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Illustrious Faculty & Guest Instructors Training Future Dance Stars at our Summer Intensives

The Company season may be over now that it’s summer, but the Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre in West Midtown is still a flurry of activity with the Advanced and Professional Summer Intensive programs. Our studios are full of talented young dancers who were selected from across the United States by a highly competitive audition process. The 228 students represent 22 states and 6 countries. They experience a very rigorous program that includes a variety of dance (ballet to hip hop) and education (nutrition to dance history) classes from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Saturday, for up to 5 weeks. They also have the unique opportunity to take classes with some very illustrious guest instructors and Atlanta Ballet faculty members. These instructors include:

  • Robert Barnett, Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director Emeritus
  • Caroline Cavallo, first American principal dancer at the Danish Royal Ballet
  • Christian Clark, Atlanta Ballet Company dancer
  • Emily Cook Harrison, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Nutrition Registered Nutritionist/Dietitian and Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education faculty
  • John Gardner, former soloist with American Ballet Threatre and Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project
  • Lane Grosser, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education faculty
  • Sarah Hillmer, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education faculty
  • Nathan Hites, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education faculty
  • Dr. Nadine Kaslow, Atlanta Ballet resident psychologist
  • Armando Luna, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education principal faculty
  • Nadia Mara, Atlanta Ballet Company dancer
  • Rosemary Miles, Atlanta Ballet ballet mistress and Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education principal faculty
  • Orlando Molina, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education faculty
  • Anwar Nasir, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education faculty
  • Miki Orihara, principal with Martha Graham Dance Company
  • Stephen Pier, Director of the Dance Division of the Hartt School
  • Dale Shields, Atlanta Ballet ballet mistress
  • Dr. Frank Sinkoe, podiatrist
  • Sharon Story, Dean of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education and Atlanta Ballet ballet mistress
  • Cary Tedder, Broadway performer
  • Rachel Van Buskirk, Atlanta Ballet Company dancer
  • José Luis Vieira, General Council and artistic staff at The National Conservatory Dance School (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • John Welker, Atlanta Ballet Company dancer and Wabi Sabi ballet master
  • Sharon Wong, former Alvin Ailey School faculty

Click here for more information about the Summer Intensive programs.

Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education. Featuring Atlanta Ballet Company dancer Alexandre Barros. Photo by Kim Kenney.