Chelsea fell into a life of creative movement at age 4, when she pierced her ears and joined ballet, devoting her tiny self to being magnetic, outspoken, and wiggling her body.  Since then, her life has changed drastically, but these aspects of Chelsea remain the same.  Chelsea grew up inside her small dance studio in Northern Michigan, and began teaching when she was only 14.  She transitioned from training ballet, pointe, contemporary, modern, jazz, Celtic, tap, and clogging in grade school, to specializing in HipHop and Contemporary Movement Studies at University.  Chelsea holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Contemporary Dance from Michigan State University, and her Master’s of Arts in Dance Movement Therapy & Counseling from Columbia.  She began studying yoga in 2013 to heal herself from a severe illness, and understand both the science and philosophy behind the human trinity - body, mind, and soul.  Chelsea has lived in the Bay Area for 8 years, dancing professionally for Roxanne Gray, Sarah Bush Dance Project, and Stephanie Unger & Co.  She has studied Aerial Dance with Bandaloop and Mendocino Dance Project, and works independently as an educator, coach and artist.  She has studied and presented choreographic work in Michigan, Chicago, New York, and California, including productions with Loft This, One Billion Rising, Chicago School of Ballet, and the TVC Global: Hair Art Fashion Show.  Chelsea has danced with toddlers, elders, alter-abled bodies, prisoners, and ex-convicts in rehabilitation centers.  As a yogi, poet, dancer, and wellness coach, she urges her dancers not just to sweat and move, but move with passion and purpose. “Dance and other movement practices help establish healthy boundaries, train you to resource internally, and create a community.  Each day I dance, I fall in love with my body and the endless possibilities.  But no matter how strong, energetic, exhausted, or old you are…remember, you are not just a body, you are SOMEbody”