Studio Maestro
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Studio Maestro is a ballet school in New York City
founded in 1995 by Rose Caiola. It has become one of New York City's premier classical ballet academies. A portion of its students graduate into some of the finest ballet companies including American Ballet Theatre
, New York City Ballet
, Washington Ballet
, National Ballet of Croatia, Pennsylvania Ballet
, National Ballet of Canada
, San Francisco Ballet
, Ballet de Espana and others.
The school program is taught in eight levels, each of which has a specific set of skills that the student must master in order to advance to the next level. The syllabus at each level progressively builds a solid foundation both technically and artistically. The school also has a four week summer program held in August of every year.
The school's new state-of-the-art facility at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center at 248 West 60th Street, New York, New York, opened with a ribbon-cutting evening gala on June 26, 2008.
Faculty include, Deborah Wingert, and Marina Stavitskaya. Guest faculty for the 2008–2009 year are Jared Angle New York City Ballet
, Natalia Boesch American Ballet Theater, Sébastien Marcovici New York City Ballet
, Janie Taylor New York City Ballet
, Daniel Ulbricht New York City Ballet
, Roman Zhurbin American Ballet Theater, Karin Averty Paris Opera Ballet
, and Flavio Salazar American Ballet Theater. In addition to the enrolled students, dancers from the School of American Ballet and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School are permitted to audit classes at Studio Maestro. The well-attended annual Spring Gala Performance for 2008 included excerpts of classics by George Balanchine
, Marius Petipa
, Martha Graham
, Bryan Arias-Diaz, and Tom Baird.
New York City
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founded in 1995 by Rose Caiola. It has become one of New York City's premier classical ballet academies. A portion of its students graduate into some of the finest ballet companies including American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
, New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
, Washington Ballet
Washington Ballet
The Washington Ballet is an ensemble of professional athletic classical ballet dancers. It was founded in 1976 by American ballet pioneer Mary Day, and has been under the artistic directorship of Septime Webre since 1999.-The Mary Day years :...
, National Ballet of Croatia, Pennsylvania Ballet
Pennsylvania Ballet
Founded in 1963 by Balanchine student and protégée Barbara Weisberger, Pennsylvania Ballet is one of the leading ballet companies in the United States. Headquartered in Philadelphia, the company’s annual local season features six programs of classic favorites and new works, including the...
, National Ballet of Canada
National Ballet of Canada
The National Ballet of Canada is Canada's largest ballet troupe. It was founded by Celia Franca in 1951 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. Based upon the unity of Canadian trained dancers in the tradition and style of England's Royal Ballet, The National is regarded as one of the premier classical...
, San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
The San Francisco Ballet is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States...
, Ballet de Espana and others.
The school program is taught in eight levels, each of which has a specific set of skills that the student must master in order to advance to the next level. The syllabus at each level progressively builds a solid foundation both technically and artistically. The school also has a four week summer program held in August of every year.
The school's new state-of-the-art facility at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center at 248 West 60th Street, New York, New York, opened with a ribbon-cutting evening gala on June 26, 2008.
Faculty include, Deborah Wingert, and Marina Stavitskaya. Guest faculty for the 2008–2009 year are Jared Angle New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
, Natalia Boesch American Ballet Theater, Sébastien Marcovici New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
, Janie Taylor New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
, Daniel Ulbricht New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
, Roman Zhurbin American Ballet Theater, Karin Averty Paris Opera Ballet
Paris Opera Ballet
The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it...
, and Flavio Salazar American Ballet Theater. In addition to the enrolled students, dancers from the School of American Ballet and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School are permitted to audit classes at Studio Maestro. The well-attended annual Spring Gala Performance for 2008 included excerpts of classics by George Balanchine
George Balanchine
George Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
, Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa
Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa was a French ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Petipa is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet that has ever lived....
, Martha Graham
Martha Graham
Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.She danced and choreographed for over seventy years...
, Bryan Arias-Diaz, and Tom Baird.