Chelsey is a choreographer, professor, and dance educator. She completed her Master’s Degree in Dance and Choreography at the Peck School of the Arts, then served as a lecturer of dance for the University of Wisconsin while traveling the country working as a guest choreographer. Her work can be found in the repertoire of Dance Wisconsin, Greater Lansing Ballet Company, Canton Ballet, Ballet 5:8, Project Ballet, and the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble. Her work has earned her Regional Dance America’s National Choreographic Commissioning award four times, Regional Dance America’s Choreography Connection Grant, a Choreographic Honors Award from the University of Wisconsin, and several choreography awards from regional competitions such as New York City Dance Alliance.
In addition to her contemporary work, Chelsey has premiered three full-length ballets, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz for Dance Wisconsin, and Snow White for Central Indiana Dance Ensemble. Her greatest production to date is being mother to Alice, Charlie, & Theo.