Ballet Academy
Levels 2 - 7
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Children ages 8-18 enter the Student Division by audition. If accepted, the student is placed in one of curriculum levels. Students learn progressive levels of ballet technique following the school syllabus for each age-appropriate level. Classical classes are taught using principles from French, American, and Russian technique and styles. Taught by classically trained instructors, students are instructed in classroom etiquette, attire, vocabulary, wellness, injury prevention, nutrition, ballet history, career paths, and ballet conditioning to fully round out the dancer.
Yearly advancement is based on faculty evaluations of the individual student’s technical ability, physical aptitude, strength, classroom effort and attendance.
Andrea Meza
Instructor
Andrea Meza is a passionate and disciplined ballet dancer with over 13 years of experience in classical ballet performance and formal dance
training. She has danced in full-length productions of The Nutcracker and Don Quixote at the prestigious Teresa Carreño Theater Ballet Company in Caracas, Venezuela, as a member of the corps de ballet. She also performed La Sylphide with the Nina Novak Ballet in Caracas, and danced soloist roles in Sleeping Beauty and La Fille Mal Gardée during her advanced training at UNEARTE. Andrea holds a Professional Ballet Dancer Diploma from Ballet de las Américas and has received extensive classical and contemporary
dance training in leading Venezuelan institutions, including UNEARTE and the Valencia Contemporary Dance Company, where she trained in Release technique and performed in contemporary choreographies. As a teacher, she offers ballet instruction at beginner, intermediate, and upper-intermediate
levels, with a focus on clean classical technique, musicality, and expressive presence. Her teaching is shaped by her performance background and
her deep commitment to sharing the art of ballet across cultures. Bilingual in Spanish and English, and currently based in Brentwood, TN, Andrea continues to grow as both a dancer and educator, with a strong work ethic, artistic passion, and dedication to inspiring students through ballet.