About Keely Song​
Keely Song Glenn is an Associate Professor of Dance at Brigham Young University and a Certified Laban Movement Analyst (CLMA). She received her MFA in Dance from The University of Iowa, where she was awarded the prestigious Dean’s Graduate Fellowship. She previously earned her B.A. in Dance Education from Brigham Young University after graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy.
She is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME) and Registered Somatic Dance Educator (RSDE) through ISMETA, a Personal Trainer with the American Council on Exercise (ACE), and a Yoga Alliance Instructor (200 hrs).
Her choreography and teaching have been recognized nationally, including the Individual Arts Excellence Award in Choreography from the Ohio Arts Council, the Gravity’s Ripple III Choreographic Residency Award sponsored by the Dublin Arts Council Ohio and OhioDance, and three Greater Columbus Arts Council Artists Grants.
Keely began making dance films as a teenager in the tundra of Michigan and now creates them in the deserts of Utah. An interdisciplinary artist, she often works in the medium of dance and film to highlight humanity’s relationship with and impact on nature. Her collaborative dance works have been featured in national and international festivals, including the Dance on Camera Festival, the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, and the InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival.
Her creative work blends classical, street, and nature-inspired movement to explore humanity’s interdependence with the environment. Keely designs and produces outdoor performances while maintaining in-theatre productions for accessibility and outreach. She examines dance as a form of green exercise, emphasizing freestyle and expressive movement as pathways for self-expression and wellness.
Keely believes in living a fully integrative life, practicing presence, generosity, environmental stewardship, and collaboration through the intertwined lenses of dance and science. Alongside her husband of 19 years, they are the proud parents of three sons who show her the wonderment of life and the pathway to bravery.