Staff

Kelli Payne - Owner

Kelli Dunnam is owner and founder of The Artistry Movement. Miss Kelli oversees creative decisions, choreography, and technique training.

Kelli started dancing at age 9 in the styles of ballet, jazz, contemporary, and hip hop. She has been teaching dance for the past 19 years and has worked for studios since age 14. Her job titles have included teacher, choreographer, creative director, company director, and studio owner. She has trained dancers of all levels in ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, and more. Kelli has won multiple titles at various competitions in the tri-state area including several highest category awards, judges choice awards, entertainer awards, choreography awards, highest score in competition, and much more. She has also participated with her performances in many events. Creating choreography is her passion!

Kelli believes that every dance should be treated as an art piece that exudes creativity and soul. She thrives for each dancer to not only learn the technique of dance but to learn the artistry and passion that comes along with it. 

Breanne Ring - Director

Miss Breanne has been teaching and choreographing for over 8 years, and discovered her love for dance at the age of 12. Miss Breanne grew up in the Alma School District where she was on the Alma Dance Team. While there she helped lead her team to two State Champion Titles and was on the first team to go to UDA Nationals in Disney World where they gained a National Semi-Finalist Title. Since graduating, Breanne danced at a collegiate level and even took her dancing to the Miss Arkansas stage in 2018. Breanne has a wide array of experience with different styles of dance, has choreographed for many area teams, coaches pageantry, and has won multiple titles and awards for her choreography. Miss Bre hopes to inspire and share her passion for dance all while empowering and spreading joy to her Artistry Movement students. 

Kylie Bell

Kylie Bell began her dancing career at the age of 3 and began dancing competitively at the age of seven.  She competed with the Artistry Movement for five years and was one of the original five members of the team. She began choreographing for the Artistry Movement in 2020. With eleven years of dance competitions under her belt, she has danced in many different cities, regional competitions, and national competitions. In these competitions, she’s been awarded countless first overall titles in both solo and group categories. She’s been trained in many styles, but her passion is lyrical and contemporary. Kylie graduated from Van Buren High School and was part of their dance program for five years. In her time on the Van Buren dance team, she made the All-American team and received the Top All-American title. She danced Primetime at two Oklahoma City Thunder games and halftime of a Harlem Globetrotter’s game. She’s currently a Freshman at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her goal is to tell a story and bring out emotions in her dancers and their audience through her choreography.