Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! We are incredibly proud of the students graduating from the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education this year. We have watched them grow over the years and feel immensely privileged to have guided their dance journeys, helping shape them into the talented dancers they are today. We can’t wait to see what they do next! Read on to find out more.

Leilani Burks

Leilani will study a Dance–Art Administration major at Butler University. Leilani has not only danced at Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education for many years, but she has also welcomed families to the Buckhead and Michael C. Carlos Dance studios in her role as a Centre Front Desk Administrator.

Anna Jane Harben

Anna Jane Harben is graduating summa cum laude from Woodward Academy. She will be attending Tufts University in Boston.

Morgan Hempell

Morgan joined the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education at just three years old and has been dancing ever since, totaling 15 years. In the fall, she will attend the University of California, Davis, where she will major in Animal Biology/Pre-Vet.

Raffaella Merino

Raffaella joined the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education in 2015 and has enjoyed dancing for 15 years. After graduation, she will take a gap year in Taipei, Taiwan, to learn Mandarin as a recipient of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth Scholarship. While she is still undecided about which university she will attend, she knows that her major will be in international relations and foreign languages (French and Mandarin).

Madeline Poole

Madeline has been dancing for nearly 14 years and began her dance journey with the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education four years ago. After graduating, she looks forward to her next chapter at the University of Georgia, where she will study Psychology.

Shira Preis

Shira joined the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education when she was in kindergarten and has spent 13 of her 15 years of dance training with us. Shira is headed to the UGA Honors College to major in Business and Marketing.

Marco Schittone

Marco will attend George Washington University to study a major in Chemistry and pursue the Pre-Med Track. He is also excited to continue his dance studies, having received a scholarship to minor in dance.

We would also like to congratulate Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education graduates Sophie Antell, Isabella Chapa, Chastity Dunn, Daniel Gray, Danielle Pelletier, Emma Ricci, and Sophia Wang.

The Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education has been inspiring future dancers for almost 30 years. In our noncompetitive, highly nurturing dance environment, everyone is respected, dreams are encouraged, and achievements at all levels are celebrated. Fall enrollment for the 2025-26 school year opens on May 5, 2025. To find out more, click on the link below.