Shelley trained from age 5 in the UK’s Royal Academy of Dancing curriculum and system of examinations. She went on to dance with the ballet company of Innsbruck’s State Theater, Austria, Nuernberg’s Civic Ballet Company in Germany and as soloist with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium.
Since retiring from dancing professionally, Shelley has taught in ballet schools and companies in both the US and Europe. She joined ASB and PYB as teacher and coach in 1996 and, after a few years’ break to raise 2 children, is very glad to return to teaching and working with such wonderful faculty and students.