Charlene’s School of Dance

Specialties

Dance Classes for All Ages.

History

Established in 1963.

Charlene’s School of Dance has been bringing premier dance instruction to Cambria County for the past 50 years. CSD is the oldest and most respected dance school in the Laurel Highlands. Instructing with the highest standards, we help develop proper skills for dance and life, all while having fun.

Meet the Business Owner

Kelly W.

Business Owner

Kelly Wheeler is proud to be the owner/​artistic director of the studio. Kelly is the director of the school’s dance company program. She is responsible for the studio’s companies who have won numerous awards. Kelly is a graduate of Columbia State in Franklin, Tennessee where she studied commercial entertainment and dance studio management. She has also attended Point Park College, in Pittsburgh, PA, where she majored in Dance. She attended the Pennsylvania Governor’s School of Excellence in Performing Arts where was awarded the Bell Atlantic Leadership Award for introducing the art of dance in public schools. She spent an additional summer working as a Pennsylvania Governors School AATRA. She began dancing at the studio at the age of two and has never stopped since. She traveled with the school’s company to countless workshops and conventions where she studied with some of the top master teachers and choreographers in the country.