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About Katie

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Hours of Training

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Years in ballet

Originally from Sheridan, Wyoming, Katie Rideout began ballet classes at fourteen. She progressed rapidly through pre-professional training before completing high school while attending Milwaukee Ballet School. She joined Milwaukee Ballet II in 2007.

Originally from Sheridan, Wyoming, Katie Rideout began ballet classes at fourteen. She progressed rapidly through pre-professional training before completing high school while attending Milwaukee Ballet School. She joined Milwaukee Ballet II in 2007.

A severe tibial stress fracture interrupted her professional trajectory and required multiple years of recovery. Later, immersive private study with Nadia Pavlenko who fundamentally reconstructed her technique.

About Katie

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Hours of Training

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Years in ballet

Nadia Pavlenko— A master pedagogue with an international career dedicated to classical excellence and dancer development, Nadia Pavlenko trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg Russia and subsequently studied Ballet Pedagogy at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.

Nadia Pavlenko— A master pedagogue with an international career dedicated to classical excellence and dancer development, Nadia Pavlenko trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg Russia and subsequently studied Ballet Pedagogy at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.

Originally from Sheridan, Wyoming, Katie Rideout began ballet classes at fourteen. She progressed rapidly through pre-professional training before completing high school while attending Milwaukee Ballet School. She joined Milwaukee Ballet II in 2007.

A severe tibial stress fracture interrupted her professional trajectory and required multiple years of recovery. Later, immersive private study with Nadia Pavlenko who fundamentally reconstructed her technique.

the highlights
the highlights

where i've been

where i've been

the highlights

where i've been

wyoming
utah
michigan
wisconsin
oklahoma
pennsylvania
california
wyoming
utah
michigan wisconsin oklahoma pennsylvania california

Age 14—Started Ballet Classes in Sheridan, WY

Ballet West Summer Intensive

Joffrey Midwest Summer Intensive

Joffrey New York City Summer Intensive

Joffrey Midwest Summer Intensive

Age 14 Started Ballet Classes in Sheridan, WY

Ballet West Summer Intensive

Joffrey Midwest Summer Intensive

Joffrey New York City Summer Intensive

Joffrey Midwest Summer Intensive

Milwaukee Ballet School

Milwaukee Ballet Summer Intensive

Milwaukee Ballet II

Point Park University Summer Intensive

Tulsa Ballet Summer Intensive

Point Park Univesity

Tibial Stress Fracture

Multiple Years of Recovery

Intensive Private Study with Nadia Pavlenko

Pasadena Dance Theater Guest Artist Nutcracker

Intensive Private Study with Nadia Pavlenko

Pasadena Dance Theater Guest Artist Nutcracker

What I discovered

the specifity of

the specifity

vaganova

the specifity of

vaganova

My experience with Vaganova introduced me to a degree of specificity and precision I'd never encountered anywhere else in my training.

The details—the placement of the arms and hands, the direction of the head, the gaze of the eyes, the direction of a bend, the timing of each action.

I had never experienced the minutiae being taught or insisted upon. And when I incorporated them, I understood their purpose.

It's not stylistic. It's functional.

It's intelligent. It's anatomical. It's physics. It's what makes Vaganova genius.

There was a before and after for me. I experienced how these details changed my dancing. I understand why they matter.

These seemingly minor details work together to produce precise coordination. And their significance becomes increasingly apparent as the dancing gets bigger and more complex.

The genius of Vaganova revealed itself to me through its minutiae.

It's not stylistic. It's functional.

It's intelligent. It's anatomical. It's physics. It's what makes Vaganova genius.

There was a before and after for me. I experienced how these details changed my dancing, so I understand why they matter.

These seemingly minor details work together to produce precise coordination. And their significance becomes increasingly apparent as the dancing gets bigger.

The genius of Vaganova revealed itself to me through its minutiae.

And so this is what I teach.

the instruction
the instruction

What I Teach

Ms. Rideout teaches what she learned from
Nadia Pavlenko: academic Vaganova

Ms. Rideout teaches what she learned from Nadia Pavlenko: academic Vaganova

perspective

Having experienced both the eclectic approach characteristic of American ballet training and the extraordinary specificity of the Vaganova Method, she understands firsthand what dancers may be missing—even when they're already technically accomplished.

emphasis

Strength, Coordination, Technical Clarity, Placement, Musicality, Movement Dynamics

Strength, Coordination, Technical Clarity, Placement, Musicality, Movement Dynamics

experience

Katie Rideout has taught ballet, pointe, classical variations, set choreography, and served as rehearsal director in Milwaukee and the greater Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas.

beyond technique

beyond

I teach dancers how to work, too. How to be demanding about technique without being unnecessarily hard on themselves.

I teach dancers how to work, too.
How to be demanding about technique without being unnecessarily hard on themselves.

the work

the work

Intelligently

Intelligently

the body

the body

Healthfully

Healthfully

Healthfully

the mind

the mind

Objectively

Objectively

Objectively

I teach dancers how to work, too. How to be demanding about technique without being unnecessarily hard on themselves.

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