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I am a private studio owner, a dance teacher in a Kindergarten to 8th-grade charter school, and an associate member of CORPS de Ballet International. I love this organization and I am proud to be associated with its talented, dedicated, and welcoming members. Even though I do not teach at a university level, I have always come away from the conferences with ideas and concepts that are applicable to even my youngest students. I have been inspired by the opportunity to observe the teaching of ballet’s best professionals, enriched from scholarly presentations, and enabled to better prepare my high school students for their college dance experience. I highly recommend Corps de Ballet International to all ballet educators.

What a pleasure it was to have CORPS de Ballet in our studios. We were impressed by the dedication and expertise of the members, the high level of the discussions, and by the imaginative and thorough planning in evidence throughout the conference. The CORPS is an organization of dedicated professionals, all of whom are making worthy contributions to both higher education and the art of dance.

CORPS represents a vital space for connection, dialogue, and advancement in the field of ballet. To me, it is a community where artistry and scholarship intersect, ensuring that ballet continues to evolve while honoring its lineage.

As soon as I arrived at my first CORPS conference, I knew I had found a ballet community like no other! This organization is not only warm and welcoming, but also challenges me to question and improve my teaching and research practices. Through our conferences, I have had the privilege of connecting with ballet artists from around the country and across the pond, fostering personal and professional relationships. As a board member, my hope is to help CORPS live out the values that I experienced at that first conference, and celebrate the evolution of ballet in a non-judgmental community of dance teachers from myriad parts of the ballet world.

To me, CORPS de Ballet is a site of inquiry, shared passion, and mutual respect. As educators, artists, and scholars shaping ballet in higher education- where are we headed, and how can we support one another as this path shifts and evolves?

CORPs de Ballet is an organization that makes me feel I belong to a community of educators who share the same values I do when it comes to the ballet profession. It is a place that values equitable and humanizing approaches to teaching, choreographing, and engaging with the world of ballet. I feel seen when we are together. I am struck by the intelligence, heart, and thoughtful research, pedagogies, and praxes shared at every conference. I truly gain so much from sharing and interacting with the wonderful humans in CORPS!