A placement class will be held Wednesday, June 11, at 5:00 p.m. at our studio. Click the button to fill out the form to reserve your spot in the placement class.
Join us for our 2025 Performance Intensive starting June 16 through July 19, 2025!
This Intensive gives students the opportunity to increase their ballet technique and gain stage experience by participating in two different performances. Opportunities for students to attend Master Classes and coaching sessions for variations taught by returning guest faculty will also be available. See the Daily Class Schedule below for more information.
Children's Matinee
July 10, 2025 – Murray Park
2:00 p.m.
Ballet Under the Lights
July 18-19, 2025 – Ballet Center Utah, Inc. Theatre
7:00 p.m.
Students will have the opportunity to participate in ballet technique classes and master classes in special topics including:
Character/Folklorical Dance
Contemporary
Jazz
Coaching for Variations
Daily Class Schedule
Basic - $265
Monday & Wednesday
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
For students with a limited knowledge of ballet (ages 7-9).
Tuition includes:
- Ballet Studies
- Children's Matinee Performance
- Ballet Under the Lights Performances
Intermediate - $420
Monday - Thursday
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
For students with a basic knowledge of ballet (ages 10+).
Tuition includes:
- Ballet Studies
- Coaching for Variations
- Children's Matinee Performance
- Ballet Under the Lights Performances
Additional classes available in special topics:
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Jazz: $20
Character/Folklórico: $20
Contemporary: $20
Advanced - $500
Monday - Friday
5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
For students with an advanced understanding of ballet (ages 13+)
Tuition includes:
- Ballet Technique
- Pointe Classes
- Jazz
- Character/Folklórico
- Contemporary
- Coaching for Variations
- Children's Matinee Performance
- Ballet Under the Lights Performances
Adult - $75
Monday | 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Adults of all technique levels are welcome to attend.
Tuition Includes:
Ballet Technique Class
Additional classes available in special topics:
Jazz: $20
Character/Folklórico: $20
Contemporary: $20
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Guest Faculty
Sasha Lunev
Sasha Lunev is a graduate of the world renowned Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in Leningrad, USSR. He held a position of principal dancer with the world renown Kirov/Mariinsky Theatre, the Boston Ballet and the Tulsa Ballet where he also served as an Artistic Adviser. Sasha’s world tours included France, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, USA, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, and Japan. Sasha has also toured throughout the world as a guest artist and ballet teacher.
His professional performances include roles in “Sleeping Beauty”, ”Swan Lake”, ”Giselle”, ”Le Corsaire”, ”Don Quixote”, ”La Bayadere”, ”La Sylphide”, and ”A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Currently, Sasha is a Ballet Master and Artistic Director of a newly organized ballet company in New England. He is also a member of a team of coaches that raised numerous US, European, and Olympic figure skating champions.
Katelynn Killian
Katelynn Killian is a Utah native. She is a Westminster Alumni receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, awarded Outstanding Graduating Senior in 2020 and Outstanding Alumni Volunteer in 2023.
Killian is an active freelance performance artist; performing, choreographing, and teaching with Dance, Theater, Opera, and School/Studio companies. Most recently setting work with The Waterford School, SNOW College and Tanner Dance. She has been the Arts for All program Manager in Eccles Theater since 2021 and is currently dancing with Salt Lake City Ballet Co-Op, teaching with The Waterford School, teaching Pilates at BodyBar, and is a board member for Deseret Experimental Opera.
Joel Cortez
Joel Cortez was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Texas Woman's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Joel began dancing at Freestyle dance Studio under the direction of Jay and Stephanie Hall. There he learned ballet, Luigi jazz, and tap. His dance training with The Ballet Folklorico Hispano de Dallas, under the direction of Manuel and Guadalupe Godinez, Mountain View College Dance, and Brookhaven College Dance, also built the foundation for his numerous folklorico dance competition awards including the award for best male folklorico dancer at the Texas National Folklorico Dance Competition.
Joel has also worked with renowned Folklorico artists such as Sylvia Lozano of the Ballet Folklorico Nacional de Mexico Atzlan where he was featured in the company's dance instructional video, Mexican Folklorico Dance, that is internationally recognized. In 2017-2018, Joel was a company member of The Terrance M Johnson Dance Project second season. Joel is in the dance documentary Moving Cities Dallas that was filmed in 2015. In The spring of 2018, Joel did an independent dance study in the state of Utah. He explored various dance genres from Ballet West, Repertory Dance Theatre, and Tablado Flamenco Company.
In Fall of 2019, Joel was a company member of 6 o’clock Dance. In 2019 and currently, he began performing as a guest artist for Nutcracker and other productions for Dance Institute of Dallas. Joel teaches Ballet/Folklorico/Modern/Somatics at Texas Youth Ballet. Joel is currently a company member with Flamenco Black under the Direction of Antonio and Delilah Arrebola. He is regular occurring guest artist for Colin County Ballet under the direction of Kirt and Linda Hathaway. He continues to take professional dance classes regularly throughout the week to learn and improve his technique and further his pedagogy.
Coltin Snyder
Coltin Snyder grew up in Tooele, Utah and began his dance training at age 7 with N-Step Dance Academy under the direction of Pam Snyder and Shanna Cook. Coltin then attended The Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, where he furthered his education under the instruction of Bethany Hansen, Michelle Armstrong, and Jessie Metcalf-McCullough. After graduating, he attended the University of Arizona (UA) where he graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Dance and a BSBA in Accounting in May of 2021.
During his time at UA Coltin trained under professionals such as Amy Ernst, Autumn Eckman, Sam Watson, Melissa Lowe, and several other esteemed faculty. He was also very fortunate to perform in works and experience repertory by Martha Graham, Frank Chavez, Paul Taylor, Larry Keigwin, David Parsons, and several other world-renowned artists. While at UA, Coltin also studied and completed the Fletcher Pilates Foundational Program. He spent over 600 hours training in and observing Pilates with Kyria Sabin, Deborah Mendoza, and Martha Eccles-Ramirez to gain his Pilates certification.
Professionally, Coltin has been a guest choreographer for Stansbury High School, Idaho Rhythm Dance Studio, TGA Triple Step Dance, and several other studios in Utah. In September of 2021, Coltin became a full time inaugural company member at Vitacca Ballet in Houston, Texas. Since joining he has worked with industry professionals such as Andrea Dawn-Shelley, Garret Smith, Stephen Hanna, and several others. He looks forward to many more years of growth and adventure as his professional career continues on!