GELSEY MAHANES

Gelsey is excited to be back teaching at Dancers Workshop!  Gelsey began dancing at Dancers Workshop and was a member of Austin Dance Works before moving to Los Angeles where she performed professionally for many years.  Gelsey became a Radio City Rockette, performed with the National Touring Company, and at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for many years.    As a Media Rockette and spokeswoman, Gelsey performed at the White House for the President, on Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, NBC Weekend Today, MSNBC, CNN,The Mike and Juliet Show, and The Paula Deen Show.  Some of her favorite dance jobs include performing in the films You Again, 500 Days of Summer, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Starsky and Hutch, Looney Tunes Back in Action, A Time For Dancing, Thank Heaven! and Angels, Baby and on TV shows including The Young and the Restless, Boston Public, MTV Movie Awards, and TV Land Awards. Gelsey has also appeared in many commercials, industrial presentations, and stage shows, including those for Disney, ABC, ESPN, M&Ms, Pace Picante Sauce, Cricket Cellular, 7-Up, Microsoft, The WNBA, Sunrider, and Lovin Lakin. As a certified Pilates instructor, Gelsey has trained with some of the best dancers and choreographers you see every week on So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars. She teaches master classes and adjudicates dance competitions and festivals internationally. Gelsey loves teaching dancers of all ages!