June 8 – June 19
2026
Livingston, Montana

INTENSIVE CLASSES:
BALLET • PAS DE DEUX • POINTE/VARIATIONS
PILATES • CONDITIONING • AERIAL
REPERTOIRE • CONTEMPORARY

CHILDREN'S CLASSES:
BALLET • PRE- POINTE/VARIATIONS
STRETCH • DANCE GAMES • AERIAL
RUSSIAN FOLK DANCE * CONTEMPORARY • ACTING

Guest Teachers: Fiona Lee, Tricia Sundbeck, Thomas Bell, Karen Dade and more

Some students will perform in The Little Mermaid with Fiona Lee during the weekend of May 13.
For more information and to request registration material please email yellowstoneballet@gmail.com.

Yellowstone Ballet Academy presents a cutting-edge intensive for intermediate and advanced ballet students for ages 12 – 30 and a separate ½ day children’s workshop for ages 7 - 11. Classes include Classical Ballet Technique, Pas de Deux, Pointe, Variations, Russian Folk Dance, Repertoire, Contemporary, Conditioning/Stretch, Pilates, Aerial and Dance Games & Acting for the younger students.

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED INTENSIVE

Daily classes run from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday,  June 8 – Friday June 19
TUITION: One week $460. Two Weeks $890.
Non refundable registration fee $25. Private lessons $80.

CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP
Daily classes run from 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 8– Friday, June 19.
TUITION: One week $250 Two Weeks $490.
Non refundable registration fee $25. Private lessons $80

 Guest teachers:

FIONA LEE (Ballet, Pointe/Variations, Pilates) – professional dancer with the world renown Royal Danish Ballet. She began ballet training at the age of five at the Yellowstone Ballet Academy and studied under artistic director Kathleen Rakela for eight years. At age thirteen Lee moved to New York city after receiving a full scholarship to The School of American Ballet summer program and then an invitation to attend their highly selective year-round program through high school. After graduating from SAB she joined Kansas City Ballet. During the pandemic she sent a video real to the Royal Danich Ballet and was given a contract with the company since then.

KAREN DADE (Aerial) – started ballet at 9 years old and elevated her dance experience when she discovered aerial silks in the early 2000s. Having danced all her life, she was thrilled that ballet technique transferred so perfectly to the silks. This summer Karen will teach aerial silks class designed to strengthen dancer's balance, arms and core muscles while exploring positions on the fabric and in the air. Classes will include sequences, or vertical choreography, and students will get a chance to turn upside down and spin if they'd like to. It's time to have fun, get strong and explore more ways to dance!

TRICIA SUNDBECK (Ballet, Pointe, Variations) – apprenticed with the Sacramento Ballet through high school and danced as a principal dancer for eight years with the company. Ms. Sundbeck joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2000 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2004. She has performed principal roles in numerous classical ballets including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Swanhilda in Coppelia, and the title roles in Giselle and Cinderella and has an extensive Balanchine repertoire. Tricia has been coached by such notable stars as Frederic Franklin of the Ballet Russe and Allegra Kent of New York City Ballet. Ms. Sundbeck has also worked internationally performing in Canada, Portugal, Amsterdam, and Germany and performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in the Benois De La Danse Competition where she received critical acclaim.

THOMAS BELL (Ballet, Repertoire, Conditioning) – graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Drama and Dance. He attended the Washington School of Ballet and became a principal dancer with the Maryland Ballet and the Eugene Ballet. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the Sacramento Ballet and numerous companies on both coasts. He is currently ballet master at the University of Cincinnati.

IRINA GRISHCHENKO (Classical Russian Folk Dance) ~ choreographer and teacher/with 28 years of experience. Irina has trained in Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics, ballet, folk dance and dance strength training. She will be teaching Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics, Historical Dance and Russian Folk Dance.