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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 March 2024.
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 | ||
| 2023 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Elena Andriopoulos | West Jersey Youth Ballet | Annandale, NJ |
| Tamara Babic | Classical School of Ballet LI | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Natalia Alonzo-Brillante | American Youth Dance Theater | New York, NY |
| Rachel Mazur | 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 |
| Jillian Greis | Classical School of Ballet LI | New Hyde Park, NY |
| Wen Li | Sunshine Dance NYC | Syosset, NY |
| Yuxi Liu | Yes I Can Performing Arts Center | Syosset, NY |
| Mariana Sanchez | Dance Matters NYC | Long Island City, 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 | ||
| 2023 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Melania Ballish Regueiro | Classical Ballet Centre | Summerville, SC |
| Morgan Brown Sanborn | The Florida Ballet | Jacksonville, FL |
| 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 |
| Jessie Parmelee | City Ballet Raleigh | Raleigh, NC |
| Linda Reifsnyder Jenkins | The Florida Ballet | Jacksonville, FL |
| Heidi Towle | Orlando Ballet School | Orlando, FL |
U.S. Midwest
| Midwest | ||
| 2023 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Amber Bailey | Fort Wayne Ballet | Fort Wayne, IN |
U.S. Southwest/West
| SOUTHWEST/ WEST | ||
| 2023 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Laura Burton | New Ballet | San Jose, CA |
| Mads Eriksen | Boise Ballet Academy | Boise, ID |
| Le Mai Linh | New Ballet | San Jose, CA |
| Ellen Rosa-Taylor | Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA |
| Joanne Landrau | En Face Studios | Frederick, CO |
International
| INTERNATIONAL | ||
| 2023 ABT NTC Fellow | School(s) where presented students | Location |
| Marco Batti | Ateneo della Danza | Siena, Italy |
| Marisha Bonnici | Seed Dance Studios | Lija, Malta |
| Francesca Carocci | Accademia Armonia 2 | Rome, Italy |
| Lily Cartwright | Canterbury Ballet | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Shira Ganor | Shira Ganor Ballet School | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Ma. Verna Fajilan-Brazil | Edge’n Pointe Dance Centre | Hong Kong |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Andrea Vazquez | BalletArte Instituto de Danza | Puebla, México |
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