Debra Bale Ballet Instructor

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Drawing upon valuable traditions of training styles from
world renowned teachers in different disciplines of classical
ballet, her goal is to produce healthy, strong dancers possessing
clean technique, placing great emphasis on artistry, musicality,
purity of line and quality of movement.

The former professional ballerina is teaching and
preparing young ballerinas for the professional stage.
Currently numerous students she has trained are dancing in
university dance programs and professional companies.

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Please step into my World…
debra

Debra is a native Texan. She began her ballet training with Edith James at Edith James School of Ballet. After being awarded the Rebekah Harkness Foundation Scholarship she continued her pre-professional training in all genres of dance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Miss Bale also received scholarships to study in New York City at School of American Ballet. Harkness House of Ballet and American Ballet Theatre School at American Ballet Theatre.

My Foundation

Edith James School of Ballet
SMU Preparatory School: Rebekah Harkness Foundation Scholarship
School of American Ballet
Harkness House of Ballet
Ballet Theatre School at American Ballet Theatre

As a professional dancer she has charmed audiences across five continents dancing solo and principal roles in classical, neoclassical and contemporary repertoire with Hartford Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Dallas Ballet and Atlanta Ballet. Debra has also performed as a guest artist with Nevada Dance Theatre, North Carolina Dance Theatre, International Ballet Rotaru, Ballethnic as well as touring nationally and internationally with Columbia Artist.

My Companies

Hartford Ballet /Michael Uthoff
Ballet Ys of Canada / Gloria Grant
Milwaukee Ballet /Jean-Paul Comelin
Milwaukee Ballet / Ted Kivitt
Nevada Dance Theatre / Vassili Sulich
Dallas Ballet / Flemming Flindt
North Carolina Dance Theatre / Salvatorie Aielio
Atlanta Ballet / Robert Barnett
Ballet International Rotaru / Pavel Rotaru
Ballethnic / Waverly T. Lucus & Nina Gilbreth
Columbia Artist Touring Company

Ballet Technique

Pointe Class

Variations Class

Progressing Ballet Technique
Certification in Progressing Ballet Technique
• PBT Level 2 •

Master Classes

Private Lessons

Coaching

Choreography

Miss Bale's faculty affiliations have included Milwaukee Ballet School, Dallas Ballet School, School of the Atlanta Ballet, International Rotaru Academy, The Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education, Texas Ballet Theater School-Dallas Campus, Tuzer Dance School, The Royale Ballet Dance Academy, and School of Contemporary Ballet Dallas.

Debra has also had the honor of being Artist in Residence at Emory University, Georgia State University, University of North Texas - Denton and Guest Teacher for Dallas Black Dance Theatre I & II, Ballet Academy of Texas, Hathaway Academy of Ballet and Texas Youth Ballet Conservatory.

SCHOOLS

Milwaukee Ballet School
Dallas Ballet School
School of the Atlanta Ballet
International Rotaru Academy
The Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education
Texas Ballet Theater School - Dallas Campus
Tuzer Dance School
The Royale Ballet Dance Academy
School of Contemporary Ballet Dallas

Artist in Residence

Emory University
Georgia State University
University of North Texas - Denton Campus
Dallas Black Dance Theatre I & II


	FootPrints
	Tarantella
	The Nutcracker - Arabian
	The Nutcracker - Harlequin Doll
	Variations
	The Nutcracker - Soldier Doll
	Puss n' Boots & The White Cat

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Balanchine

Allegro Brillante - Principal
Concerto Barocco - Principal
Prodigal Son - Siren
Four Temperments - Choleric
Pas de Dix - Principal
Serenade - Dark Angel
Stars and Stripes - Principal
Square Dance - Soloist
Glinkas Pas de Trois - Soloist
Scotch Symphony - Sylph
Theme and Variations - Soloist
Night Shadow - Principal

Classical

Swan Lake
Giselle
Coppelia
Paquita
Romeo and Juliet
Graduation Ball
Carmen
Don Quixote
Les Sylphides
Pas de Quatre
La Bayadere
Napoli
La Sylphide
Raymonda
Le Corsaire
La Fille Mal Gardee
The Nutcracker

Contemporary

Appearances / Lynn Taylor-Corbett
Belong / Norbert Vesak
Carmina Burana / John Butler
Casanova / Misha Lavrovsky
Come, Come Travel with Dreams / Anna Sokolow
Carmina Burana / Fernand Nault
Escapes / Lynn Taylor-Corbett
Gustav Farewell / Mathew Wright
Kinesthesis / Lise de Ribere
Les Delibes Divertissements / Peter Martins
Midsummer Night's Dream / Dennis Nahat
Nelligan / Ann Ditchburn
Pentimento / Vicente Nebrada

Contemporary

Mantodea / Vassili Sulich
Quicksilver / Dennis Nahat
Florestan / Jean-Paul Comelin
Three Musleteers / Flemming Flindt
Variations for Six / Bryan Pitts
Woodland Sketches / Robert LaFosse
Women / Oscar Ariaz
Slavonic Dances / Vassili Sulich
Shakespeare Suite / Joseph Russell
Sets / Brian Pitts
Dancers in a Picture / Charles Moulton
Hoopla! / Murry Lewis
Four Seasons / Nicolac Patrov
Concerto Grosso / Michael Uthoff
Leggero / Lotte Gassier
Rodeo / Agnes de Mille
Brahams Variations / Michael Uthoff

Miss Julie and Debra

My dreams became my future
because of you,
Thank you Mama

My Mentors
Edith James - Victor Moreno - Nikita Talin - Toni Beck - Karen Kriete Peterson - Bob Beard - Betty Ferguson - David Kirby - Robert Scevers - Hector Zeraspe
Patricia Wilde - Leon Danieleon - William Carter - Alexander Minz - Lisa Bradley - Marjorie Mussman - Jurgin Schnider - Enid Lynn - Anna Sokolow
Michelle Lucci - Basil Thompson - Robert Rodham - Dermont Burke - Francea Russell - Enriqué Martinez - Vivi Flindt - Robert Lindren - Mannie Rowe
Tom Pazik - Lynn Taylor Corbett - Melissa Hayden - Mikhail Lavrovsky - Fernand Nault - Robert Barnett

My feet are my paintbrushes
My steps are my paint
and
My stages are my canvas…

Let's Dance!!

FootPrints

Tarantella

The Nutcracker - Arabian

The Nutcracker - Harlequin Doll

Variations

The Nutcracker - Soldier Doll

Puss n' Boots & The White Cat