ABOUT OUR SCHOOL
Our school is dedicated to providing high-quality ballet education in a nurturing and inspiring environment. Rooted in strong classical technique, our training emphasizes artistry, discipline, and a love for movement. We believe every student deserves thoughtful instruction, personal attention, and the opportunity to grow both as a dancer and an individual. From their first plié to the stage, we are committed to guiding each dancer with care, excellence, and integrity.
OUR DIRECTOR
CAROLINE ARNOLD ALEXANDER - Director/Ballet Instructor
Caroline Arnold Alexander has been teaching and coaching classical ballet in Aledo for the past 7 years. Caroline began her training at the age of five in Palm City, Florida. At the age of 10, she moved to Texas and began her pre-professional training with Lisa Slagle, and continued her training with renowned classical ballet teacher Fiona Fairrie. Caroline spent her last years of high school training in the residency program at Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy. She attended Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music on scholarship, studying under Michael Vernon and with distinguished ballerina Violette Verdy. She left Indiana University after her junior year of college to join Kansas City Ballet and completed her degree while dancing professionally, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance. Caroline danced professionally as an apprentice with Kansas City Ballet, and in the corps de ballet with Ballet West, and with the Romanian National Ballet.
Caroline opened Aledo Academy of Ballet in January 2019 and began her nonprofit student ensemble, Aledo Ballet Studio Company, in the Fall of 2021. In 2023 Caroline introduced the Pre-Professional Training Division of AAB, and currently coaches several advanced dancers who have represented Aledo Academy of Ballet at various competitions across the United States. Since the Pre-Pro Division's inception her students have represented and placed at multiple prominent ballet competitions including Youth America Grand Prix Regional Competition and Finals, Youth International Ballet Competition, and Universal Ballet Competition.
Caroline is certified in Maria Walton-Mahon's Progressing Ballet Technique and has studied under Lisa Howell, owner of The Ballet Blog, for her Level 1 Teacher Training, and her Level 2 Pointe Intensive, Flexibility Intensive, and the Training Turnout in Tiny Dancers Intensive. Caroline has attended Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet's Teacher Workshop for five summers studying and learning Marcia Dale Weary's syllabus and teaching method. She is a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science, and currently working to become a NASM Certified Personal Trainer with a specialization in Stretching and Flexibility and Corrective Exercise.
OUR INSTRUCTORS
