Kathryn Boren was born in Dallas, Texas. At age six, she began studying at the Ballet Academy of Texas, under the direction of Lisa Slagle and Thomas Nicholson. At age twelve, Boren was chosen as one of four young girls from the state of Texas to perform with American Ballet Theatre in George Balanchine's Mozartiana. She competed in the Youth America Grand Prix from 2004-2007 and received many top honors.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan. LeeWei Chao started his ballet training at age 15 with Ms. Xiao Lee, who brought from Russia the Vaganova ballet method to Taiwan. After dancing with Taipei City Ballet, Henry Yu Dance Company, He joined Singapore Dance Theater.
JWeaver Rhodes was born and raised in Texas. He received his training from the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He went on to receive his BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase in 2012.
Former Principal Dancer with
Universal Ballet and Texas Ballet
Theater, Mr. Tseng brings to his
teaching a strong background in
classical technique, partnering
and choreography. Mr. Tseng has successfully coached students in numerous competitions. He is the Artistic Director of Ballet
Frontier.
A former Principal Dancer
with Texas Ballet Theater and
Universal Ballet Company, Mrs.
Tseng shares with the students
her knowledge and experience
received from an acclaimed
international career. She is the
Artistic Director of the Ballet
Center of Fort Worth.
Former Soloist Dancer at
Texas Ballet Theater, Mrs.
Logan began her professional
career with Atlanta Ballet,
where she toured London with
the company's production
of Peter Pan. She is the
Assistant Artistic Director
of Ballet Frontier.
Summer Junior Intensives Faculty
Summer Intensives Guest Faculty
Throughout the summer, Ballet Center will feature professional instruction for our advanced ballet intensives from our skilled teaching staff and special guest instructors. Go to our Summer Intensives page for more information.
Enrica Tseng (Ballet-pre Pointe/Pointe, repertoire))
A former Principal Dancer
with Texas Ballet Theater and
Universal Ballet Company, Mrs.
Tseng shares with the students
her knowledge and experience
received from an acclaimed
international career. She is the
Artistic Director of the Ballet
Center of Fort Worth.
Nerea Barrondo (Character, Ballet, Body Conditioning)
Nerea Barrondo was born in Bilbao, Spain. She received her early training at Igor Yebra's Ballet Academy were she was trained by Anna Generalova (teacher graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy) and the Royal Conservatory of Dance Mariemma in Madrid.
Sofia Warren (Modern & Ballet)
Born in Riverside California, Soa began training at the age of 6 with Riverside Ballet Arts. She completed her training under Ben Stevenson O.B.E. at Texas Ballet Theater School spending her
final year in the Professional Division.
Brayan Valencia (Modern & Jazz)
Brayan Valencia was born in Bogota, Colombia. Mr. Valencia began his training at 16 years old at Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas under the artistic direction of Doris Orjuela, John Mario Cardenas, Marta Ospina and Maria Teresa Garcia.
