Dancer, choreographer, teacher, performer, creative director… the list goes on for young Kelsey Ang. She fused her passion for dance and entrepreneurial ambition to build an international dance empire. She started her dance training in Hong Kong and the Philippines before earning a degree in dance and marketing in Los Angeles. Post-grad, She freelanced in LA as a guest performer and choreographer with modern dance companies. Her performance opportunities grew and she went on to perform in many modern dance performances, concerts, and music videos. Another passion she explored was choreography. She has choreographed for live dance productions, music videos, fashion campaigns, events, and short films. Her marketing through social media, growing visibility, and support from performances and choreography jobs allowed her to start her own bu
siness SHIFT Dance Company. This unique company explores many facets of dance and artistic expression and is focused on international collaboration. She pursued teaching with SHIFT and currently offers many levels of dance classes and workshops. Two of her main teaching initiatives are Dancing Through Parkinson’s, where she teaches low-impact dance classes to help slow the development of Parkinson’s disease, and her SHIFT summer dance intensive, an immersive week-long contemporary dance experience focused on bringing internationally recognized dancers and teachers together. Her intensive won the WE-Award in 2021, an organization funding artistic endeavors globally. In an interview, she expressed how teaching is her way of spreading her love of dance to the next generations and keeping the tradition of dance alive. Currently, Kelsey continues to choreograph and perform in videos and performances and fosters a creative community in her company spreading her passion through her business.
