The school’s location within the Segerstrom Center for the Arts offers unparalleled access to Master Classes with artists from dance companies and touring productions around the world.
Since the school opened in 2015, Pre-Professional ABT William J. Gillespie students have attended Master Classes from the following companies:
American Ballet Theatre
Kevin McKenzie, artistic director
Cynthia Harvey, artistic director of the ABT JKO School
Clinton Luckett, assistant artistic director
Susan Jones, principal ballet mistress
Carlos Lopez, director of repertoire
Nancy Rafa, ballet mistress
Keith Roberts, ballet master
Craig Salstein, company teacher
Devon Teuscher, principal
Martine van Hamel, principal
Alexandre Hammoudi, soloist
Roman Zhurbin, soloist
Partnering Class with ABT Company Members and Apprentices
Port de Bras Lecture with Irina Kolpakova, ballet mistress
“Meet the Artist” with Principal Dancers: Stella Abrera, Isabella Bolyston, Jeffrey Cirio, Gillian Murphy, Cassandra Trenary, and Devon Teuscher
"Meet the Artist" with soloists: Catherine Hurlin
"Meet the Artist" with corps members: Lauren Bonfiglio, and Tyler Maloney
Alonzo King Lines Ballet
Michael Montegomery, company member
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Matthew Rushing, rehearsal director & company member
Sean Carmon, company member
Eifman Ballet
Oleg Gabyshev, principal
Lyubov Andreyeva, principal
Houston Ballet
Melissa Allen Bowman, academy director
Joffrey Ballet
Leslie Carothers, principal
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Gabriele Corrado, company member
Mariinsky Ballet
Yuri Fateev, deputy director of the Mariinsky Ballet Company
Mikhailovsky Ballet
Ivan Vasiliev, principal
Parsons Dance Company
Diedre Rogan, company member
Paul Taylor Dance Company
“Meet the Artist” with Michael Trusnovec and Laura Halzack
Royal Ballet
Hilary Cartwright, soloist
San Francisco Ballet
Tiit Helimets, principal
Photo gallery
ABT Gillespie Pre-Professional students take class from ABT JKO Artistic Director, Cynthia Harvey
Vasiliev gives a master class to ABT Gillespie students at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Mikhailovsky Ballet Principal Dancer, Ivan Vasiliev, after a master class with ABT Gillespie students
Vasiliev gives a master class to ABT Gillespie students at Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Special partnering class instructed by ABT veteran, Kenneth Easter, with male company members.
“Meet the Artist” with Michael Trusnovec and Laura Halzack of Paul Taylor Dance Company
“Meet the Artist” with Jeffery Cirio, Principal Dancer; Cassandra Trenary, Soloist; Lauren Bonfiglio, Catherine Hurlin, and Tyler Maloney, Corps Members
ABT Gillespie students after a master class with Matthew Rushing, Alvin Ailey Rehearsal Director & Company Member
Level 5 master class with Leslie Carothers of the Joffrey Ballet
Hilary Cartwright, former soloist with the Royal Ballet, with upper level ABT Gillespie Students after ballet technique and a short yoga class for dancers
Master Class
