Nadiene Gibney -
CECCHETTI BALLET DIRECTOR , BALLET TEACHER
Nadiene Gibney – Licentiate CC-CICB, MBATD, RSOBHD Adjudicator World Wide Judges Panel, ACTRA
Nadiene Gibney received her early ballet training in Toronto, Ontario under the tutelage of Gladys Forrester. She then began her professional training at Canada’s National Ballet School in their Junior Associate Program, and was accepted to the School as a full-time student.
Nadiene continued her training at Canada’s National Ballet School in the Teacher Training Program, where she graduated with Honours, receiving Distinction on her Cecchetti Associate exam, under the direction of Carole Chadwick, Mary Goodhew and Anuschka Roes. During her many years at the school, she was fortunate to work with many renowned teachers including Glenn Gilmour, Laurel Toto, Shirley Tetreau, Deborah Hess, Carina Bomers, Rosalie Brake, and Deborah Bowes.
Nadiene has trained extensively in ballet and modern dance, receiving several awards for Excellence in Dance, as a dance major at Etobicoke School of the Arts.
She has been teaching ballet for 25 years and has achieved her Licentiate designation from Cecchetti Canada. She also holds her ISTD Associate, National Dance Branch, and her Members BATD.
Miss Gibney has taught at several prestigious studios in Ontario, and has been the Director of several excellent ballet programs in the province as well, including the Sean Boutilier Academy of Dance, where she taught for 12 years, directing the Special Ballet Training Program. Nadiene’s teaching has taken her across Canada and the United States, as well as to the United Kingdom and South Africa.
Nadiene has trained numerous dancers who went on to attend The Juilliard School and The Joffrey School of Ballet in New York City, Canada’s National Ballet School, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and Boston Contemporary. Many of her students now perform in major dance companies around the world.
Some highlights of Miss Gibney’s teaching career include several summers on the Faculty of the American Academy of Ballet in New York City, held at SUNY Purchase, for Mignon Furman, guest teaching and lecturing in Los Angeles, South Africa, and the U.K., and being on the Academic Faculty at Canada’s National Ballet School, teaching History of Art and Ballet.