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The teachers

The teachers who place you and teach you

Alfonzo, Melba and Sreymom lead the classes on this page. Each one meets a new student at a placement visit.

  • Alfonzo Spearman, owner and director, standing at a barre in a plain black leotard and wrap skirt

    Alfonzo Spearman

    Owner and director

    Alfonzo places every new student and teaches the Advanced and performance group classes. He trained as a dancer from his teens and spent his performing years in a ballet company before he began to teach.

  • Melba Chatfield, adult ballet teacher, resting a hand on the barre in a black leotard and a chiffon skirt

    Melba Chatfield

    Teacher, adult ballet

    Melba teaches the Foundations and adult classes. She came back to ballet as an adult herself, and she remembers what a first class feels like.

  • Sreymom Prak, teacher and rehearsal pianist, in a cream sweater with an upright piano behind her

    Sreymom Prak

    Teacher and rehearsal pianist

    Sreymom teaches teen technique, pointe and conditioning, and plays the piano for rehearsals. She trained as a dancer and studied piano alongside.

Meet them at a placement visit

Every new student takes a class and talks with a teacher first.