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 TAMMIE MAGEE REINSCH
has been teaching all forms
of dance at the Ballet
Academy since 1996.
Previously she was the
assistant director of the
Plano Metropolitan Ballet
and the director of dance at
Titans Gymnastics Center.
Her choreography has won
awards at the Youth America
Grand Prix competitions and
has been selected for the
Regional Dance America
Southwest festivals.
 JENNY JOHNSTON
began her ballet training
with Pat Mitchell in
Longview, Texas. She
continued her studies at The
School of American Ballet
and The American Ballet
Theater School in New York.
She received her B.F.A. in
Ballet from Texas Christian
University while also
performing as soloist with
The Fort Worth Ballet. Other
teachers which influenced
Ms. Johnston were Arthur
Mitchell, Erik Bruhn, Nancy
Schaffenburg Cross, Fernando
Schaffenburg, Robert Denvers,
and David Howard.
Ms. Johnston has been on the
ballet faculty of BTWHSPVA,
Dallas Ballet, Ballet
Dallas, and Ballet Academy
of Texas where she has
taught since it's inception.
She has been on the guest
faculty of The American
College Dance Festival and
continues to guest teach and
coach in the area.
Her choreography has won
awards at The Youth American
Grade Prix Regionals. Her
ballet La Nuit Rose was
performed on the Gala
Evening of the RDA/Southwest
Festival and won the RDA
National Commissioning Award
for 2009.
Her former students have
gone on to perform with The
San Francisco Ballet, Boston
Ballet, The Royal Danish
Ballet, Houston Ballet,
Tulsa Ballet, Texas Ballet
Theater, Carolina Ballet,
American Ballet Theater, and
The New York City Ballet.
Her teaching style is one of
grace, energy, and joy.
 ALLISON D’AUTEUIL-WHITFIELD
is in her tenth year of
teaching young students all
forms of dance at the Ballet
Academy. She was previously
the Dance Program Director
for the Sonshine Academy in
Arkansas. She has a degree
in Psychology and Sociology
from Hendrix College.
Allison D'Auteuil is an
American Ballet Theatre
Certified Teacher,
who successfully completed
in 2009 the ABT Teacher
Training Intensive in
Primary through Level 3 of
the ABT National Training
Curriculum.
 Clarence
McDorman received his ballet
training on talent
scholarship at the Ruth Page
Foundation School of Dance
in Chicago. He danced
professionally with Nevada
Ballet Theatre, Ballet
Hawaii, Lyric Opera of
Chicago, and as a featured
ballet dancer on the Las
Vegas strip. Clarence has
served as Ballet Master for
Birmingham Ballet and been
an advanced ballet
instructor for prominent
dance schools in Alabama,
Iowa, and Nevada - including
Birmingham Ballet Academy,
Birmingham Dance Theatre,
Studio One Las Vegas, and
Dance Vision in Des Moines.
Guest teaching includes
Cirque du Soliel, Academy of
Nevada Ballet Theatre,
Arkansas Academy of Dance,
Iowa Youth Ballet, Naples
Academy of Ballet, and
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre
in Atlanta. Choreography
includes "Prokofiev Waltzes"
for Arkansas Festival Ballet
and the musical "Fairy
Tales" for WPA Theatre
off-Broadway. He is a
graduate of the Alabama
School of Fine Arts and
holds a BA in Communications
from DePaul University. In
2009, Mr. McDorman graduated
in the first class of the
historic New York University
/ American Ballet Theatre
Master's degree program in
ABT Ballet Pedagogy with a
4.0 GPA. He is a member of
the Society of Stage
Directors and Choreographers
and Pi Lambda Theta, the
national honor society for
educators. Clarence is an
ABT® Affiliate Teacher, who
has successfully completed
the ABT® Teacher Training
Intensive in Primary through
Level 7 of the ABT® National
Training Curriculum and has
successfully presented
students for examinations.
 Darrell
Cleveland
recently retired from Dallas Black
Dance Theatre, where he was
a leading dancer for 8
years. He has been teaching
Jazz at the Ballet Academy’s
Summer Intensive for the
past 9 years. He has become
a regular staff member of
the Ballet Academy of
Texas since his
retirement, teaching Jazz
and Modern to all levels.
He has performed with Toni
Braxton and En Vogue, and
choreographed several
musicals and commercials. He
received a full scholarship from the Regional Dance America/Southwest
organization to attend the 2008 Craft of Choreography Workshop for his
choreography of "Grace Under Fire" for the Ballet Ensemble of Texas.
 Karen Hanson
has been studying all forms
of dance since the age of 3,
beginning in her hometown of
Beaumont, Texas. Karen
Hanson is an American Ballet
Theatre Certified Teacher,
who successfully completed
in 2009 the ABT Teacher
Training Intensive in
Primary through Level 3 of
the ABT National Training
Curriculum.
Karen is also a certified
personal trainer through the
American Fitness Association
of America.
 Laurie
Granlund
Voice Teacher
Ms. Granlund has enjoyed a
national professional
singing career. She has
performed as featured
soloist at events ranging
from “Miss Texas Pageant”
and cruise ships to guest
artist with the Irving
Symphony Orchestra and the
Plano Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Granlund’s stage
experience has included
roles in Casa Manana’s and
the National Tour of Dallas
Summer Musical’s broadway
series and with the Fort
Worth Opera. Laurie has
been a private voice teacher
for over 25 years and has
enjoyed directing choirs
much of her professional
career. She obtained her
Bachelor of Music Degree
from the University of North
Texas and has studied under
such prominent instructors
as the late Grant Williams
and Laurel Miller, two
alumne of the New York
Metropolitan Opera, and
Stephen Austin, head of the
voice department at the
University of North Texas.
 Emilia
Hotz was born and raised
in Mexico City, Mexico. She
started her ballet studies
at an Academy affiliated to
the Royal Academy of Dancing
of London. Later she joined
the National Fine Arts
Institute where she
graduated as a Classical
Ballet Teacher. She also
holds a BA in Education from
the National University of
Mexico.
She performed with the
Mexico City Ballet and the
National Dance Company of
Mexico and in several
musicals.
She has taught classical
ballet in Mexico City,
Kansas City and Coppell TX.
Currently she works for
Carrollton Framers Branch
ISD as a bilingual
kindergarten teacher at
Blanton Elementary. She
lives in Coppell with her
husband and three daughters.
 Jessica Bates
received her Pilates
certification in 2003 and
began training a full slate
of clientele in the Pilates
method. Her
experience includes teaching
both the Mat and Equipment
techniques, and she
is certified in Pilates Mat,
Reformer, Cadillac, and
Chair. Coming from
a background in classical
ballet, Jessica was drawn to
the Pilates Method because
of the discipline, control,
grace and poise it produces,
as well as the overwhelming
ways it benefits the
practitioner's daily quality
of life. She now teaches
only part-time, as she is
the full-time mommy to her
daughter, Emma. Jessica and
her husband are expecting
their second child in early
2009. She is thrilled to be
back at the Ballet
Academy of Texas, working
with such delightful
students. |
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