Kelly Callese is the founder and Artisitc director of Aspirations Dance Company in Lombard, IL.
Kelly has been dancing since the age of eight starting out at Gotta Dance Studio where she found her passion. She has extensive training in all areas of dance including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hip Hop, Lyrical and Modern. She’s danced with master instructors such as: Michele Broviak,Ted Jackson, Kacy Combs, Roland Dupree, and Jay Fagan. Kelly was a member of the Starlite Dance Company at Gotta Dance Studio where she competed locally as well as nationally traveling to Texas, Minnesota and Las Vegas, picking up numerous awards and achievements, as well as being awarded World Dance Champions numerous years in a row. She then began teaching at Gotta Dance Studio specializing in hip-hop, jazz, tap and children’s classes for two years. Kelly has also performed with The Chicago Human Rhythm Project in tap under the direction of Jay Fagan. After being a part of Gotta Dance for 10 years she decided to move on and dance professionally and landed a spot on the 2000-2001 basketball season as a “Chicago Luvabuls Dancer”. In 2003 she auditioned and made callbacks on the Fox Family Television show “Dance Fever.” From 2001-2004 Kelly was the Artistic Director of the Discover Dance Team at Villa Park Recreation as well as instructing dance for children and adults.