— Halana Dash, student, age 12
Metropolitan Ballet Academy hosts an inspiring and challenging 5-week summer dance program.
July 14- August 15, 2008
Classes include ballet, pointe, men’s’ technique, variations, partnering and repertoire as well as character, modern & jazz.
Many of our area’s most well-known dance professionals visit as guest faculty.
Please refer to the current school calendar for dates. To find out more or to register for the summer dance camp, call (215) 663-1665
Guest faculty and staff of recent programs have included:
- Ballet
- Dede Barfield: Principal PA Ballet
- Caroline Broullan: MBA faculty, Dance Theater of PA
- Martha Chamberlain: Principal PA Ballet
- Philip Colucci: Soloist PA Ballet, Juilliard
- Denise D’Angelo: MBA faculty, former Soloist PA Ballet
- William DeGregory: MBA faculty, Art. Dir., PA Ballet II, former Principal PA Ballet
- Riolama Lorenzo: Principal PA Ballet
- Cherie Noble: Choreographer, Ballet Master, Teacher
- Arantxa Ochoa: Principal PA Ballet
- Andrew Pap: MBA faculty, University of The Arts, Ballet Director
- Lisa Collins Vidnovic: Artistic Director, MBA, former Ballet Mistress/Dancer PA Ballet
Christine Cox , MBA faculty, co-director BalletX - Modern
- Madeline Cantor: Assoc. Director of Dance, Bryn Mawr College
- Emily Hubler: MBA faculty member, Group Motion Dance Co.
- Jessica Lang: Modern faculty for ABT Studio Co., Juiliard, Twyla Tharp’s THARP!
- Amanda Miller: Miro Dance Theater
- Kanji Segawa: Battleworks Dance Co., Mark Morris Dance Group
- Katarzyna Skarpetowska: Parsons Dance, NYC
Janet Pilla—Jeanne Ruddy Dance - Character
- Andrea Kulyk: Assoc. Art. Dir., School of Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
- Taras Lewyckyj: Art. Dir., Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
- Andrew Pap: MBA faculty, Univ. of The Arts, Ballet Director
- Natulka Yumasheva: Principal Dancer Virsky Co. of Ukraine
- Stepan Zabredowsky: Art. Dir., Virsky School of Ukraine
- Jazz
- Karen Cleighton: Univ. of the Arts
- Melissa Kershner: Koresh
- Tracy Ann Librizzi: Ind. Choreographer, Koresh Dance Co.
- Molly Misgalla: Univ. of the Arts
- Eve Persicketti
- Wayne St. David: Univ. of the Arts, Jazz Director