Master Teacher Series 2012

City Ballet offers a special opportunity to take ballet class from world-famous ballet instructors.

Instructors and Class Dates

Julie Kent
Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 6:30pm

Julie Kent began her dance training with Hortensia Fonseca at the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet.  She then attended the School of American Ballet before joining American Ballet Theatre in 1985 as an apprentice at the age of 16.  In 1986, she was the only American to win a medal at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition, and she became a member of ABT's corps de ballet.  She was appointed a Soloist with ABT in 1990 and has been a Principal Dancer since 1993, the year in which she won the Erik Bruhn Prize in Toronto.  In April 2000, Kent won the Prix Benois de la Danse which was held in Stuttgart. She is the only American ever to have won this prize.

Paloma Herrera
Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 6:30pm

Paloma Herrera was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and began her training at the age of seven.  In January 1991, having just turned 15 years old, she moved to New York and continued her studies at the School of American Ballet.  After only six months, she joined the American Ballet Theatre and, in 1995, became the youngest Principal Dancer in American Ballet Theatre history at age 19.  She has appeared in ballets ranging from Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, and Swan Lake, to Apollo, The Prodigal Son and Stepping Stones.  She has appeared as Guest Artist with great ballet companies around the world, including New York City Ballet, Kirov Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Tokyo Ballet and National Ballet of Cuba to name a few.

Zippora Karz
Former Soloist with New York City Ballet

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 6:30pm

Zippora Karz is a former soloist ballerina with the New York City Ballet where she performed for 16 years on stage and in televised performances.  She was featured in a variety of roles choreographed by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins (the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker being one of her favorites) as well as works choreographed for her by such choreographers as Peter Martins and Lynne Taylor Corbett.  She now serves as a teacher and repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust, rehearsing and staging Balanchine's choreography for a host of national and international dance companies.

Location

City Ballet of San Diego Studio
941 Garnet Avenue (South Alley Entrance), Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA

Driving Directions

Tuition

• One Class: $35
• Two Classes: $60 ($10 discount)
• All Three Classes: $85 ($20 discount)

Registration

1. Download the registration form.

2. Submit the following to City Ballet:

• Completed registration form
• Non-refundable tuition payment

3. Send the completed package to:

• Via US Mail
  City Ballet of San Diego
  PO Box 99072
  San Diego, CA  92169
• Via facsimile to 858.272.8375

Space is filled on a first-come, first-served basis.  Each class is limited to 40 students.  Participants must be at least 11 years old and at the intermediate level.

Questions?

If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact our Summer Intensive program office by telephone at 858.274.6058 or by e-mail at info@cityballet.org.