Southwest Repertory Theatre, Santa Fe, New Mexico Company Choreographer and Guest Performer • Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down • Sing For Your Supper • Baby • Man of La Mancha • Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weil • Closer Than Ever • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum .