MEET CHELSEA SHAMBAUGH

Owner & Creative Director
 

Chelsea Shambaugh is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, and educator with more than 25 years of experience across a wide range of dance styles. As the Owner and Creative Director of Body & Soul Dance Studio, she brings professional-level training, artistic insight, and genuine care to every dancer she teaches.

Chelsea began dancing at age six under the guidance of her mother, LeAnne Andersen, at Body & Soul Creative Dance in Gresham, Oregon. She later moved to Los Angeles to pursue professional opportunities in dance, acting, and modeling—training with renowned choreographers, touring with artists, and performing across the country.

Throughout her career, Chelsea has received scholarships and recognition from leading organizations including NYCDA, Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, American Ballet Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and Millennium Dance Complex, among others. As a choreographer and educator, her work has earned numerous regional and national Overall Awards, along with consecutive Industry Awards for Best Choreography.

Injury prevention is at the heart of Chelsea’s teaching philosophy. She emphasizes proper preparation, conditioning, alignment, technique, and body awareness—helping dancers understand not only how to move, but how to care for the instrument that allows them to dance.

Her approach goes beyond technique. Chelsea believes dancers should be developed as whole people—mind, body, and soul.

At Body & Soul, she is committed to creating a safe and inspiring environment where every dancer is seen, challenged, supported, and encouraged to grow. A place to build exceptional technique, discover their individual artistic voice, develop confidence and character, and become the artist they were created to be.