Ms. Kelly Sammon is originally from Youngstown, Ohio, where she started dancing at age 3. She danced and competed in a number of national dance competitions along the East Coast, Las Vegas, Panama City and Niagara Falls. 

Ms. Kelly graduated cum laude from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance. There, she was accepted into the pre-professional company, the Kent Dance Ensemble.  

She received the School of Theatre and Dance Scholarship Award along with the Kent Dance Ensemble Guest Artist Honor Award while being selected to perform in pieces choreographed by Cliff Keuter, Robin Petterson, and Kim Karpanty.  

During her tenure at Kent State University, she was affiliated with the National Dance Education Organization and Ohio Dance Association.  Ms. Kelly has performed professionally for the modern dance companies such as Travesty Dance Group and Verlezza Dance and currently dances professionally for Dancin' Unlimited, under the direction of Marilyn York. 

Ms. Kelly is thrilled to be in Northern Virginia and to be teaching at Adagio Ballet!