June 8th – June 19th
2026
Livingston, Montana
Yellowstone Ballet Academy and Yellowstone Ballet Company are thrilled to announce our Montana Regional Summer Intensive with a performance at the Livingston Farmers Market on June 10th and a performance of The Little Mermaid with Fiona Lee of the Royal Danish Ballet on Thursday, June 18th at Willson Auditorium.
INTENSIVE CLASSES:
BALLET • PAS DE DEUX • POINTE/VARIATIONS
PILATES • CONDITIONING • STRETCH • AERIAL
REPERTOIRE • LYRICAL
Our fantastic group of guest teachers includes: Fiona Lee of the Royal Danish Ballet, Molly Groeschl, Lucas Segovia, Karen Dade, Tricia Sundbeck and Thomas Bell
For more information and to request registration material please email yellowstoneballet@gmail.com.
INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED INTENSIVE
Daily classes run from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 8th - June 12th and June 15 - June 19.
TUITION
Before May 1: $1000
After May 1: $1050
One week: $550
Day rate: $100
Non refundable registration fee $20. Private, one-hour lesson $90
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.
LUCAS SEGOVIA (Ballet, Pas de Deux) - joined Ballet Argentina as a soloist under Julio Bocca and was promoted to Principal Dancer shortly after. He was awarded with the Premio Clarin, the most prestigious recognition for the Arts in Argentina. Segovia has been a part of The Washington Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet as a Soloist and Principal and has danced in more than 400 cities around the world.
MOLLY GROESCHL (Ballet, Pointe, Pilates) - trained under scholarship at Ballet West, American Ballet Theater, Orlando Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet. She has performed professionally with Milwaukee Ballet, Colorado Ballet. Ballet Tucson and as a Guest Artist in Residence at Madison Ballet along with many guest appearances.
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.