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The Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Dance's
Faculty
Alexei Kondratyuk
Ballet Master and Star of The Sarasota Ballet.
Amy DiBongrazio
Director of the Royal Competition Team.
Barbra Johnson
Director of our Musical Theater program.
Christie Dittmer
Ballet Teacher
Lynn Ransom
Office Manager/Book Keeper.
Michael Keating
Ballet Master and Former Star of the Sarasota Ballet.
Nina Stauffer
Director of the Tap and Jazz Program.
Tanner Davis
Assistant Teacher.
Jessica Davies
Artistic Director
Jessica Davies founded the West Florida Youth Ballet in 1989 and ran it successfully for 10 years. She has directed over 30 lavish full scale productions with casts up to 350 students at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, The Mahaffey Theater, The James B. White Performing Arts Center, and Ruth Eckerd Hall. Davies' The Royal Nutcracker has been televised on PBS for 2 years and has also aired on Time Warner. She also toured her casts at Busch Gardens and Walt Disney World and has successfully partnered with the Cities of Safety Harbor, Oldsmar, and Clearwater for her productions.
Miss Jessica (as she is known by all of her students) entered hundreds of students for examination with the prestigious Royal Academy of Dancing in London, England and several of her advanced students were invited to become Student members of the Royal Academy in London.
Many of Miss Jessica's students have been awarded college scholarships-most of her students were/are college bound- some have performed with various professional companies including The Joffery Balet, The San Francisco Ballet, Ballet Illinois, American Ballet Theater, to name a few.
Miss Jessica's goal is to inspire and nurture her students into excellence. In 2003 Miss Jessica was named the All American Outstanding Woman of Achievement. She served on Arizona Governor's Council for Health, Fitness and Sports under Andy Dzrinko. She currently serves as a member of the President's Council of Health and Fitness and as a member of The President's Prayer Team.
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