Ballet Director/Teacher
Ms Stacy has been teaching at ADA since 2019 and has brought such an incredible level of ballet technique to all our students. Ms. Stacy Wright started studying classical ballet technique under Lucia Hatcher of Firethorn Dance Academy in Tampa FL with a focus on French ballet technique and Graham contemporary method. At the age of sixteen she began teaching small children at Firethorn and eventually took on the intermediate levels and company choreography. In 1999 she graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance.
While at USF she studied, most notably, under Gretchen Ward Warren, former Ballet Mistress of American Ballet Theater and author for Classical Ballet Technique. John Parks former dancer of the Alvin Alley Company.
While in college she broadened her knowledge of Russian and Vaganova ballet methods as well as Limon and Horton contemporary styles. Ms. Wright also had the opportunity to studied under internationally renowned David Howard whose teaching style focused on kinesthetics, imagery and the physics of movement.
Ms. Wright has taught ballet technique, contemporary and childrens classes at several dance studios throughout Florida and North Georgia, including the children’s division classes, and youth outreach classes at the Sarasota Ballet Academy. She has focused her career on dance education; developing and refining skills in order teach the technique of ballet more effectively.
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