Welcome Summer Ballet Intensive Guest Instructor Holly Steadman!

We are excited to have Ms. Holly back as a Summer Ballet Intensive guest instructor!

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Holly is originally from Washington State, but grew up in Palmer, Alaska. Holly began dancing at nine years old with Anita Mitchell at the Dancers Workshop in Wasilla. In 2006, she traveled to England and studied classical ballet under Denzil Bailey at Pineapple Dance Studio. Shortly after returning to Alaska, she began studies at the Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy. Holly’s dance education includes instruction under Paul Destrooper of Ballet Victoria, Joseph Kerwin of the Finnish National Ballet, and Lyudmila Safronova of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, as well as Master Classes with Artists such as Alonzo King.

In 2012 she received her Certification of Instruction of the Vaganova Method at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet under John White. Her studies have included Character Dance, Flamenco, Bolero, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, Modern, and Classical Dance. She has taught at Alaska Dance Theatre, Dancers Workshop, Anchorage Ballet, and at Excel Gymnastics as well as teaching outreach Master Classes in Soldotna, Homer, and Bethel Alaska.

Holly’s performing credits have included Principal and Soloist roles in the ballets, La Fille Mal Gardée, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. She has also appeared as a guest performer for Alaska Theatre of Youth, Alaska Dance Theatre, Pulse Dance Company, Momentum Dance Collective, Heppinstall Productions, and Peninsula Artists in Motion. In 2012 Holly became Ballet Master for the Anchorage Ballet. As Ballet Master she choreographed the new ballets Starry Night (2013), Elementi (2014), Across the Stars (2015), Prisms (2016), Aurora: A Tale of the Northern Lights (2017), and others. She also choreographed the Anchorage Ballet’s The Nutcracker, which is still performed annually. As well as new classical and contemporary works, Holly has staged classical works such as La Boutique Fantasque, The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, The Sleeping Beauty, and others. She was also the Rehearsal Director for the Alaskan tour of Eugene Ballet Company’s The Nutcracker (2018).

As former Artistic Director of Dancers Workshop, Holly oversaw a contemporary Youth Company that placed first multiple times at dance competitions Nuvo and Top of the World. Holly’s students have also received multiple first places in the classical division of the Youth America Grand Prix, top 10 in the contemporary division, received special invitations to the finals in New York City, and placed in the top 25 at the finals. Now living in New Jersey, Holly continues to teach and develop her knowledge of dance pedagogy.

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Help us give Ms. Holly a warm welcome at the 29th season's Summer Ballet Intensive from August 4 - August 8, 2025.