Kelly began moving at a young age through dance and martial arts. She pursued both for many years and then continued into the world of dance and dance teaching. After a short time as a student with Texas Ballet Theater, she relocated to London to continue dancing professionally. 

 

While in London, Kelly gained her BA (HONS) in Ballet Education from The Royal Academy of Dance. Soon after she was asked to join Alan Herdman’s Pilates Teacher Training program in 2012. The program allowed students to work directly with Alan and renowned dance Physiotherapist Shirley Hancock.​

 

Kelly went on to become the Girls Body Conditioning Coach at The Royal Ballet School, Upper School. During her time there, she was able to work alongside Physical Therapist Luke Abnett and also Jane Paris at The Royal Ballet at the Opera House.

 

​Upon her arrival in California, Kelly began teaching both Classical Ballet and Pilates out of studios in Carmel. In 2015 she founded and directed the CVAC Pilates studio and developed a program that was handed off to the club in 2017. After leaving CVAC, Kelly began working with Hiromi Ozawa of Nexus Studio Monterey. Kelly learned many incredible techniques during her near 4 year employment with Nexus. During the pandemic, she was unable to teach in-studio due to state mandates, so she began a virtual studio and started offering in-home visits. This sparked the idea of opening her own studio, Body Movement Pilates, in 2020. By April 2021 she opened her first space within The Santa Lucia Preserve. By the end of 2022 she opened her main studio in downtown Monterey.