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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 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 | ||
| 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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