Special Events

Guest Teachers – Master Session ‘11

Intermediate level  4:30 – 6:00 pm

Advanced Level  6:15 – 7:45 pm

Single Class $20

Discounted Rates for full week, both weeks

For more information or to register, contact Rochester School of Dance at 248.652.3117

•  August 15 – 19   Guest Teacher – Katina Killian, former member of NYCB, performed principal roles in Balanchine’s Bouree Fantastique, Divetimento from Le Baiser de la Fee, Tarantella, Western Symphony, The Four Seasons,  The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and many other classical and contemporary works in the NYCB’s repertoire. She joined the School of American Ballet, official school of the New York City Ballet, in 1998 upon retirement from the company. Miss Killian also serves as Ballet Mistress for the NYCB Education Department staging productions featuring SAB’s advanced students for NYCB’s Ballet Bridges program which reaches 2000 public school children each year.

• August 22 – 26   Guest Teacher – Catherine Batcheller, currently Ballet Mistress of the Cincinnati Ballet School, official school of the Cincinnati Ballet, was principal dancer of Germany’s Stuttgart Ballet where she danced for nine years. She also performed principal roles for Birmingham Royal Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. During her distinguished dance career, she worked with the 20th century’s most significant choreographers, including Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Maurice Bejart, James Kudelka, and has danced works by John Cranko, Sir Kenneth Macmillan, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Frederick Ashton.   Ms. Batcheller holds a Master of Art in Dance in Education and Community from Birmingham University in England.