About: Kristine Elliott
Kristine Elliott, born in Oakland, California, and raised in San Mateo, trained with renowned teacher Richard Gibson before joining the Stuttgart Ballet at 18. After five years, she joined American Ballet Theatre as a soloist under Lucia Chase and later Mikhail Baryshnikov. After a decade with ABT, she transitioned to teaching, becoming an ABT Certified Teacher. Her passion for sharing ballet's transformative power led her to South Africa, where she began teaching young people in impoverished townships, inspiring the Gugulethu Ballet Project, now celebrating its 20th anniversary. Today, she imparts her love of dance and high professional standards to students of all ages.
