Kellee at age 3

About Kellee

Kellee grew up dancing and tumbling in Eugene, OR.  She began teaching as an assistant at age 13 and fell in love. Upon graduating from the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon in 1997 with a major in Spanish and a minor in dance, she immediately opened her first dance studio. After a few years Kellee took a break from teaching to study at the University of Hawaii's graduate program in dance education. In 2005 Kellee opened Calliope Dance Studio in San Francisco, California. She directed the program and taught most of the classes until she and her husband felt the pull to return to Oregon. Calliope however, is still going strong and Kellee returns each year to manage backstage at the annual recitals. In 2010 Kellee started Moving Joyfully in Oregon and published a book with the same title. She teaches dance at the Imagine That! program for children ages 7-14 each summer. In addition to teaching young children, Kellee began to work more with children who are not typically developing. Kellee lead Sensory Story Time at the Eugene Public Library and taught DanceAbility classes for teens. Kellee has taught in Colombia, Panama, and India but always comes back to her roots in Oregon. There is nothing Kellee enjoys more than dancing with children.    

Performing

Kellee is a dancer with Halau Hula O Na Pua O Hawaii Nei.  She enjoys the close relationship with her hula sisters and though she considers herself a teacher and not a performer, you can catch her enjoying the stage with this wonderful group.