
"Excellent Teacher"
- Tina Fey

"Shelby Kaufman doesn't just light up a room with her smile, she lights up a room with her feet! Her tapping is not only musical but magic. She's that dance instructor everyone should get to experience."
- Cathy Nesbitt-Stein
Candy Apples Dance Center, 'Dance Moms' Series Regular

"Marvelous tap teacher; incredibly creative, clear, and encouraging; creates dances like it's going out of style"
- Tovah Feldshuh
4x Tony nominee and Broadway Legend

"Shelby's choreography is fabulous, and she's a triple threat in the theatre. She is a thinker and she can write. She can write her own plays, her own musicals, her own everything. She's a wonderful storyteller, and I'm sure she's gonna write a whole bunch of stuff that's gonna merit as well as her dancing."
- Dr. Harold 'Stumpy' Cromer
The Late Entertainer and Tap Legend

"One of the most imaginative choreographers I know."
- Dianne 'Lady Di' Walker
Tap Dancer Extraordinaire

"Shelby has helped me grow my love for tap and has inspired me in so many ways to achieve my goals! I am so grateful to have such a talented, smart, and kind tap teacher for about 10 years now!"
- Violet Tinnirello
Charlie, 'Sesame Street'

“I’ve taken many tap classes with Shelby and have loved every single one!”
- Vivi Stein
'Dance Moms'















