FACULTY

CLAUDIA LOPEZ

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Exceptionally gifted in her work with children, Claudia is a mentor who nurtures and develops dancers to their fullest potential. Her passion for dance and talent for instruction has provided her students with the tools to become professional dancers, ballet teachers, and healthy human beings who just love ballet.

Claudia holds a teaching Diploma with the Royal Academy of Dance, British Association of Teachers of Dance, and has received training at the world-renowned National Ballet School of Canada, along with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Ryerson University.

As a mother of two, she understands the importance of safety, good health, and the development of life skills. Claudia constantly strives to inspire and motivate her dancers to ensure they have positive, lasting memories from their dance experience; she understands the importance of her role in the young lives she touches each and every day.