Eleanor d antuono biography of nancy
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Kailey Blair began dancing at the age of 5 and continued pursuing her passion for dance for 15 years after. She studied each genre of dance at the Marya Kennett Ballet Theatre which included ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop & modern. Kailey entered into the Dance Company at a ung age and it was then she knew she dreamed to be a dance studio owner. She has attended the American Academy of Ballet, as well as studied under master teachers at NYC’s Broadway Dance Center. She has danced with Brian Loftus, Olga Dvorovenko, Nailah Bellinger, Jean Wenzel, Kelly Peters of Brickhouse NYC, Chio, Bev Brown & Bill Hastings to name a few. Being well versed in all genres she continued her studies at Dean College School of Dance where she majored in Dance and Sports Management. She became Captain of the Dean College Hip Hop Dance Team by her sophomore year. After years of teaching and choreography opportunities she then followed her dreams and opened her own studio Northeast Dance
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National Visiting Fellows
View the roster of our current and past National Visiting Fellows below.
Lisa Attles
The Ailey School
New York, NY
Kelby Brown
The Ailey School
New York, NY
Aline Neves dem
Souza-Myers
New Orleans Ballet Association
New Orleans, LA
Damien Johnson
The Washington Ballet School
Washington, DC
Janine Beckles
Philadelphia School of Dance Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Lanette Costas
InSpira Performing Arts and Cultural Center
New Brunswick, NJ
Ebony Haswell
Frazier
Debbie Allen Dance Academy
Los Angeles, CA
Gayle Ratliff
Hyde Park School of Dance
Chicago, IL
Sandra Fortune-Green
Jones Haywood Dance School
Washington, D.C.
Nikki Hefko
New Orleans School of Ballet
New Orleans, LA
Aaron Jackson
Berrend Dance Center
Olney, MD
Regine Metayer
Metayer Conservatory of the Arts
Roswell, GA
Kevin Thomas
Collage Dance Collective
Memphis, TN
Mariana
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Nutmeg Ballet presents IMPACT
IMPACT will include excerpts from Acts 2 and 3 of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s beloved “Swan Lake,” staged by Eleanor D’Antuono, Alexei Tchernichov, and Denise Warner Limoli.
D’Antuono is a resident coach and classical repertoire coordinator, a member of Nutmeg’s faculty since When she was just 14, she joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, which later became The Joffrey Ballet and then the American Ballet Theatre. She was prima ballerina there for more than 25 years. She was the first American ballerina invited to appear as a guest artist at Kirov Ballet in Leningrad. At Nutmeg, she is responsible for the group and private coaching in the classical ballet repertoire for the ye