Kelley has been dancing for many years, beginning at Amy’s School of Dance and later moving to Capital City Dance Studio in Frankfort where she competed and won titles in several competitions throughout the years. After teaching for a total of 12 years, 7 at Capital City and 2 years with Jenny Puckett Dance Academy, Kelley purchased Jenny Puckett Dance Academy. She is the current owner and director of KPDA and enjoys teaching and watching all types of dance. She has also judged and choreographed several pageants in the area. Kelley feels it is very important to always take your education further. She is currently doing this by attending dance teaching conventions throughout the year and is also working towards her degree in education.
Katie Hamilton
Katie and her family have been involved in dance for a long time. Curtain Call Dance Studio, in Lawrenceburg, was owned by her cousin and operated as a family effort. Her dad made the props, her cousins taught the classes, all in the back room of her Aunt and Uncle’s store. So inevitably as soon as she was old enough to walk she was old enough to dance. Her formal training began at 2 ½ and she remained at Curtain Call until it closed in 1989. In 1991 she moved to Capital City Dance Studio in Frankfort, KY where she continued to train in Tap, Jazz and Lyrical.
During Katie's time at Capital City she was involved in several productions that won titles at both the Frankfort Arts Foundation and the State Fair’s Coca-Cola Talent Classic. These competitions lead to various appearances as special entertainment around the Bluegrass. It was during her high school years when she began choreographing for pageants, dance teams and individuals. She has been teaching at Kelley Puckett Dance Academy for four years.
Jeana Klevene
Jeana began her dance training at the age of 3 with Marlene Turbin-Weldon. She has attended the Joffrey Midwest Workshop and spent 3 summers training with the American Ballet Theatre studying under such teachers as John Magnus, Cynthia Harvey, Charles Maple and Rebecca Wright. Her repertoire includes Jardin, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, Don Quixote, An American in Paris and Carmen, as well as various contemporary pieces by Mia Michaels, Leslie Browne and Frank Galvez. Jeana danced professionally with the Lexington Ballet Company for the 2001-2002 season and has since been an instructor, choreographer and guest artist for the Academie De La Danse in Wisconsin Rapids and an instructor, choreographer & stage manager for the Lexington Ballet.
