Dance Instructors
Michele Cox is the Director of Atlantic Ballet Company. Ms. Cox instructs Classical Ballet levels I - III, Junior Ballet, Jazzin' Hip-Hop and Pointe in four MidCoast locations.
Although Atlantic Ballet Company located at 27 Knowlton Street in Camden, houses many of the school's classes, Ms. Cox has extended her instruction to three outreach facilities: Waterfall Arts, Waldo County YMCA and Camden-Rockport Elementary School.
A co-founding member of P2P Dance and its performing arm, Atlantic Ballet Company, Ms. Cox studied classical ballet, modern, jazz and African dance with such renown artists as Sara Yarborough, a soloist with the Alvin Ailey Company, Andrei Bossov, soloist with the Kirov Ballet and Marinsky Theater, Sharon Dante, director of Nutmeg Conservatory of the Arts, Arthur Hall of Philadelphia and Robert Steele, soloist with Boston Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet.
After performing many dance roles choreographed by these artists, she furthered her dance and instructor training at Bates College, Duke University, Manhattanville College and Portland Ballet.
Ms. Cox is a lead choreographer and performer in ABC's annual spring and summer performances, as well as the annual "Nutcracker" Ballet, a highlight of Midcoast Maine's, Christmas by the Sea holiday celebration.
Heather Cox, Artistic Director of Atlantic Ballet Company, instructor, choreographer and lead performer. Having begun her formal Dance training at the age of seven, Ms. Cox furthered her studies in the pre-professional training program at Nutmeg Conservatory of the Arts in Torrington, Connecticut. She studied with such artists as Eleanor D'Antuono (Joffrey and ABT), Sharon Dante, Alexei Tchernichov, and later with Andrei Bossov, soloist with the Kirov Ballet and Marinsky Theatre, Gayla Zukevich, director of Ballet Michigan, and Robert Steele, soloist with Boston Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet.
Ms. Cox has performed professionally with ballet companies throughout New England and California, such as New Simsbury Light Opera, Centennial Theater, State Street Ballet Company, Robinson Ballet Company, Bossov Ballet Theatre, Nutmeg Ballet. Her lead roles as principal dancer includes, Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Snow Queen, Spanish, Mouse Queen, Giselle, Cinderella, The Christmas Angel, Paper Ballerina, Queen Ravenna, Maleficient and Jasmine. She's also performed lead roles in Raymonda, Firebird, Carmen, Voices of Spring, Holly and Ivy and Storybook Princesses.