
Kelly malone dudley
Dancer-Singer-Actor-Choreographer

KELLY MALONE DUDLEY, dancer-singer-actor-choreographer, was principal and founding member of Chicago’s Emmy-Award winning Jump Rhythm Jazz Project (JRJP), a national and international touring dance company. For her roles in JRJP, Kelly received the Chicago Dance Achievement Award from the Chicago Dance and Music Alliance and appeared in the PBS documentary, The Chicago Dance Project. During her time with the company, she taught Jump Rhythm® Technique, a rhythm-based training focusing on the expression of percussive and emotional energy, at universities and in studios across the country. Also classically trained in ballet, Graham, and Limón techniques, Kelly now resides in Virginia with her family, where she is adjunct instructor in dance at Longwood University and visiting artist at Randolph College. She has 20 years performance and teaching experience in ballet, jazz dance technique, musical theater, and Pilates and choreographs for the concert dance stage, film, and musical theater.
For the past decade, Kelly has worked with the Virginia theater community including Endstation Theatre Company, Wolfbane Productions, and the Academy Center for the Arts, and has appeared in regional and national commercials and film.