Kelsey Rose Young is a performer, teacher, and choreographer based in Detroit, Michigan. Kelsey has been on faculty with Showstopper Dance Convention, Fuzion Dance Camp, and Motor City Tap Fest. She has recently taught at the Big Apple Tap Festival, Phoenix Tap Festival, and Las Vegas Tap Festival.

In 2017 she started the Wing It Tap Intensive which travels throughout the country with numerous top instructors. She is the current director and lead choreographer for the pre-professional tap company – Detroit Tap Repertory, as well as a member of Shelby Kaufman’s tap company, G.L.Y.D.E. and Suzy Guarino- Hall’s company, TAP 24.7.

Kelsey has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as part of the DSO Educational Series and was a guest speaker at the Moving With Detroit seminar for dance educators.
In 2015, she was a contestant on the FOX Network's So You Think You Can Dance - Season 12, and season 14. 
2018 Kelsey traveled to Germany to compete in the IDO World Tap Championships. It’s there that her 3 pieces placed 4th and 5th places in the World. She also came in 2nd for the World’s Battle of the Feet.

She has had the privilege of studying under and performing alongside many of today’s most respected tap dancers and legends including Arthur Duncan, Ardie Bryant, Denise Caston, Gregg Russell, Chloe Arnold, Sarah Reich, Chris Broughton, Jenefer Miller, Suzy Guarino-Hall, and Dianne Walker.

As a choreographer, Kelsey draws from her training and range of experiences as a singer and dancer to create a style that is intricate, gritty, passionate, and entertaining. Her pieces have received many awards and accolades across the country and she is quickly becoming one of the Midwest’s premier tap choreographers.

Kelsey is a member of Cecchetti Council of America and has also studied and competed in ballroom dancing.  She works independently as a choreographer for students throughout the Nation. Over the years, Kelsey has worked with Jay Sean, the Jonas Brothers, Debbie Gibson, and Radio Disney. She has performed in the Detroit, Macy’s and Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parades, at the Detroit Jazz Festival, and at TedX Detroit. She recently has performed and choreographed a half time show for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons.