Guest Faculty
The Dallas Conservatory consistently brings in world-renowned faculty for our Pre-Professional Dancers. The following teachers will be joining us for Summer 2025!
2025 Faculty:
Alexei Moskalenko, Classical Ballet + Pas De Deux – YAGP Associate Artistic Director and Master Faculty/Judge Continue Reading >
Natalia Bashkatova – Former Bolshoi Ballet Principal, YAGP Master Faculty/Judge Continue Reading >
Erica Fischbach – ABT, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Director of Colorado Ballet Academy Continue Reading >
Natalya Lushina Zeiger – Former Bolshoi Ballet Soloist, The Rock School top faculty member, YAGP Master Faculty/Judge Continue Reading >
Misha Tchoupakov – AGP Rehearsal Director/Master Faculty/Judge; Faculty Member, University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Continue Reading >
Jacqueline Porter, Classical Ballet – Founding Artistic Director of TDC; 7-time recipient of YAGP Outstanding School Award; 2-time recipient of YAGP Outstanding Teacher Award; trained 100+ soloist and ensemble winning dancers since 2010 Continue Reading >
The following Guest Faculty have visited since 2010:
Natalya Lushina Zeiger, Former Bolshoi Ballet soloist, The Rock School top faculty member, YAGP Master Faculty/Judge
Nick Palmquist, New York’s hottest contemporary teacher at STEPS on Broadway
Karine Plantadit, YAGP, Tony Award-nominated dancer and actress, Alvin Ailey Soloist
Clifford Williams – Artist-in-Residence and former Principal Dancer of Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Gisele Bethea – American Ballet Theatre dancer, former student superstars
Desmond Richardson – Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Katrina Killian – Former NYC Ballet soloist, School of American Ballet top faculty member
Sascha Radetsky – Former American Ballet Theatre soloist, TV + Film actor (Flesh and Bone, Center Stage)
Stephanie Saland – Former NYCB principal dancer, YAGP Master Teacher/Judge
Francisco Gella – International educator and choreographer with Francisco Gella Danceworks
Tina LeBlanc – Former San Francisco Ballet principal, San Francisco Ballet School top faculty member
Leslie Browne – Former American Ballet Theatre principal, ABT School top faculty member, Film Actress (The Turning Point, Nijiinsky)
Drew Jacoby – Nederlands Dans Theater, Jacoby & Pronk, Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet
Ebony Williams – Cedarlake Contemporary Ballet principal, principal dancer with Beyoncé, Rihanna, Fergie
Misha Tchoupakov – YAGP Rehearsal Director/Master Teacher/Judge; Faculty, UNCSA; former Bolshoi
TOKYO – Broadway Dance Center faculty, world renowned teacher and choreographer
Daniel Ulbricht – New York City Ballet principal, Stars of American Ballet Director
WilldaBeast – World renowned Hip-Hop dancer, choreographer and teacher from L.A.
Wes Chapman – Former American Ballet Theatre principal and Artistic Director of ABT II, world renowned teacher and choreographer, YAGP Master Faculty/Judge
Francois Perron – Former New York City Ballet, Mauriece Vejart, and Joffrey dancer, Artistic Director of NYC’s French Academie of Ballet
Jeff Rogers – Former Ballet West principal, Ballet West company teacher, YAGP Master Faculty/Judge
John Selya – Twyla Tharp’s Principal, former American Ballet Theatre choreographer + dancer, Tony-nominated star of Twyla Tharp’s “Movin’ Out” YAGP Master Faculty/Judge
Carlos dos Santos, Jr. – Former Complexions Contemporary Ballet + Alvin Ailey dancer, international choreographer, YAGP Master Faculty/Judge
Suzi Taylor – NYC Dance Alliance Faculty, Pace University Faculty
Scott Fowler – Master Faculty/Judge American Dance Awards and LA Dance Magic, renowned teacher and choreographer, former Broadway and movie performer (Movin’ Out, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Chicago the Movie)
Kim McSwain – NUVO Dance, Break the Floor Productions
Joy Bollinger – Bruce Wood Dance Company, Bruce Wood Dance Project
Lily Cabatu Weiss – Artistic Director Booker T. Washinton HSPVA, Award-winning teacher and choreographer
Alexei Moskalenko – YAGP Associate Artistic Director/Master Teacher/Judge; former Bolshoi
Elizabeth Parkinson – Former Joffrey Ballet principal, Tony-nominated star of Twyla Tharp’s “Movin’ Out”
Juliet Doherty – YAGP gold medalist, teen ballet star and actress
Krista King Doherty – Nationally recognized teacher and choreographer
Laine Habony – New York City Ballet dancer
Nilas Martins – Former New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Balanchine Trust, YAGP Master Teacher/Judge
Daniel Mantei – American Ballet Theatre dancer, Booker T. Washington HSPVA Graduate
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