MASTER CLASS SERIES
Every year, CCB hosts a series of master classes taught by dance professionals. This series provides the perfect opportunity to learn from and share experiences with leading dance artists. Master classes are open to students from all schools and studios, but we require that you pre-register. We have live piano accompaniment for all in-studio master classes.
FORMER MASTER CLASS GUESTS:
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Wendy Whelan, Associate Artistic Director of New York City Ballet & former principal dancer with New York City Ballet
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Skylar Brandt, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre
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Ashley Bouder, principal dancer with New York City Ballet
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Katherine Williams, soloist with American Ballet Theatre
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Luciana Paris, soloist with American Ballet Theatre
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Zhong-Jing Fang, soloist with American Ballet Theatre
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Betsy McBridge, soloist with American Ballet Theatre
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Tamako Miyazaki, company dancer with The Washington Ballet
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Alexandra Basmagy, corps de ballet dancer with American Ballet Theatre
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Virginia Lensi, corps de ballet dancer with American Ballet Theatre
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Chandra Moss-Thorne, former dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem & Cincinnati Ballet
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Brian Carey Chung, former dancer with LINES Ballet & Complexions Contemporary Ballet
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Karissa Horowicz, former dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet; MFA in Teaching & Choreography
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Annalise Woller, former dancer with Dayton Ballet
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Maggie Kurdirka (Bald Ballerina), former dancer with Joffrey Concert Group
HOW TO REGISTER
(please read carefully)
CURRENTLY ENROLLED CCB STUDENTS
Please register directly through the Portal in the events section.
PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED CCB STUDENTS (from any time period)
Please email charmcityballet@gmail.com before registering so we can reactivate your Jackrabbit account to allow you to register through the Portal in the events section. (Do not create a new account in order to register!)
NEW TO CCB
To pre-register for a class, click the "Master Class Registration" button below. You will be directed to our master class calendar. Click on a listed master class to register, and add "Family" and "Student" information.
*Please note that you will not be pre-registered until payment is complete. As soon as we receive receipt of your registration, we will charge the credit card on file for you, and you will receive receipt of payment via email.
2023-24 Master Class Guests
DEVON TEUSCHER
(American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2024
12:30 - 2:45 Ballet class for CCB Ballet 3 & 4 and Q&A (outside dancers ages 13-15)
2:15 - 5:00 Q&A and ballet class for CCB Ballet 5+ (outside dancers ages 16-adult)
$50/dancer
A limited amount of observation seats will be available for $25/seat to observe either class and join the Q&A. Pre-registration is still required.
REGISTRATION OPENS TO CURRENTLY ENROLLED CCB STUDENTS ON JANUARY 5TH AND TO THE PUBLIC ON JANUARY 12TH. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO TAKE OR OBSERVE THE CLASS. (See instructions above.)
Devon Teuscher began her ballet training at the age of nine under Deanna Doty of the Champaign Urbana Ballet Academy in Champaign, IL. When her family moved to Vermont, she continued her training at the Vermont Ballet Theatre School in Essex, Vermont under the direction of Alex and Kirsten Nagiba. At the age of eleven, Teuscher attended The Kirov Ballet Academy summer intensive. She also attended the Pacific Northwest Ballet summer intensive on full scholarship for two years.
From 2002 to 2006 Teuscher attended American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive, and was a National Training Scholar from 2003 to 2006. In January 2005 at the age of 15, Teuscher relocated to New York City to dance at American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School on full scholarship.
Teuscher joined ABT Studio Company in 2006. She joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in December 2007 and the corps de ballet in June 2008. She became a Soloist in August 2014 and Principal Dancer in September 2017.
Teuscher was nominated for the Clive Barnes Award in 2014 and received the Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship in 2016.