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

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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

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Kristen Portner, M.A.

 

Artistic Director/Owner

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Laura Sabahi

 

Studio Manager

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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Carmela Peter

 

Original PBS Co-Founder

 

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Camryn Kelly

 

Competition Choreography​ 

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  Liv DanceArts, Professional Ballet School  425 Harbor Blvd. 1&3 Belmont, CA 94002   650)598-0796   livdancearts@gmail.com

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