Advanced Ballet, Advanced Pointe, AIM Plus Technique
Is a native of central New Jersey. Her formal training began in high school at the Neubert Ballet Institute in New York’s Carnegie Hall. She quickly got a taste of classical ballet performance when she was invited to perform with the Neubert Children’s Ballet Company. By senior year in high school she was carrying lead roles such as Swanhilda, in Christine Neubert’s version of Coppelia, as well as many other original ballets created by Ms. Christine Neubert and various other artists via her well known choreographic workshops. She furthered her studies with some of the best known ballet teachers in New York including Finis Jhung (Broadway Dance Center), Maggie Black, Tina Burnell (David Howard Studios) and Maestro Hector Zaraspe of the Julliard School. She performed numerous roles in The Nutcracker with the Eglevsky Ballet and made appearances in American Ballet Theatre’s: Sleeping Beauty before becoming one of the lead dancers in the contemporary ballet company Feld Ballets/NY. While with the company they toured throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. Kathleen danced over 30 different balletic leads while with Elliot Feld and is fortunate enough to have danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov on a guest appearance. Kathleen also took a season working jointly with the late Mr. Gregory Hines, to teach for Eliot Feld’s school in NY, The New School, a non-profit ballet school developed for the soul-purpose of training New York’s under-privileged children, tuition free. Kathleen taught master classes throughout the U.S. while on tour with the company. After moving back to NJ, she began teaching for New Jersey’s Princeton Ballet School. She contributed choreography to the PBS year–end, full length ballets: Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Coppelia and Cinderella. While working at PBS, she appeared in American Repertory Ballet’s: A Mid Summer Nights Dream. She was also invited to perform with the New Jersey Opera Festival in Princeton, NJ appearing in the operas: Carmen and Orfeo ed Euridice. During her career she was chosen to pose for the world renowned artist and painter Douglas Hoffman whose NY gallery openings have sold their works throughout the world. Kathleen is best known for her poses in The Grande Jete and Arabesque. Kathleen is very excited to be a part of the AIM faculty and to share her knowledge and experience with her students.