Owner and Director Milena Garcia

She began her professional training at the age of nine at the Vocational Arts School in Matanzas, Cuba. She graduated in 2010 as a professional ballet dancer and  ballet teacher. During her professional career in Cuba, she performed numerous classical Grand Pas de Deux, including Esmeralda, La Fille Mal Gardée, Don Quixote, Satanella, Diana and Acteon, Flames of Paris, and The Slave and the Merchant.

After arriving in the United States, Milena García competed at the World Ballet Competition, where she won a Gold Medal. In 2013, she joined Cincinnati Ballet, performing in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Camelot (choreography by Victoria Morgan), and Symphony in C by George Balanchine. In 2015, she joined Oklahoma City Ballet as a Soloist, performing leading and soloist roles such as Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Odalisques in Dennis Spaight’s Scheherazade.

In addition to her performing career, Milena García is an accomplished ballet teacher, coach, and choreographer. She has prepared students for prestigious international ballet competitions such as Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) and Universal Ballet Competition (UBC), with her students achieving excellent results . She has also choreographed numerous pieces for ballet competitions, earning outstanding results, including multiple Top 3 overall placements. Milena García is an ABT® Certified Teacher, having successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum, and she is also a certified Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) instructor.