SHERI GILLER
Trainee Program Coordinator & Faculty

A native of Southern California, Ms. Giller started ballet classes in Southern California, under the private instruction of Marie Hite, from whom she received her training in the Vaganova method. In 1991 she joined Ballet Pacifica in Laguna Beach and Irvine as a company dancer under the directorship of Molly Lynch. She continued to dance and teach for the company until 2003. Her performance credits include many of the classical ballets such as The Nutcracker, Les Sylphides, and Paquita as well as works by George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, and many more contemporary works by both well established and up-and-coming choreographers. Many of the roles she performed throughout her career were created for her and she received much recognition for her precise footwork, musicality, artistic quality, and the strength and fluidity of her movement.

With a teaching career that has spanned over 35 years, Ms. Giller has held the positions of Co-Artistic Director and Ballet Mistress of both Tucson Regional Ballet in Arizona and Piedmont Ballet Theatre in North Carolina respectively. Many of her students have been accepted to and attended such summer intensive programs and year-round schools as Juilliard, Harid Conservatory, Ballet West, The Bolshoi Academy, School of American Ballet, Ballet Austin, Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Conservatory, The Ailey School, Ballet Met, The Joffrey Ballet School, and American Ballet Theatre.

Ms. Giller has earned certifications in Bikram Yoga as well as Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT). As a dance educator she is committed to providing high-caliber ballet training for all students regardless of future career goals and a motivating environment that promotes dance’s unique ability to increase each person’s self-esteem through discipline, physical awareness, and the joy of movement.