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

Brittney Wasserman
Ballet 3
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Adv. Ballet & Pointe
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Ballet L4 - L6
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LDAelite
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Alexis Gilbert
Lyrical
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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Julie Ferarri
PreBallet
Ballet L1, L2, L 5/6
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Advanced Ballet/Rep
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Ballet Stretch Strengthen
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LDAelite

Charity Caldwell
Pre-Lyrical
Tap/Jazz Combo
Jazz L1 - L4
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LDAelite

Zoltan Peter
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PBS Co-Founder
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