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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 October 2021.
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 | ||
| 2021 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 | Garden City, NY |
| Jaimie Bernstein | Dance Theatre of New Jersey | Oakland, NJ |
| Yun-Tzu Chang | Harlem School of the Arts | New York, NY |
| Nora Cotter | Princeton Dance and Theater Studio | Princeton, NJ |
| Talin Kenar | Princeton Dance and Theater Studio | Princeton, NJ |
| Xiaoxi Liu | Honey Art Center | Flushing, NY |
| Rachel Mazur | American Youth Dance Theater | New York, NY |
| Dorothy Zerio | Dance Incorporated | Plainville, CT |
| Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn | Classical School of Ballet LI | Garden City, NY |
U.S. Southeast
| SOUTHEAST | ||
| 2021 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Melania Ballish Regueiro | Classical Ballet Centre | Summerville, SC |
| Andrew Lamar | City Ballet Raleigh | Raleigh, NC |
| Susan McCarter Olson | Orlando Ballet School | Orlando, FL |
| Savery Morgan | The Florida Ballet | Brooklyn, NY |
| Linda Reifsnyder Jenkins | The Florida Ballet | Jacksonville, FL |
| Jacqueline White | Open Door Studios | Charlotte, NC |
U.S. Midwest
| MIDWEST | ||
| 2021 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Natalya Vyashenko | Fort Wayne Ballet Auer Academy of Ballet | Fort Wayne, IN |
U.S. Southwest/West
| SOUTHWEST/ WEST | ||
| 2021 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Ellen Rosa-Taylor | Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA |
International
| INTERNATIONAL | ||
| Name | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Pearl-Ann Bartlett | Pearls Dance Academy | St. Michael, Barbados |
| Francesca Carocci | Accademia Armonia 2 | Rome, Italy |
| Lily Cartwright | Canterbury Ballet | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Ma. Verna Fajilan-Brazil | Edge ‘n Pointe Dance Centre | Tung Chung, Hong Kong |
| Valentina Falcini | Ateneo Danza | Forlí, Italy |
| Anabelle Lunawat | Bella Academy | Mumbai, India |
| Suzanne Neumann Iglesias | Danzaira Escuela Profesional de Ballet | Lima, Peru |
| Julie Christie Wherlock | Ballettschule Theater Basel | Basel, Switzerland |
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