Los Angeles Ballet Academy

Los Angeles Ballet Academy was established in 1992 as Theatrics Dance Academy. In September of 2004 the school relocated to the current 6500 square foot facility and was renamed the Los Angeles Ballet Academy. Los Angeles Ballet Academy offers some of the finest dance instruction available in the San Fernando Valley. The non-profit sister organization includes the Los Angeles Youth Ballet Theater (a classical and contemporary focused ballet ensemble) and Theatrics Dance Company ( a Jazz, Contemporary and Musical Theater focused group). Andrea Paris, the studio's owner and director, danced professionally with the Royal New Zealand Ballet as well as in Broadway shows an in Television and Film and holds the British Ballet Organization's Solo Seal Award and the Royal Academy of Dance teacher's certificate. Andrea Paris has assembled an international team of teachers from as far away as South Africa, Australia, Russia and Japan as well as from here in the United States. They hold credentials in Checcetti and the Royal Academy and have graduated from the world's most prestigious professional pedagogy schools. Their repertoire includes professional experience in all fields of dance.