Kelli Knight LeVan is thrilled to be able to share her love of ballet with the students at the June  Bug Center. Kelli received her extensive dance training at Northampton Dance Studios and  performed for the Tidewater Dance Theatre. In addition to ballet, she has experience in other  dance styles including tap, jazz, and lyrical. While in high school, Kelli attended the Governor’s  School for Visual & Performing Arts at Radford University. In college, she was a Singer/Dancer  in The New Virginians, the renowned musical ambassadors of Virginia Tech, and toured Virginia  and surrounding states representing the University. Over the years, Kelli has performed many  roles as a dancer and won numerous regional and national dance competitions. Her most  recent performance was as a featured dancer in Mary Poppins the Broadway Musical with  Summer Musical Enterprise at The Moss Arts Center. Kelli has been dancing since age 4 and  brings 50 years of training, experience, and passion for dance to her class. She believes that  everyone can benefit from learning to dance and her goal is to teach the basics of ballet and  artistic expression while sharing her joy for dance.

Kelli is a wildlife veterinarian who lives in Blacksburg with her husband and their 3 bunnies. In  her spare time, she volunteers at The Lyric Theatre and with the Virginia Tech Equine Program.  She and her husband enjoy traveling and Kelli checked off her 60th country visited this year on a  trip to Patagonia.