Shelly Saint-Smith MFA, BA (Hons), is Head of Teaching Qualifications at bbodance and former Head of Learning and Teaching at the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) in London. She has been actively involved with ICKL since 2005; she became a Fellow of ICKL in 2006 and served as Chair of the Research Panel from 2008 to 2011. Shelly studied Labanotation and directing from score at the University of Birmingham, UK, and The Ohio State University. Whilst at the RAD, she taught Labanotation and Laban studies to undergraduate and postgraduate students, directed excerpts from dance works from score for performance, and was awarded funding to document and preserve the RAD’s Karsavina Syllabus. At bbodance, Shelly teaches Laban studies as part of dance teacher training. Shelly is also a professionally trained flying trapeze artist and has future plans to document flying trapeze in Labanotation.