Instructor

VIRGINIA HOLTE

Classical Ballet

Virginia Holte is the Founder and Artistic Director of West Hawaii Dance Theatre, Guest Instructor, Choreographer for the Maui Academy of Performing Arts, and Founder of West Hawaii Island GYROTONIC®

A graduate of the Academy of the Washington Ballet, Washington D.C under the direction of the  Mary Day, Ms Holte enjoyed professional career in Classical Ballet that spans over three decades.

As a professional dancer, Ms. Holte performed extensively with major dance companies, including the Washington Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Chicago Ballet and Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, touring both nationally and internationally. She is often invited to perform as a Guest Artist, with the New Jersey Ballet, Hawaii Youth Symphony, Indiana Ballet Theatre N.W. and the Ballet Gala Internationale.

As an instructor, she received certification in both the Ceccheti and Vaganova methods of Classical Ballet, and is experienced in the R.A.D Method.  A teaching Certificate from the National Ballet of Canada and instructing students in the Hawaiian Islands  for over 30 years inspired Ms. Holte to create her own ballet syllabus,which combines the best of all three methodologies and incorporates injury prevention for young dancers.

 Ms. Holte has been educating  Hawaii's community in dance  since 1986 with daily classes, outreach school presentations,and historical theatrical performances. Audiences in Hawaii have been privy to viewing such full length productions as The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Sylvia, Swan Lake, and Gaite Parisienne to name a few.

Many of Virginia's students have gone on to  Professional careers in Dance, including Quinn Wharton, San Francisco Ballet, and  Miho Morinoue, Complexions. Ms. Holte's students, all of whom she began training at a very early age, are successsful in being chosen for national Summer School Trainings, such as American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Bolshoi Academy, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Carolina Ballet, Ballet West, North Carolina School of the Arts, New York City Ballet, Portland Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Rydra Bejart Ballet-Switzerland and Boston Ballet. Other students , college bound, are invited to participate in the highest level college dance classes or companies, such as  at Stanford, Yale, Cornish Institute,USC, Irvine, and Tisch College, NYC.  2015 Miss Hawaii  Jeanne Kapela  was trained by Ms Holte in ballet won the talent competion with a  lyrical dance.

From the youngest , aspiring dancer, though adults, beginner through professional, Virginia's classes are taught with care and consideration to each individual's needs.

MAUI

Virginia offers ballet classes at The Maui Academy of Performing Arts, Wailuku, Maui

Class Schedule:

Tuesdays & Wednesdays                   Thursdays

3:30pm-4:30pm  Ballet I/II                  3:30pm-4:30pm Ballet II Pointe

4:30pm-5:30pm Ballet II/III                 4:30pm-5:30pm Ballet II Pointe Center work

5:30pm-6:30pm Ballet II/III

6:30pm-8:30pm Ballet IV

Click Here for more information and to register for classes:

http://www.mauiacademy.org

BIG ISLAND

Virginia offers ballet classes at West Hawaii Dance Theatre & Academy, Kailua-Kona, Big Island

      Monday                                 Friday                                          Saturday

5:00-6:00pm Ballet II/III               10:00-11:15am Adult Ballet            11:45-1:00pm Adv. Ballet

6:00-7:00pm Pointe                                                                             1:00pm-2:00pm   Pointe/Performance Group

Click Here for more information and to register for classes:

http://www.whdt.org

PRIVATE Lessons and Coaching BY REQUEST