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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 updated quarterly. Last update was published April 2025.

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 Teachers

ABT 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

NORTHEAST
2024 ABT NTC Fellow School(s) where presented students Location
Elena Andriopoulos West Jersey Youth Ballet Annandale, NJ
Natalia Alonzo-Brillante American Youth Dance Theater New York, NY
Yun-Tzu Chang Harlem School of the Arts New York, NY
Nora Elizabeth Cotter Princeton Dance and Theater Studio Princeton, NJ
Lee Katherine Fink Dance Matters NYC Long Island City, NY
Wen Li Sunshine Dance NYC Syosset, NY
Yuxi Liu Xinghai Arts Center Syosset, NY
Talin Kenar Princeton Dance and Theater Studio Princeton, NJ
Audrey Yeager Princeton Dance and Theater Studio Princeton, NJ
Dorothy Zerio Dance Incorporated Plainville, CT
U.S. Southeast

SOUTHEAST
2024 ABT NTC Fellow School(s) where presented students Location
Catherine Alexander Viera Dance Conservatory Melbourne, FL
Melania Ballish Regueiro  Classical Ballet Centre Summerville, SC
Amyia Burrell Orlando Ballet School  Orlando, FL
Bonnie Callahan Viera Dance Conservatory Melbourne, FL
Andrew Lamar City Ballet Raleigh Raleigh, NC
Melisse Mila Makaroff Orlando Ballet School  Orlando, FL
Susan McCarter Olson Orlando Ballet School  Orlando, FL
Linda Reifsnyder Jenkins The Florida Ballet Jacksonville, FL
Heidi Towle Orlando Ballet School  Orlando, FL
Patrick VanBuren The Florida Ballet Jacksonville, FL
U.S. Midwest

Midwest
2024 ABT NTC Fellow School(s) where presented students Location
Amber Bailey Fort Wayne Ballet Fort Wayne, IN
U.S. Southwest/West

SOUTHWEST/ WEST
2024 ABT NTC Fellow School(s) where presented students Location
April Ayers The Industry Dance Academy Sherman Oaks, CA
Laura Burton New Ballet San Jose, CA
Mads Eriksen Boise Ballet Academy Boise, ID
Le Mai Linh New Ballet San Jose, CA
Rebecca Nugent San Jose Dance Theatre San Jose, CA
Ellen Rosa-Taylor Idyllwild Arts Academy Idyllwild, CA
Sarah Stevens Ramon Moreno School of Ballet Palo Alto, CA
Joanne Landrau En Face Studios Frederick, CO
Shengwen Zhang Dian Art Center Rowland Heights, CA
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International

INTERNATIONAL
2024 ABT NTC Fellow School(s) where presented students Location
Marco Batti Ateneo della Danza Siena, Italy
Francesca Carocci Accademia Armonia 2 Rome, Italy
Lily Cartwright Canterbury Ballet Christchurch, New Zealand
Joyce Cheung Hiu Wah Edge’n Pointe Dance Centre Hong Kong
Yiran Li Dance Foundation Education Centre Markham, Ontario, Canada
Anabelle Lunawat Bella Academy Mumbai, India
Charlotte Marn Charlotte Marn School of Dance  Singapore
Suzanne Giulianna Neumann Iglesias Danzaira Lima, Peru
Kennetha O’Heany Oakville School of Classical Ballet Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Amanda Paterson Oakville School of Classical Ballet Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Maria del Pilar Romero Layton Dance Center Bogotá Barrio la Castellana, Bogotá, Colombia
Itamar Sierra Studio de Ballet Nómada “Cuerpo en Movimiento” Oaxaca, México
Diana Salamanca En Avant Escuela Bogotá, Colombia
Alessia Tartaglia Master Ballet School Vicenza, Italy
Mariel Vargas Giacoman Infinity Dance Academy Ciudad de México, México
Julie Wherlock Ballettschule Theatertanz Basel Basel, Switzerland
Thalia Zavala Instituto Artístico Daanz Aguascalientes, México

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