Summer Guest Faculty

Kristin Klade (Ballet)
Kristin Klade is originally from Fort Worth, TX, and trained pre-professionally throughout her childhood with ballet masters around North Texas including Karen and Fernando Schaffenburg, Svetlana Stanova, Nicolai Semicov, and Leslie M. Jordan III. She went on to complete a BFA in Ballet Pedagogy on scholarship with the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma. Other training includes two American Ballet Theater summer intensive and an internship at Broadway Dance Center in New York City. Kristin's interest in teaching was fostered when she became an assistant teacher for the Broadway Dance Center Children and Teen Program. While in New York City, she also trained with leading contemporary jazz masters who have inspired her jazz and contemporary classes. Her performance credits include soloist and principal roles as a company member with Oklahoma Festival Ballet Company in Norman, OK, North Central Civic Ballet Company in Keller, TX, and UBallet of University of Chicago. Kristin has taught ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance for fifteen years at studios in Oklahoma City, Chicago, and now Fort Worth. She is currently in her eighth season teaching at Texas Ballet Theater School. Kristin strives to find a balance of discipline and joy in her classroom: instilling a love for the art, challenging students to be their personal best, and prioritizing health of body, mind, and spirit.




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Jackie Landeros  
Jackie Landeros is a Fort Worth native. She has an MFA in Dance from Montclair State University and a BA in Dance from Hunter College in New York City, where she graduated with department honors in Dance and an academic scholarship. She has danced with MWest & Company, Bolly Dhamaal Dance, imPULSE Dance Project, Cholorock Dance Collective, has presented work as an independent artist, and currently dances with Muscle Memory Dance Theatre (M2DT). Mrs. Landeros has taught dance in New York, New Jersey, and Texas. She is currently the  Director of Dance at Arlington Heights High School and a Pilates instructor. She completed National Dance Institute’s Teaching Artist Training and is the recipient of the Bates Dance Festival Teacher Fellowship Scholarship and the Dance Council of North Texas Dance Educator scholarship.  She is committed to sharing her love of dance with her students and to continue growing as an artist and educator.

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Candace Rattliff 
Candace Rattliff grew up in Fort Worth TX and received her formal dance training from Margo Dean School of Ballet, Joe Berry, and Beverly Torres. Candace graduated from Texas Christian University with a BFA in Ballet and Modern Dance. She was awarded a TCU Fine Arts Guild Scholarship and received the Jerry Bywaters Cochran  Scholarship from Dallas Dance Council to study at Alvin Ailey Summer Dance Intensive in New York City. After graduation, Candace joined Jane Weiner’s Hope Stone Dance Company (Houston TX) and enjoyed 10 wonderful seasons as a company member. She was a company member of Earthen Vessels (Sandra Organ Dance Company) under the direction of former Houston Ballet soloist Sandra Organ Solis. As a freelance dancer, Candace has performed with Amy Ell’s VAULT, NobleMotion Dance (Andy and Dione Noble), Leslie Skates, Paty Solorzano, and Harrison Guy’s Urban Souls Dance Company. She has also performed internationally in Ireland’s Irish Aerial Fest and Puebla, Mexico. Candace has served as a member of the modern dance faculty for Houston Ballet Academy, Texas Ballet Theater, and was a Modern and Jazz dance consultant for the Kinder High School for the Visual and Performing Arts. Additionally, Candace freelances  as a choreographer for dance studios and drill teams in both DFW and Houston, TX.