The former professional ballerina is now teaching and
preparing young ballerinas for the professional stage.
Debra is a native Texan. Her professional career started in New York
with American Ballet Theatre. 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,
Texas Ballet Theater School, Dallas Campus, Tuzer Dance School,
and The Royale Ballet Dance Academy. 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
