About

A ballet dancer and teacher for over 20 years, my career started on scholarship with Barry and Anna Van Cura at Ballet Tennessee and Robert Barnett at the Atlanta Ballet. I furthered my training under such greats as Marat Daukayev from the Kirov Ballet, Birute Barodicaite from the Ruth Page Foundation and Ricardo Bustamante from American Ballet Theatre.

I went on to perform as a Corps de Ballet member and Soloist with Ballet Omaha and then Aeolian Ballet Theatre in Los Angeles. Soloist roles include: The Tempest, Cinderella, La Bayadere, Romeo & Juliet and the Nutcracker. I have also performed Corps de Ballet for Beauty and the Beast, Concerto Borocco and Les Sylphides.

I have been teaching ballet in Los Angeles for over ten years, including seven years teaching and staging productions for the prestigious Marat Daukayev School of Ballet. I worked for two seasons as Ballet Mistress for City Ballet of Los Angeles, and am currently an Advanced Level Instructor at the City Ballet of Los Angeles School. I have also acted as Dance Mistress for LA Unbound’s premiere performance of Nutcracker Unbound.

I always strive to instill discipline, improve technique, hone artistic vision, and encourage the love of ballet in students of all ages.