Teachers


The Liv DanceArts, Professional Ballet School teachers have collective backgrounds in everything from professional ballet performance with major international companies to dance curriculum writing and adminstration for major school districts.
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Our teachers have worked with:
The Dutch National Ballet
The San Francisco Ballet
New York University
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Hungarian Opera Ballet
Master Ballet Academy
Menlowe Ballet
Dance Teacher Magazine
The MTV Network
Alonzo King Lines Dance Center
Smuin Ballets
London Festival Ballet
Calgary Ballet
The 92nd Street Y, Harkness Dance Center
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... and many others!
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Meet The Teachers

Julie Ferarri
PreBallet
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Ballet Stretch Strengthen
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LDAelite
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Alexis Gilbert
Guest Lyrical Teacher
Magda Fialek
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Ballroom
Kristen Portner, M.A.
Artistic Director/Owner
Director of LDAelite
Lyrical 1-4
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Leaps & Turns
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Brittney Wasserman
Ballet 3
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Adv. Ballet & Pointe
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Ballet L3 - L6
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LDAelite
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Charity Caldwell
Pre-Lyrical
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Jazz Pre - L4
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Stretch & Strengthen
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LDAelite

Casey Kitazumi
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Contemporary 1-3
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Claudia Mayoss
Contemporary Ballet
Chastity Wilson​
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Pre-Ballet
Meet The Administrators
Laura Sabahi
Studio Manager
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Josh Portner
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CFO / Co-Owner
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Zoltan Peter
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Original PBS Co-Founder
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