Kelly Ann Vitacca

Founder / Artistic Director

Kelly Ann Vitacca is from Chicago, Illinois, where she trained and later founded the professional contemporary jazz company, Inaside Chicago. She received her Bachelor’s in Performing Arts in Dance Performance at Oklahoma City University and extended Arts Management master studies at Columbia College, Chicago.

She has worked in arts management with Houston Ballet, Dance Houston, Dance/USA and the Houston Independent School District (HISD), among others. She served on the dance faculty at Joel Hall Dance Center, State Street Dance Studio, and the Wright College Dance Program.

Ms. Vitacca’s vast artistic achievements, arts management experience, industry networks, and dedication to advance the dance art form allowed her to pioneer Vitacca Vocational School for Dance in 2012.