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ABT Certified Teachers
ABT Certified Teachers
ABT Certified Teachers have completed intensive training in ABT’s National Training Curriculum, a breakthrough nine-level program that combines high quality artistic training with the pillars of dancer health and child development. ABT Certified Teachers are permitted to teach ABT’s National Training Curriculum only to the levels in which they successfully completed the training intensive and passed a thorough examination.
To explore the list of ABT Certified Teachers, please click on the below links.
*Please note that these lists are continually updated. Last updated July 2019.
ABT Affiliate Teachers
The ABT Affiliate Teacher is a level of distinction for ABT Certified Teachers that successfully present their students for examinations. Learn more about how to become an ABT Affiliate Teacher by presenting your students for examination, or click to download the current list of ABT Affiliate Teachers.
Student ExaminationsList of ABT Affiliate TeachersABT NTC Fellows
ABT Affiliate Teachers who have maintained their status and have presented three consecutive successful sessions will achieve the level of distinction of ABT NTC Fellow. Explore the directory of ABT NTC Fellows below.
U.S. Northeast
| Teacher Name | School | State | City |
| Natalia Alonzo-Brillante | American Youth Dance Theater | NY | New York |
| Sophie Alpern | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| American Youth Dance Theater | NY | New York | |
| Tamara Babic | Classical School of Ballet LI | NY | Garden City |
| Jaimie Bernstein | Dance Theatre of New Jersey | NJ | Oakland |
| Jenna Bitterman | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| Harriet Clark | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| Nora Cotter | Princeton Dance and Theater Studio | NJ | Princeton |
| Maeve Dougal | Mason Gross School of the Arts Extension Div. | NJ | New Brunswick |
| Carla Flores | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| Carmela Gallace | Harlem School of the Arts | NY | New York |
| Mikhail Ilyin | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| Sonia Jones | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn | NY | Brooklyn | |
| Risa Kaplowitz | Princeton Dance and Theater Studio | NJ | Princeton |
| Maria Piedad Paredes | Classical School of Ballet LI | NY | Garden City |
| Briana Reed | Harlem School of the Arts | NY | New York |
| Maura Ryan | Princeton Dance and Theater Studio | NJ | Princeton |
| Flavio Salazar | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| Leyland Simmons | Harlem School of the Arts | NY | New York |
| Kristen Stevens | ABT JKO School | NY | New York |
| Samuel Turner | American Youth Dance Theater | NY | New York |
| Dorothy Zerio | Dance Incorporated | CT | Plainville |
| Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn | Classical School of Ballet LI | NY | Garden City |
U.S. Southeast
| Teacher Name | School | State | City |
| Albena Arnaudova | Howard W. Blake High School | FL | Tampa |
| Melania Ballish Regueiro | Classical Ballet Centre | SC | Summerville |
| Carla A. Domniguez | Coconut Grove Ballet | FL | Miami |
| Katherine Levitz | The Florida Ballet | FL | Jacksonville |
| Doris Noriega | Coconut Grove Ballet | FL | Miami |
| Linda Reifsnyder Jenkins | The Florida Ballet | FL | Jacksonville |
| Julie Satterfield | Coconut Grove Ballet | FL | Miami |
U.S. Midwest
| Teacher Name | School | State | City |
| Natalya Vyashenko | Natalya’s Turning Point | OH | Canal Fulton |
U.S. Southwest
| Teacher Name | School | State | City |
| Erica Portell | Dance Center of Oklahoma City Ballet | OK | Oklahoma City |
| Walker Martin | Dance Center of Oklahoma City Ballet | OK | Oklahoma City |
U.S. West
| Teacher Name | School | State | City |
| Laura Burton | The New Ballet School | CA | San Jose |
| Mads Eriksen | The New Ballet School | CA | San Jose |
| Elizabeth Hutter | The New Ballet School | CA | San Jose |
| Le Mai Linh | The New Ballet School | CA | San Jose |
| Amanda Luton | Artistic Fusion Dance Academy | CO | Thornton |
| Amy Macon | San Clemente Performing Arts | CA | San Clemente |
| Dalia Rawson | The New Ballet School | CA | San Jose |
| Ellen Rosa-Taylor | Idyllwild Arts Academy | CA | Idyllwild |
| Jonathan Sharp | Idyllwild Arts Academy | CA | Idyllwild |
International
| Teacher Name | School | Country | City |
| Tessa Adriani | ASD Centro Artedanza Firenze | Italy | Florence |
| Barbara Ante | Evento Danza – Bolzano | Italy | Bolzano |
| Alessandra Ashkenazy | Ashkenazy Ballet Center | Switzerland | Caslano |
| Sara Ballari | A.S.D. Armonia Arte Danza | Italy | Rome |
| Adriana Davila | Let’s Dance Studio | Mexico | Mexico City |
| Ma. Verna Fajilan-Brazil | Edge ‘n Pointe Dance Centre | Hong Kong | Tung Chung |
| Valentina Falcini | Ateneo Danza | Forlí | Forlí |
| Pearl-Ann Hinds | Pearls Dance Academy | Barbados | St. Michael |
| Amanda Paterson | Oakville School of Classical Ballet | Canada | Oakville |
| Elettra Marinai | ASD Centro Artedanza Firenze | Italy | Florence |
| Stefania Sansavini | Ateneo Danza | Italy | Forlí |
| Julie Christie Wherlock | Ballettschule Theater Basel | Switzerland | Basel |
| Seed Dance Studios | Malta | Lija |