our INSTRUCTORS

Danielle Lesage Kelley
Founding Director, Studio de danse Danielle since 1979, founding Artistic Director, Aylmer Avenue Danse Company 1985.

Mrs Kelley is a Registered Teacher with the Royal Academy of Dancing in classical ballet and Full Member of the Canadian Dance Teachers' Association. Mrs Kelley has succesfully entered students for examinations in ballet, jazz, and tap over the past 23 years and continues to coach serious dance students in preparation for these examinations.

She is an award wining choreographer wha has received many international awards not only for choreography but for costume design and many other prestigious awards mostly through competition with her dance company.

Mrs. Kelley has also choreographed for television for such shows as Home grown Cafe and with Radio Canada-CBC-Canada Day production on Parliament Hill and several television specials.

Many of Mrs. Kelley's former students were accepted at the National Ballet School and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's summer programme. Many have gone on to become dance teachers and dance professionals in Canada and the United States.

Her many years as a dancer, teacher and choreographer are reflected in her strong technique classes and her innovative choreographies. Her dance experience spans over the past two decades and she now is focusing her career on teaching young children and coaching of advanced students and young teachers.