Peggy Willis-Aarnio, Artistic Director / Choreo grapher
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Prof. Peggy Willis-Aarnio, PhD
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For anyone, we offer educational and entertainment products of classical ballet; for teachers, a methodical and scientific approach to the teaching of classical ballet with our teacher training programs; for students, ballet lessons for all ages; and, for the public, performances showcasing the finest in Russian Classical Ballet, including new classical choreography. Our Artistic Director and Choreographer, Dr. Peggy Willis-Aarnio, is Professor Emeritus at Texas Tech University and Former Head of their Dance Program. Presently, she is Director and Senior Pedagogue of the Willis Conservatory of Classical Ballet, and Artistic Director/Choreographer of The Willis Ballet. She is an internationally recognized author, educator, teacher, dance historian, and choreographer and is also a leading authority on the teaching method of classical dance. She offers teacher training courses, and is ready, willing and able to help teachers internationally who have the desire to learn the most modern, scientific, authoritative and most effective teaching method for classical ballet, one that has produced the greatest ballet artists of the twentieth century. Prof. Willis-Aarnio's original choreography has been seen internationally in over 400 cities, in North America and Europe with world premieres of her work in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, most notably at the Hermitage and Pushkin Theatres, the first American to choreograph Russian Classical Ballet in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, the birthplace of Russian Classical Ballet. Dedicated to Classical Ballet, she is contributing to the continued growth of the art in education by her "Classical Ballet Lesson" Video/DVD Series, sold worldwide, in Teaching, by her international Teaching Congresses, (sponsored by Infinity Ballet Conservatory of North Carolina), in Performance with her original new choreography and by her husband, Paul Aarnio's and colleague, Gary Lindsey's effort to manage, book and produce ballet tours of the highest quality of classical ballet all over North America.
Prof. Willis-Aarnio can be reached at wiballet@msn.com or telephone: 850-236-1555.
"Dedicated to the Preservation of the Complete Tradition of Classical Ballet, in Education, Teaching and Performance."