Michele Jimenez

Michele Jimenez serves as a guest ballet master and repetiteur at the Dutch National Ballet Academy within Amsterdam University of the Arts' Academy of Theatre and Dance. A former principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet and The Washington Ballet, she brings 20 years of stage experience performing diverse repertoire under leading choreographers to her pedagogical work.

Her expertise centers on classical ballet technique and artistry, enhanced by Royal Academy of Dance registration and Progressing Ballet Technique certification. Teaching philosophy emphasizes:

• Technical precision through anatomically informed training
• Artistic expression developed via performance experience
• Repertoire authenticity in staging classical works

Born in America and raised in the Dominican Republic where she began training, Jimenez transitioned directly from performing to ballet master roles. Her current work focuses on coaching academy students for productions like Swan Lake while transmitting professional standards developed through two decades at the highest level of ballet performance.