Katherine Miranda

Teacher

PAST:

  • Trained with Phoebe Brantley for 10 years

  • Performed with Louisiana Ballet

  • Trained with Joseph Giacobbe for 4 years

  • Performed with Delta Festival Ballet

  • Attended summer programs at the North Carolina School of the Arts and the 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 23 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

PRESENT:

  • Celebrating 38 years of dance

  • Celebrating 23 years of dance education

  • Celebrating 9 years as a MDC faculty member

  • Working with the Color Guard at Denham Springs High School

FUTURE:

  • Continue her love for dance education

  • Build a strong ballet program at Machita Dance Company