Melissa Anderson
Miss Melissa has been happily teaching Ballet and Pointe technique at Nancy Dianne Studio since 2005. A native of Milwaukee, she has performed in Soloist and Principal Roles with companies as diverse as the Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Teatro Municipal de San Juan, Southern Ballet Theatre (now the Orlando Ballet), Michigan Opera Theatre and the Icelandic National Ballet. She has also danced with Danceworks Performance Company, a Contemporary dance ensemble located in Milwaukee, WI under the direction of Dani Kuepper. Melissa also teaches Ballet as adjunct faculty at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts.
Melissa enjoys sharing, teaching and choreographing at large dance conventions such as Chicago National Association of Dance Masters (CNADM), Dance Masters of Wisconsin (DMW), Southern Dance Masters, Atlanta’s Ballet Fest and SPARK, Texas Association Teachers of Dance (TATD) and the National Association for Dance and Affiliated Arts (NADAA).
Melissa is an American Ballet Theatre (ABTⓇ) Certified Teacher. She has successfully completed the ABTⓇ Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABTⓇ National Training Curriculum. Miss Melissa has been featured in Dance Magazine’s Dancer Online Chat, and in Dance Teacher Magazine. You can connect with her on Facebook at Melissa Anderson Ballet, Pointe, Choreography, Performance.
