faculty
Jessica Keller
Owner /Director
Jessica is a New Jersey native who started dancing at the age of 3. Ballet has always been her passion. She trained at the Academy of Dance Arts in Red Bank, NJ under Jennifer Church, Sori Gottdenker, Victoria Green, and Charles Nicoll.
Jessica is Royal Academy of Dance trained and passed all exams from Primary to Advanced with Honors. She performed several lead roles including, Clara, Lead Marzipan, Snow Queen, and Mouse Doll in the Nutcracker, and other lead roles in various performances.
During her studies, Jessica attended summer programs at the School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Miami City Ballet. She continued her pre-professional ballet training at the Miami City Ballet School. Her instructors included Edward Villella, Nancy Raffa, Geta Constantinescu, Truman Finny, and Carter Alexander. During her time at the school, she performed most notably as the Lilac Fairy from Sleeping Beauty and Russian Girls from Balanchine’s Serenade. Mrs. Keller danced professionally with Miami City Ballet performing in ballets such as Symphony in C, Western Symphony, Symphony in Three Movements, Don Quixote, Giselle, and The Nutcracker.
Kelley Reid
PBCO Director
Kelley Reid was raised in the competition scene in Central Florida and has taught all over the Tristate area in NY as well as in the city. She is a Guest Faculty Member in NYC at Peridance Capezio Center and is apart of the NEW YORK BODIES faculty. She also is on faculty with BOLD dance and RESURGENCE INTENSIVE where she travels and guest teaches in numerous studios. “Her credits include; The U.S Regional Premiere of The Bodyguard in White Plains, NY (Regional), Holland America Line, Rupauls Drag Race Season Finale Tour NYC and has opened for Iggy Azalea with Silky Ganache. She has performed in numerous benefit shows such as Night of Life for Leg Up on Life as well as for numerous drag queens in NYC and is currently signed with MSA Agency. This is Kelley’s 4th season with PBADA and she is so happy to be apart of this family.
Nicolette Forkel
Born in Whitestone New York, Nicolette moved to Florida at the age of five, which is when she started dancing. Nicolette started competing at the age of five and continued till graduation. She is trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop. Nicolette graduated from Wellington High School Fine Arts Academy majoring in dance with honors. She started teaching at the age of fifteen and has always had a passion for working with children.
Kristen Rulison
PBCO Assistant Director
PBCo2 Director
Kristen was born and raised in Palm Beach County where her love for dancing and performing started at the age of three. She trained in various styles of dance including ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap, and musical theatre. Throughout her elementary and middle school years, Kristen danced competitively at Boca Dance Studio. She toured across the country for two summers with Hoctor’s Dance Caravan as a Caravan Kid and was a dance model for So Danca. She competed on her school’s dance team in high school, The Eagle-ettes and Company, while training at Southern Dance Theatre. It was during this time that she had the privilege to perform in the Superbowl XXXIII Half Time Show. Kristen has been teaching dance and choreographing since high school. She was the Artistic Director for the Starlets Dance Company at Southern Dance Theatre for eight years and co-directed The Eagle-ettes and Company for two years. She also served as a judge for F.D.T.D.A.’s competition. Kristen took a hiatus on teaching dance to focus on her career in public school education and starting her own family. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, and a second Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. Kristen is very excited to be back teaching dance and is looking forward to fostering her love and passion for dance with the next generation of dancers at Palm Beach Academy of Dance Arts.
Bradley Dunlap
Bradley Dunlap grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and began training at Cleveland City Dance with Paul Wilson, Linda Adolphi and Sarah Savelli, and continued at Cleveland School of Dance with Gladisa Guadalupe. He attended summer programs with full scholarships at Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp with Jefferson Baum, The Rock School, Pacific Northwest Ballet School and the School of American Ballet.
During his training, Dunlap toured Germany and France with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp International Ballet Ensemble at age 14.
He was accepted to Miami City Ballet School with a full scholarship in 2004 and became a student apprentice in 2005, a company apprentice in 2006 and was promoted to the company in 2008.
In 2011, he was a dancer in PBS’s Great Performances “Dance in America: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp.”
Dunlap has performed around the world including at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center and New York City Center (NYC), Kennedy Center (DC), The Music Center (LA), and Théatre du Châtelet (Paris).
Dunlap served as Company Representative for 4 seasons, starting in 2017. He also served on the Re-Entry Task Force for MCB and Dance/USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dunlap choreographed “Everybody Step,” for MCB’s “To Miami, With Love,” in 2021 and “Rondo alla Turca,” in 2023.
Brooke Moody
Brooke Moody is a graduate of the University of South Florida where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education. Following graduation, she performed with two modern dance companies and became Dance Director of a magnet school for the arts in Tampa, Fl. In 2009, after relocating back to South Florida, Brooke took the full time position as Director of After School Dance at Pine Crest School, Boca Raton. As a choreographer, teacher, performer, and stage manager her career spans more than 20 years. She is also an active member of Florida Dance Masters and Dance Educators of America. Aside from her accomplishments in dance, she is also very proud to be a mother to Natalia & Landon. Brooke is excited to have the privilege of working with and choreographing for the dancers at Palm Beach Academy of Dance Arts.
autumn Douglas
Autumn began her training under the direction of Michele Broviak at Gotta Dance Studio in Addison, Illinois. While there, she was a member of the Starlite Dance Company for 12 years. She also trained and competed with Midwest Movement, under the direction of Ted Jackson and Xtreme Dance Force, under the direction of
Sam Renzetti. As a solo competitor, she has won over 20 overall first place high score awards at Regional and National levels. She has also won numerous titles for her award winning solo performances such as Miss Starpower, Miss Starquest, Miss Nexstar, Miss Showbiz, Distinguished Performer, and Dancer of the Year. As a group competitor, she has also won numerous overall first place awards at the regional and national level, even taking home the coveted Victory Cup at many national competitions.
Autumn is trained and skilled in jazz, contemporary, lyrical, ballet, pointe, tap, musical theater, and hip hop. She has had the opportunity to work with instructors such as Mia Michaels, Brian Friedman, Ray Leeper, Matt Cady, Dee and Tina Caspary, Tabatha and Napoleon, Chris Jacobsen, Sonya Tayeh, and Justin Giles just to name a few.
Autumn began choreographing at the age of 9 and has been in love with it ever since. As a choreographer, her pieces have received awards that include Most Entertaining, Top Choreography Awards, First Place overalls, and most recently, the Utopian Award, the highest scoring routine at the national level. Even though
Autumn received contracts from both Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Walt Disney World Theme Parks, she chose to pursue her teaching and choreographing career because of her love and passion.
In addition, Autumn is a professional model which includes print and runway work. She has been seen various commercials such as McDonalds and her face has been seen in numerous ads across the nation. Autumn is currently working for ZZAZZ Productions where she has the title of Dancer/Model. Not only does she model the
latest fashions and trends but she also dances her way through fashion down the runway. Autumn has also done similar work for the John Paul Mitchell hair shows. You can also see Autumn as a principle dancer in Grammy Nominee Steve Aoki’s first music video titled “Ooh” featuring Rob Roy.
Shanna Woods
Shanna L Woods is the sweetest mango with a dash of ghost pepper. Shanna is a dance artist, choreographer, rehearsal director, educator, mother and creator from Delray Beach, Florida by way of Memphis, Tennessee. Shanna’s dance experiences began in her mother’s womb; the backyard bbqs and family reunions were the original dance space. Shanna has performed nationally and internationally with Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, Jubilation Dance Ensemble and currently Olujimi Dance Theatre. Shanna is the Director of Dance at Boynton Beach Community High School. Shanna is currently the first Artist in Residence at Bailey Contemporary Arts Center in Pompano, Florida specializing in Dance and Dance Healing Arts. Shanna L Woods is the founder of The Art of Acceptance Workshop: Healing through dance movement and meditation and Lavish Lovin soul care line. Shanna is interested in building a legacy of innovative, proactive, and holistic healing through dance and self care specifically for women and young ladies.
Jasmine Wright
Community Engagement Director
Jasmine grew up competitively dancing in Rochester NY. She was trained in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, Lyrical, Modern, Acro, and Musical Theater. During her training, she traveled to numerous workshops and conventions such as NYCDA, ADA, and DMA to be trained under master teachers. She attended the University at Buffalo where she expanded her dance training and was additionally trained in choreography, improvisation, and Aerial Arts. During her time in college, she was given the opportunity to perform in various showcases and with their in-house dance company and graduated with a Bachelors of Dance in 2016. Since then, she has continued her dance education through Dance Masters of America’s Teacher Training School and relocated to Northern Virginia where she taught at various studios, choreographed for competitive dance companies in the area, and was a choreographer in residence for a local theater company! Jasmine is so excited to continue her dance journey here in South Florida and cannot wait to share her passion for dance with our students.
Ria Rae
Ria is a professional dancer as well as a choreographer. Her dance training began at the age of 4. She has trained in numerous styles such as Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Ballroom, and Pointe. She is gratefully humbled to have danced for many artist such as, Mary J Blige, DJ Khaled, Lil Baby, Pitbull, Gente de Zona, and more. She loves dancing and loves to share her knowledge as a choreographer. Ria has been teaching at PBADA for 5 seasons going on her 6th!
Kaitlynn Bossie
Kaitlynn Bossie is a Palm Beach Atlantic University graduate with a BFA in Dance Performance. Dancing since she was 3 years and teaching for over 8, she has been versed in all styles of dance. Dancing with the Robison Ballet Company and performing in their notable shows of The Nutcracker and Giselle. Kaitlynn grew up in Houlton, a small town in Maine, where dancing was the center of her life. Now, dancing is a part of her everyday life. Kaitlynn has taught various styles of dance with various ages. Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Pointe are all classes taught by her. Ranging in ages from kindergarten to senior high schoolers. Being fortunate enough to be able to go on into a professional dancing career while teaching others the joy of dancing.
Doreen Fortman
Doreen scheinpflug started dancing ballroom and Latin dancing at the age of 5 in Germany where she was born and raised. While In Germany she won several National and international awards before she joined fred Astaire dance studios in the US in 2006. She was opening her own franchise in 2008 in west palm beach and a second location in 2019 in wellington. Besides competing professionally for the US nationwide and winning multiple regional and National awards she also taught many amateurs and other professionals in ballroom and Latin dancing for competitions in all levels as well as theater productions.
Kenny Fowler
Born in Belle Glade, Florida February 2, 1984. Kenneth began dancing from age 7 through college. He choreographed for several dance troupes, high school marching bands, modeling shows, drumlines, cheerleading competitions, step master of an organization by the name of Kappa League lead by the KAPPA ALPHA PSI fraternity and section leader of the number one drumline in palm beach county. He attended Bethune Cookman College where he studied music and became apart of the famous world known marching band “The Marching Wild Cats” as a drummer. Kenneth is now sharing his gift with young kids in West Palm Beach Florida as a dance teacher and the creator and director of the new hit theatrical show “LOUD” Kenneth has toured the world choreographing and dancing. Kenneth has performed in the opening acts for many celebrity artists including, Mario, Far East Movement, Jason Derulo, Busta Rhymes, Sean Paul, Shaggy, The Marley Brothers, 50 Cent and Jay Sean. He has choreographed for various celebrity artists and a production number for Ben Vereen. Kenneth also has numerous TV appearances, and hosted workshops with MTV award winning choreographer Darren Henson. Kenneth has also had the honor to share the stage with Michael Jacksons first choice dancer for “This is it” and choreographer for world famous Beyonce, Chris Grant, performing a tribute for the Jackson 5 family.
Kenny Fowler
Lorna is a Florida Native who began her love of dance at the age of 3. When she was 5 she began competing and performing in front of live audiences. Her credits include local productions of Cinderella, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Christmas Carol, Chicago as well as Sean's Dance Factory's Big Bang at the Kravis Center. She is classically trained in multiple styles of dance including Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary and Hip Hop. She has been choreographing and teaching Hip Hop locally since the age of 16.
Testimonials
Miss Jess and the teachers at PBADA are just INCREDIBLE! They genuinely care about every single dancer and we couldn't be more grateful!
Jenna R.
Sophia very eagerly looks forward to class every single week. The teachers are truly amazing. Hands down the best dance school in the area!
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At PBADA, our mission is to cultivate a vibrant and inclusive dance community where individuals of all backgrounds and abilities can thrive, express themselves, and discover the joy of dance. Rooted in our core values of inclusion, diversity, belonging, safety & modesty, and legacy, we are dedicated to providing exceptional dance education in a supportive and welcoming environment. Through our commitment to fostering a culture of respect, humility and empowerment, we aim to inspire a lifelong love for dance and leave a lasting legacy of unity, creativity, and excellence.
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