Anita Pacylowski – Co Director

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Anita Pacylowski is a native of Columbia, MD. She started ballet at the Columbia Conservatory Ballet in Columbia, Maryland and the Reston Conservatory Ballet with founder Julia Cziller. She continued her training at The Washington School of Ballet in Washington D.C. under the artistic direction of Mary Day and associate director Patricia Berrend. Her senior year in High School, she received the Princess Grace Award in Dance, National YoungArts Level 1 winner, and received the Presidential Scholar in the Arts in Dance award at White House. She also was a finalist ...

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Hernan Justo – Co Director

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Hernan Justo began dancing in 1974 at the Instituto Superior de Arte Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Argentina after ten years of training he joined Ballet Estable de Tucuman in 1981 then Ballet Estable del Teatro Colón in 1982 and then Teatro Argentino de la Plata in 1984 until he left Argentina. Hernan and Anita in The four pictures of Frida His career then took him to the Ballet de Santiago of Chile in 1988 where he work with teachers and choreographers such as Gyula Pandi(NCSA), Andree Prokovski(English National Ballet), Ronald Hynd (English National ...

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Erica Sturman – Instructor

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Erica is a native of Springfield, Illinois, where she began dancing at the age of 3 under direction from Grace Nanavatti. She then joined the Springfield Ballet Company in 1999 under the direction of Julie Ratz and performed many leading and soloist roles including Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Odette in Swan Lake and Princess Flourine in The Sleeping Beauty. In 2005, Erica moved to Greenville, SC to start her professional training and career with Carolina Ballet Theatre under artistic direction from ...

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Meghan Loman – Instructor

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Meghan Loman is a 5th year dancer with Carolina Ballet Theater (CBT) as company member. She began her training in Springfield, Illinois at Dance Arts Studio under the direction of Grace Luttrell Nanavati and was privileged to become one of her instructor for nearly 7 years. At age 13 she was accepted into the Springfield Ballet Company (SBC) and was a Company member for over 10 years under Artistic Director Julie Ratz. She danced in many staring roles with the SBC including "Aurora" in Sleeping Beauty, "Sugar Plum Fairy" in The Nutcracker and many soloist ...

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Alena Blair – Instructor

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                                            Alena Blair began her classical training with School of Carolina Ballet Theatre. She studied under Barbara Selvy. Alena is graduate of Clemson University and earned a Bachelor of Art in Psychology and minor in Youth development Studies. She is a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, selected to represent Clemson at the Continuums of Service Conference, Denver, CO. Created an App proto-type and Map for CI: Food, Identify, Culture.  She enjoyed teaching pre-school and elementary school ...

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Robyn Langlais Maggio – Instructor

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Robyn Langlais Maggio is DanceArts Greenville's intermediate, advanced and Adult tap level teacher. She will teach Intermediate, Advanced and Adult jazz.  She left in 2007 to focus on being a mom.  Her children are 24, 22 and 19, she is very excited to return again this year to our DanceArts family! She has dance teaching certifications by both Dance Educators of America and Dance Masters of America.  She served as the President of the Southern Council of Dance Masters here in South Carolina.  She has taught many ...

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Martin Justo – Instructor

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    MARTIN GONZALO JUSTO BERNARDEZ Martin joins the DanceArts faculty this season teaching Youth Ballet, Boys dance, and Adult Ballet. He danced in Carolina Ballet Theatre for over 5 years and danced professionally with Boulder Ballet for two seasons.  Martin is from Caracas, Venezuela, and began dancing in 1999. He trained with Quinte Ballet School in Canada and School of Carolina Ballet Theatre. He has professionally trained in National Ballet of Cuba and The Carret Dance Conservatory in Toronto, Ontario.  He has toured throughout ...

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Kiera Morgan – Instructor

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Coming from Florida, Kiera Morgan is excited to keep dancing and teaching on the east coast! This will be her first season with Carolina Ballet Theatre but not her first time working with Hernan Justo or Anita Pacylowski! Kiera has done choreography for herself and others since seventh grade with pieces going on to compete at major competitions like YAGP and winning numerous scholarships. During her high school years she was both a teacher and assistant teacher for class styles including ballet, pointe, contemporary and Horton modern, most notably when she had the ...

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Aubrey Houle

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Originally from Apex, NC, she began her training at Infinity Ballet. In May 2023, she graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography. Aubrey is Greenville County School District’s ARMES central site Dance Instructor and DanceArts Greenville’s DAYCo Instructor. In addition, she is an apprentice for North Carolina-based dance company OM Grown Dancers. Aubrey is on our DanceArts Youth Company faculty

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Marja Quaqua – Instructor

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Coming Soon! Marja’ Quaqua was born and raised in Greenville, SC with her journey in dance beginning at age 3. She has been successful at Youth America Grand Prix competitions ranking in the Top 3 in semi-finals granting her a chance to go to the finals. In April 2023, Marja’ placed Top 12 in her YAGP trio. She has traveled along the east coast as a guest artist, more specifically for Ballet in The City (a non-profit organization). This is her second year as a professional with CBT. Marja’ is a teacher in the Greenville County Schools A.R.M.E.S. Dance. She also ...

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