Directors

Kelly Norman
Owner and Artistic Director

Kelly has over 25 years of extensive dance training in jazz, ballet, lyrical and tap. She studied under Jimmie Ruth White for over fifteen years and was a member of the Spotlight Dance Company. Kelly was a member of the Bishop Dunne High School Eyalettes where she served as Captain her junior and senior year. She has choreographed and performed for dance tours and performances throughout the United States and was a member of the Dance Energy Repertory Dance Company. Kelly is a graduate of Texas Womans University, where she received her BS in Dance Education and Sociology. She is a head instructor, jazz/hip hop staff captain, choreographer, clinician, and judge for the American Dance Drill Team School where she has been on staff for the past fourteen years. Kelly is well known for her innovative and visual choreography in jazz, lyrical and pom. She has previously been on faculty at Spotlight Dance Studio, Lisas Dance Center, and Miss Billyes School of Dance, where she has taught competitive jazz, lyrical, ballet and drill team. Kelly has been successfully training dancers for high school drill teams, college dance programs, and professional dance teams since she was 21 years old. This is Kellys twelth year as the Owner and Artistic Director for Plano Dance Force, which has won multiple National Championships. She was also featured in four instructional dance videos with JRS Video Productions. Kelly is a native of Dallas and currently lives in Arlington with her husband Mark, and two sons Chase and Grayson.

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Ashley Hill
Directors Assistant/Assistant Choreographer

Ashley has been dancing since she was five years old at Miss Billyes School of Dance in Plano. She has extensive training in jazz, ballet, tap, and modern dance. Ashley is a former Vines Vikette and was a member of Plano Dance Force where she was a dance leader her junior year and head dancer her senior year. She is currently on staff at Miss Billyes where she has been directing the award winning Dancin Divas junior dance/drill team for the past three years. Ashley is well known for her award winning modern choreography. Her dances have won numerous national dance titles over the past two years. Ashley also attends Collin County Community College where she is a business major.

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Spruce Haley
Performance Coordinator

Spruce started out as being a booster club officer for Plano Dance Force when her two daughters were on the team. She then continued on making the annual scrapbook, taking pictures, video taping the performances, sewing costumes, and helping the director schedule their yearly performances long after her girls had gone off the college. Spruce has become a vital part of the organization over the past 8 years and is a great liaison between the parents and the director. She also works full time at the PISD Administration Building where she has been for eight years.