
Karen Kraft
Ballet Instructor
Trained with Thelma Young, Bill Earl, and First Chamber Dance Company of Seattle. Studied at Joffrey Ballet School in New York on scholarship and with David Howard. Invited to join Joffrey II Dancers, then asked by Robert Joffrey to join the Joffrey Ballet Company. Danced with The Spokane Ballet Company partnering with NYC Ballet and Boston Ballet Soloist Christofer Aponte. Performed for President Ronald Reagan. BA degree in Dance from the University of Washington. Over 20 years of teaching experience in the Pacific Northwest.