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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 February 2023.
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
| NORTHEAST | ||
| 2022 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Natalia Alonzo-Brillante | American Youth Dance Theater | New York, NY |
| Tamara Babic | Classical School of Ballet LI | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Yun-Tzu Chang | Harlem School of the Arts | New York, NY |
| Nora Elizabeth Cotter | Princeton Dance and Theater Studio | Princeton, NJ |
| Jillian Greis | Classical School of Ballet LI | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Talin Kenar | Princeton Dance and Theater Studio | Princeton, NJ |
| Dorothy Zerio | Dance Incorporated | Plainville, CT |
| Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn | Classical School of Ballet LI | New Hyde Park, NY |
U.S. Southeast
| SOUTHEAST | ||
| 2022 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Melania Ballish Regueiro | Classical Ballet Centre | Summerville, SC |
| Andrew Lamar | City Ballet Raleigh | Raleigh, NC |
| Katherine Levitz | The Florida Ballet | Jacksonville, FL |
| Susan McCarter Olson | Orlando Ballet School | Orlando, FL |
| Lois Cowles Harrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL | |
| Jessie Parmelee | City Ballet Raleigh | Raleigh, NC |
| Linda Reifsnyder Jenkins | The Florida Ballet | Jacksonville, FL |
U.S. Midwest
U.S. Southwest/West
| SOUTHWEST/ WEST | ||
| 2022 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Laura Burton | New Ballet | San Jose, CA |
| Le Mai Linh | New Ballet | San Jose, CA |
| Amy Macon | New Ballet | San Jose, CA |
| Ellen Rosa-Taylor | Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA |
| Joanne Landrau | En Face Studios | Frederick, CO |
International
| INTERNATIONAL | ||
| 2022 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Marco Batti | Ateneo della Danza | Siena, Italy |
| Ma. Verna Fajilan-Brazil | Edge’n Pointe Dance Centre | Hong Kong |
| Francesca Carocci | Accademia Armonia 2 | Rome, Italy |
| Formazione Danza Classica Accademica | Rome, Italy | |
| Maria del Pilar Romero Layton | Dance Center Bogotá | Barrio la Castellana, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Anabelle Lunawat | Bella Academy | Mumbai, India |
| Xiaoxi Liu | Xiaoxi Liu | China |
| Elettra Marinai | ASD Centro Artedanza Firenze | Firenze, Italy |
| Kennetha O’Heany | Oakville School of Classical Ballet | Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
| Amanda Paterson | Oakville School of Classical Ballet | Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
| Stefania Sansavini | Ateneo Danza | Forlì, Italy |
| Julie Wherlock | Ballettschule Theater Basel | Basel, Switzerland |
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