Katherine Miranda

Ballet Mistress/Ballet Company Director

PAST:  

  • Trained with Phoebe Brantley for 10 years   

  • Performed with Louisiana Ballet  

  • Trained with Joseph Giacobbe for 4 years   

  • Performed with Delta Festival Ballet   

  • Trained with Harvey Hysell for 2 years

  • Performed with Hysell Ballet

  • Attended summer programs at the North Carolina School of the Arts and Joffrey Ballet: New York on scholarships   

  • Graduate of The University of Oklahoma with a BFA in Ballet Performance in 1999   

  • Performed with Oklahoma Festival Ballet and toured to Boudreaux, France   

  • Received various performance merit scholarships while attending OU   

  • A dance educator for the past 24 years in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Baton Rouge area   

  • Ballet Barre Fitness Instructor at PARDS in Denham Springs   

  • Member of Ballet for Children, a program brought into the local school systems educating children on dance and nutrition   

  • Certified in Progressing Ballet Technique

PRESENT:  

  • Celebrating 40 years of dance   

  • Celebrating 25 years of education   

  • Celebrating her 11th year as a MDC Faculty Member   

  • Working with the Color Guard at Denham Springs High School   

FUTURE:  

  • Continue her love for Dance education

  • Continue building a strong ballet program at MDC

  • Continue to grow Ballet Company, only for serious dancers who want to train and compete at the highest level