Christine Austin - Instructor/Ballet Mistress

Ms. Austin graduated with a BA in dance from the University of Wyoming. Her professional experience includes Manassas Ballet Theatre, Tony Powell Music/Movement, Southwest Virginia Ballet, and Wyoming Dance Theatre . Among Ms. Austin's training includes teachers who were once students of the famed Vagonova Academy, The Choreographic School of Alma- Ata, and The Belarus National Choreographic Academy. She has also studied under Michelle Lees, Eric Hampton, Nancy Woods, Duncan Noble, David Keener, and Sharon Garber. She has taught and staged ballets through out Virginia and Michigan, including teaching at NOVA Ballet Academy, Manassas Ballet School, Western Michigan University, and as a dance artist for the nationally recognized Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) aesthetic awareness program. Upon moving to Montana, Ms. Austin staged “Coppelia” for Montana Ballet Company, worked as a choreographer for MBC's Nutcracker, and began teaching at Main Street Dance Theatre. In the spring of 2008, Ms. Austin traveled to the Ukraine and Moscow in order to further her ballet and pedagogical studies.Ms. Austin’s students have been accepted to prestigious ballet programs worldwide including the Vagonova Academy, the Bolshoi Academy, the Goh Academy, ABT Young Dancers Program, Ballet Austin, Joffrey Ballet, and Colorado Ballet to name a few. Through her strong commitment to the arts, Ms. Austin hopes to share her passion for learning and accomplishment through dance.

Ms. Austin graduated with a BA in dance from the University of Wyoming. Her professional experience includes Manassas Ballet Theatre, Tony Powell Music/Movement, Southwest Virginia Ballet, and Wyoming Dance Theatre . Among Ms. Austin's training includes teachers who were once students of the famed Vagonova Academy, The Choreographic School of Alma- Ata, and The Belarus National Choreographic Academy. She has also studied under Michelle Lees, Eric Hampton, Nancy Woods, Duncan Noble, David Keener, and Sharon Garber. She has taught and staged ballets through out Virginia and Michigan, including teaching at NOVA Ballet Academy, Manassas Ballet School, Western Michigan University, and as a dance artist for the nationally recognized Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) aesthetic awareness program. Upon moving to Montana, Ms. Austin staged “Coppelia” for Montana Ballet Company, worked as a choreographer for MBC's Nutcracker, and began teaching at Main Street Dance Theatre. In the spring of 2008, Ms. Austin traveled to the Ukraine and Moscow in order to further her ballet and pedagogical studies.

Ms. Austin’s students have been accepted to prestigious ballet programs worldwide including the Vagonova Academy, the Bolshoi Academy, the Goh Academy, ABT Young Dancers Program, Ballet Austin, Joffrey Ballet, and Colorado Ballet to name a few. Through her strong commitment to the arts, Ms. Austin hopes to share her passion for learning and accomplishment through dance.

Erin Levy