Knoxville Ballet School
4535 Kingston Pike
Knoxville Tennessee 37919
865-583-0608
Deb Young, Artistic Director
In April, 2006, the ballet program at the Ice Chalet moved into Knoxville Ballet School's spacious new facilities at 4535 Kingston Pike, Down Under the Shops at Western Plaza. Just across the parking lot from the rink, the new studio is outfitted with a suspended wood floor and state-of-the-art sound system.
Classes are offered for a wide range of ages and abilities, from Pre-Primary classes for the four- to six-year-old child, to Basic Ballet for adults.
Knoxville Ballet School's Web Site
Deb Young
Artistic Director
Deb Young began classical ballet training around the age of eight under Russians Yuri and Viki Chatal at the Memphis Ballet, where her mother was an instructor and principal dancer. She also received training in the Cecchetti ballet method and syllabus at her mother’s school, the Ballet Workshop. At the age of 13, Deb won a scholarship to attend the National Academy of Dance in Champaign, Illinois, where she trained under Natalia Krassovska, Gwynne Ashton, Birute Barodicaite, Alexander Bennett, Antony Valdor, Vitale Fokine, and Buzz Miller, among others. At the National Academy of Dance, Deb studied a classical repertoire, including divertissements from Don Quixote, Les Sylphides, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, and Swan Lake, as well as choreography from musical theatre, including Bob Fosse’s The Pajama Game. Deb later moved to Denver, Colorado, where she studied with James Clauser and David Taylor at the David Taylor Dance Theatre. In 1984, she joined a small ballet company in Denver and toured with the Colorado Philharmonic. She ultimately left the world of dance to pursue an education at The University of Tennessee. Deb lives in Knoxville with her husband, Ross, and son, Bentley, who skates at the Ice Chalet.
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