Kay Sandel has danced professionally with the Chicago Ballet Company, Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet, and Ballet Oklahoma. She studied with Roman Jasinski and Moscelyne Larkin, former members of the original Ballet Russe.

She was awarded a Ford Foundation scholarship to dance with the National Ballet of Washington, D.C., under the direction of Frederick Franklin, where she also studied with Maria Swoboda and Oleg Tupine.

Sandel owned studio for 28 years, developing students who have been accepted into professional companies and school such as the School of American Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts, and Joffrey.

Kay has taught dance at the University of Oklahoma and currently teaches all levels of ballet classes, Ballet Pedagogy, Anatomy and Physiology for Dancers, assists with the new Master Teacher Program, and choreographs for The American Spirit Dance Company.