Cicely A. Kelley has been a Faculty Member Since 2017 and is Co-director of Spelman Dance Theatre and Senior Lecturer.
Regardless of the location of the stage, theater, studio, concert venue or even a football field, Cicely Kelley has left her mark. After being trained by some of the greatest names in dance at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, the Atlanta native has forged a career that spans all genres of dance and crosses multiple industries - from sports to advertising to entertainment and beyond.
Kelley’s list of accomplishments is extensive and audiences around the world have been entertained by her dance moves. Her choreography and mesmerizing performances have been featured by the Atlanta Falcons both in national commercials and during halftime entertainment. Other choreography credits include the Fugees European tour, Musiq Soulchild Stir the Senses tour, and Toni Braxtons 2010 tour and television performances. Kelley danced with Beyoncé Knowles in her video for Get Me Bodied and during her performance of the hugely popular Single Ladies during the 2009 MTV VMAs.
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Cicely A. Kelley Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Cicely Kelley Resume Experience (PDF)
M.F.A., Dance, The University Of The Arts
Dance Performance & Choreography, Spelman College (degree pending)
Principles of Jazz
Jazz Funk
Commercial Hip Hop
Ballet
Choreographing Lives
Art of Teaching Dance
Dance for Camera
First-Year Experience
Co-director of Spelman Dance Theatre
Commercial Dance Education
Film & TV
Black Performance Theory
Diasporic Spidering
Black Female Body in performance through the lens of trans-temporality
My Research
Artist Book: Le corps d’une femme noire américaine.
A body of work focused on the Black female body in American culture from past to present, through a trans-temporal lens of a Fictive Sisterhood Kinship.
My Work
Instructor and Advisory Board Member
Podcast: Sole Talk 19: Cici Kelley, Co-Founder of Dare Dream Dance Studio
VOP
Q&A: CiCi Kelley on choreographing the roots of jazz in Bolden, the motion picture
Life and Work With CiCi Kelley
CiCi Kelley Presents “Phazes of Love” Choreographers Extravaganza