Gel was born in South East London, England. She started dancing at the age of 7 at "Stewart Stagers" dance studio. At the age of 11 she had performed in two 6 weeks running London stage shows at the Wimbledon Theatre in Central London. At age 13 she moved to Swansea South Wales and attended "Stages 2" dance academy.Gel was taught with the B.B.O. and R.A.D syllabus ( British Ballet Organization and Royal Academy of Dance ) She moved to the U.S. at the age of 16 where she joined the West Virginia Dance Theatre in Charleston, WV. Gel credits a lot of her technique and formal dance training to Newton Cole the schools  Aristic director.  Newton created a loving enviroment for his students allowing them to study with Rebecca Wright (Lead dancer with The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater and then Ballet Mistress for the Washington School Of Ballet) and faculty from The Paul Taylor modern dance Company. At age 16 Gel was offered to join the West Virginia Dance Theatres Faculty and taught the schools elite tap program. Shortly after  that she joined the faculty at Kelly School of Dance in Parkersburg, WV. In 1983 she opened the doors to her Marietta Studio which is now Gel's Dance Centre. Along with Kelly they produced nationally recognized Jr & Sr companies. Many of Gel's former students have gone on to perform in professional dance companies, college teams or have opened studios of their own. Gel brings a mixture of fun, discipline and correct technique to all of her classes while instilling the true joy and respect for dance.

Gel resides in Vienna, WV with her husband Russ and  10 yr old son Cameron.

Michele Hamilton began dancin with Miss Kathren Cunningham at age three and joined Gel's in 1991. She was a member of the Sr. Company and the Competition Group "Mag 7". She became a studio assistant in 1994 and joined the faculty in 1998. Michele has studied Dance at The Ohio state University and has traveled as  a choreographer for Cheer and dance teams alike. In 1999 Michele opened up her own studio and is the owner of Michele's One Step Up Studio in St Mary's.

Michele is the director for our Vienna Studio and of the nationally successful  X-treme and Co-Creator of the Elite program at the studio. The teams have travled  far and wide to pick up such honors as Top Sr. Line w/ Hoctors Dance Caravan and Top Dance Team in the Mid-West with COA Dance Championship.Between the elite and Xtreme program, they have won the studio the Top Teacher awards at Star Systems for the past 5 years!

Michele Lives in Newport, Ohio w/ her husband Aaron and 5 year old daughter Cooper.