Spring Break Intensive 2026!
Coastal Dance Centre will observe Spring Break the week of April 6–10.
During this time, regular weekly classes will not be held.
However, we are pleased to offer a special training opportunity for our dancers during the break:
Spring Break Intensive with Guest Teacher Ms. Nadia Pavlenko
This focused intensive allows dancers to continue their training and refinement while school is out, without the pressure of regular academic schedules.
Regular classes will resume the following week.
We wish all of our CDC families a wonderful and refreshing Spring Break!
Additional Training Opportunity – Level 5 and Up
We are pleased to offer an additional opportunity for Level 5 and up dancers to participate in a Technique Class with Ms. Nadia Pavlenko during the Spring Break Intensive.
Technique Class
April 6–10 (Monday–Friday)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
$225
Dancers interested in participating may enroll through their Parent Portal.
International Guest Faculty: Ms. Nadia Pavlenko
We are excited to welcome back Vaganova Ballet Academy trained master teacher Nadia Pavlenko to Coastal Dance Centre. Ms. Nadia was guest faculty during our 2015 and 2017 Summer Intensives.
Ms. Nadia will be working with our dancers during our Spring Break Intensive, April 6–10, offering focused coaching and guidance as students prepare for important upcoming milestones such as our Spring Festival of Dance performances.
We are also pleased to share that Ms. Pavlenko will be part of our Summer Intensive 2026 the guest faculty, giving our dancers another wonderful opportunity to learn from her expertise.
Working with distinguished guest teachers like Ms. Pavlenko allows our students to experience the level of coaching typically found in major training programs and conservatories. We are grateful to be able to provide these meaningful learning opportunities for our dancers here at Coastal Dance Centre.
About Ms. Nadia Pavlenko:
A native of Moscow, Russia, Ms. Nadia Pavlenko graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg (class of 1989). She continued her education at the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory.
Following graduation, Ms. Nadia danced as a Soloist at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre. Eloquent and expressive, as well as a classically graceful dancer, Ms. Pavlenko performed a long list of principal roles in major ballets including The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Paquita, Coppélia, Don Quixote and many others. She toured Russia, Germany, Italy and the United States.
She is known as a talented and extremely dedicated pedagogue who has been teaching classical ballet for the past 17 years.
She was recognized by the YAGP judges as an Outstanding Teacher and has taught Master Classes throughout the United States.
Ms. Nadia has taught at numerous summer intensive programs including Ballet West Academy and Ellison Ballet.
Through her persistence and attention to details, Ms. Pavlenko’s students have been awarded numerous top prizes including Grand Prix, scholarships and received job offers at Tanzolymp (Berlin, Germany), VK International Ballet Competition, International Dance Competition (Spoleto, Italy), USA International Ballet Competition (Jackson, MS) and the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition (Hong Kong).
Ms. Nadia has taught at numerous summer intensive programs including the Ballet West Academy, Ellison Ballet, Coastal Dance Centre 2015 and 2017 Summer Intensives.
She was also the Principal of the International Ballet Academy in Cary, North Carolina and the Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah.