Faculty

Born in Richland, Washington, Kelly Moeller Rabe began her dance training at Tri-Cities Academy of Ballet under the direction of Debra Rogo where she studied ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theater. Kelly earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Arizona School of Dance. Highlight performances included principal roles in George Balanchine’s Rubies, Allegro Brilliante, The Four Temperaments, and the CHICAGO Suite set by Ann Reinking and Gary Chryst, as well as Arizona Theater Company’s The Great Gatsby and Arizona Opera’s Abduction from the Seraglio. Intensive summer studies include Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, International Ballet School, Ballet Austin, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Kelly danced for Rochester City Ballet for seven seasons, and performed works by George Balanchine, Jamey Leverett, Timothy Draper, Jimmy Orrante, David Palmer, Yanis Pikieris, and Mark Diamond. While in Rochester, she spearheaded RCB’s outreach program providing ballet education to students from underrepresented backgrounds through the after-school program Quad A for Kids. Kelly and her husband, Ben, became the ballet faculty of Foothills Dance Conservatory as well as Artist in Residence and Choreographer for Foothills Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Seneca, South Carolina in 2020. In 2021, she performed with Ballet Des Moines in their new production of The Nutcracker. Kelly Danced for Newport Contemporary Ballet (previously Island Moving Company) in Newport, Rhode Island for four seasons. Highlight performances included works by Amy Hall Garner, Takehiro Euyama, Kristopher Estes-Brown, Yoshito Sakuraba, Joshua Peugh, Tania Pérez-Salas, Colin Connor, Tristian Griffin, Miki Ohlsen, and Danielle Genest, as well as the pas de deux from Gerald Arpino’s Light Rain. Kelly and her husband are excited for this next chapter in Colorado!