Ballet and Pointe Instructor
Diane is a native New Yorker who began her dance training at the age of 10 on scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet School. She received a full merit scholarship to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center while attending the High School of Performing Arts in YYC. Diane attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, majoring in ballet, and performed with the North Carolina Dance Theater in Coppelia. She then joined the Alvin Ailey II Company. She has worked with renowned choreographers Alvin Ailey, George Faison, Judith Jamison, and Kevin Wynn among others. Diane danced with the Atlanta based Ballethnic Company before returning to New York to dance with Donald Byrd/The Group. Diane is currently choreographing and teaching ballet and modern as part of the faculty of Tri-Cities High School and the Atlanta Ballet Center for Dance Education.