The
former professional ballerina is now teaching and
preparing young ballerinas for the professional
stage.
Debra a native
Texan was trained at Southern Methodist University.
As a professional, she danced principal and soloist roles
in classical, neo-classical
and contemporary repertoire with Hartford Ballet, Milwaukee
Ballet, Dallas Ballet
and Atlanta Ballet. She has performed as a guest artist
with Nevada Dance Theater,
North Carolina Dance Theater, International Ballet Rotaru,
Ballethnic, as well as
touring with Columbia Artist nationally and
internationally.
Miss Bale’s faculty affiliations have included Milwaukee
Ballet School,
Dallas Ballet School, School of the Atlanta Ballet,
International Ballet
Rotaru Academy, The Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance
Education and
Texas Ballet Theater School, Dallas Campus. Debra has also
had the
honor of being Artist in Residence at Emory University,
Georgia State
University and Guest Teacher for Dallas Black Dance
Theatre.
Drawing upon valuable traditions of training styles from
world renown
teachers in different disciplines of classical ballet, her
goal is to produce healthy,
strong dancers possessing clean technique, placing great
emphasis on artistry,
musicality, purity of line and quality of movement.
Numerous students she has
trained currently are dancing in university dance programs
and professional
companies.
Please
come in and spend some time exploring what I have to
offer.
Debra