About Kelsaya
Kelsaya's Dance Journey
Kelsaya started dancing and training RAD ballet as a young child at her mother's dance school. This is where she also started teaching and performing dance. After finishing High School she training full time for a year as a Dance Teacher ( Box Hill Tafe) but auditioned at the end of her first year and was accepted into The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Dance Degree. However life took a turn and the "career" path of a dancer, due to injury became healing orientated. However the Arts has always been at the heart of this journey. During the very early 2000's, Kelsaya first started dancing The 5 Rhythms with friends between their homes using Gabrielle Roth's CD's! She had just completed a 2yr Adv. Dip in Anthroposophy and Steiner Ed (1998-99)
Before training as an Open Floor Conscious Dance Teacher (2015-2018), Kelsaya trained and performed for 3yrs full time in Speech and Drama (2003-2005). This year, 2026, Kelsaya is excited to be commencing her Masters in Creative Arts Therapy: Dance Therapy, back at the VCA (Melb Uni) 30 yrs later.
Kelsaya, CommonMovement & Open Floor
CommonMovement began during Kelsaya's Open Floor Training whilst running OF Classes along with teaching Folk Dance and Open Floor within the Steiner Curriculum at Schools in Melbourne. During 2018-2022 Kelsaya was engaged as the Regional Manager of VIC/TAS for The Royal Academy of Dance and therefore teaching life had to take a back seat.
More recently Kelsaya and her partner committed to a year long study group in NZ refreshing the Open floor Curriculum with Geordie Jahner Pd. a Core Faculty of Open Floor. It was apparent that Kelsaya was really ready to start teaching again and started up a class in East Melbourne July 2025.
More about Kelsaya
Kelsaya lives in The Bend of Islands/Wyenondabul on the Yarra/Birrarrung. She has always had a deep connection with Nature and the Bush having grown up initially on Corhanwarrabul/Mt Dandenong and the somewhat self sufficiently with her family in the hills of Tolone/Dollar, South Gippsland. When she isn't dancing she loves spending time with her Husband, Children, Friends and going Hiking and Bushwalking, Birding, Camping, Swimming, Surfing, Gardening, Cooking, doing Eurythmy, Speech, and Singing along with going to see live performances where possible and drinking cups of Tea!