CFDE Summer Guest Instructor

2025 CFDE Summer Guest Instructor

Ballet Spartanburg's Center for Dance Education is pleased to welcome, Yvonne Racz, as our 2025 Summer Guest Instructor. Yvonne is the artistic director of Ballet Lubbock and an adjunct at Texas Tech University. She is a School of American Ballet Visiting Fellow 2021-22 and a Functional Awareness® and Anatomy in Action educator. She is a Fulbright Scholar and taught at the Hungarian Dance University January-June 2024. She danced professionally with Maryland Ballet, Desrosiers Dance Theatre, Urban Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispanico of N.Y., and Cirque Du Soleil and has taught internationally in Mexico and Hungary. Ms. Racz has a TEDx talk on the positive effects of  dance training, and awards include the Arts Alliance Dynamic Force ACE, YWCA's Woman of Excellence in Culture, LHUCA Performing Arts and NDEO award for Outstanding Leadership Award in Independent Sector. She holds an MFA from Texas Tech and a BA from the University of Utah. Yvonne's artistic direction promotes cultural vibrancy and inclusive representation through performances, curriculum, representation in the faculty, and dance history education. To learn more about Yvonne, click the link below: 

Yvonne Racz

 

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Carlos Agudelo, 2023 SC Governor's Award for an Individual

Ballet Spartanburg's Artistic Director, Carlos Agudelo, was awarded the South Carolina Governor's Award from the South Carolina Arts Commission on May 23, 2023, at the Chapman Cultural Center. The award was presented by Mr. David Platt, Executive Director of the South Carolina Arts Commission. "We recognize the unparalleled energy, enthusiasm, devotion and love for dance that Carlos has gifted to our community out of his passion for all to experience the arts for the past 32 years. We are overjoyed that Carlos has been recognized by the South Carolina Arts Commission, " Teresa S. Berline, Executive Director. "The South Carolina Arts Commission is an extraordinary organization in our state which promotes and advocates opportunities in the arts which values equality, access, diversity and inclusion. Ballet Spartanburg is honored by the support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the recognition of Carlos Agudelo."

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