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Adriana Villalva BreitweiserAdriana Villalva Breitweiser, at the age of 30, is the founder and Artistic Director of Alma y Corazón Tejano Ballet Folklórico. Adriana started developing her passion for ballet folklórico at the age of 3 years old when, after attending a local ballet folklórico performance, she asked her parents to enroll her in her first folklórico class.
Throughout the years, Adriana has received some of the highest quality of training in ballet folklórico from maestros and instructors locally and in Mexico. This training has allowed Adriana to provide thousands of community service hours by performing and teaching at hundreds of public events. Adriana was a member and choreographer of the debut ballet folklórico performance at the world-renowned Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas. Adriana has competed in numerous folklórico competitions and has won numerous solo, duet, and group awards. Since February 2008, Adriana has been teaching ballet folklórico choreography and dance technique to students ranging in ages from 3 years old to over 40. Adriana currently provides weekly instruction to academy class students and performing company members. Although Adriana places a huge emphasis on dance and her students, she is also very passionate about school and family, as she graduated with an Associates of Science in Biology and is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Education (EC-6 Core Subjects with ESL) at Texas Woman's University. Leslie Nuñez
Leslie Nuñez (19) began dancing Ballet Folklorico when she was just 13 years old at Greiner M.S in Dallas, Tx. In addition to her training at Greiner in various genres of dance, she also attended Booker T. Washington High School of the Visual and Performing Arts her Freshman year and had the opportunity to study under renowned Instructors who are pioneers and experts of many genres of dance. Due to her training, Leslie has become proficient in Classical Pointe Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz as well as other genres of dance.
Leslie has been with Alma y Corazon Tejano Ballet Folklorico since the Summer of 2018. Since beginning dancing with Alma y Corazon Tejano Ballet Folklorico, Leslie has received training from various Folklorico Maestros from Mexico as well as the U.S. She has been instrumental in award winning dances both for herself and our group at annual competitions that we attend. Leslie is currently one of our main Instructors for our Beginner and Advanced classes where she teaches basic classical ballet and folklorico technique and body control and coordination. As a recent graduate from Sunset Academy, and as the former captain of the Sunset Dance Company, Leslie frequently returns to where her love of folklorico first began by teaching master classes at Greiner M.S., as well as her high school alma mater to teach a variety of genres of dance, such as: hip hop, contemporary, folklorico and much more. She has also taught technique classes within our group to develop dancers of all ages, as she started out as our main instructor for our Beginner group. Additionally, Leslie is currently a freshman at Texas Woman's University, where she is majoring in Nursing and is a member of the Pioneer Pride Dance Team Karen Regalado
Karen Regalado (16) began dancing when she was 6 years old. She began her folklorico training with local folklorico groups, ANMBF and BHA. She also attended Greiner M.S, where she continued her Ballet Folklorico training and became proficient in other genres of dance such as: Classical Ballet, Jazz, African dance, Hip-Hop, and Modern. Karen has received training from various Folklorico Maestros both from the U.S. and Mexico, and has participated in many workshops with renowned instructors, such as the famous Amalia Hernandez Ballet Folklorico De Mexico. She has also received numerous group and individual awards in competitions around the U.S over the years. Karen is a Junior at Sunset High School, where she is a third year veteran dancer in the Varsity Sunset Bisonettes Drill Team, and is in the Sunset Dance Company, where she dances various genres of dance such as: Theatre, hip hop, Folklorico and African Dance, just to name a few. Most recently, she has taken on the responsibility of assisting and becoming a lead dancer and gives instruction at the Sunset Dance Company as well. She will also be an officer for the Sunset Dance Team for her Senior year. Karen is currently one of our assistant Instructors for our Child Beginner class where she teaches basic classical ballet and folklorico technique and body control and coordination. Although Karen is new to our main teaching staff, she is not new to teaching as she has been an assistant for a few semesters now for all ages and levels within our group. Abigail Escalon
Abigail Escalon (30) began dancing Ballet Folklorico when she was 17 years old. Abigail has been with Alma y Corazon Tejano Ballet folklorico since we were first founded back in 2012. She also has been teaching Zumba for over 5 years now and just opened her own studio with a Zumba colleague. Since beginning dancing, Abigail has received training in Ballet Folklórico from maestros and instructors from around the nation and Mexico. She has competed in many folklórico competitions throughout the years and has won numerous group, and individual awards, and has been instrumental in the success of our younger students. Abigail has been in a variety of roles within our group throughout the years, such as: the young child and adult beginner and intermediate assistant instructor, main beginner instructor, zumba instructor and she has also given various private lessons and technique instruction as well. Currently, Abigail is our main instructor for our Young Child technique class and official choreographer for all quinceañeras, weddings, and other similar events and is the lead instructor for our Young Child Beginner group. |