Taught by dancers who've lived it.
Former principal and soloist dancers from Europe's great opera houses, award-winning choreographers and master teachers — personally guiding every student.
Mark Carlson
Trained under Paul Petroff and Nana Gollner, Mark danced principal and soloist roles for over 20 years with companies in Canada, Sweden, Germany and Belgium. He later served as Associate Artistic Director of Colorado Ballet Two and company teacher for Colorado Ballet, founded IBS in 1997, and has received multiple YAGP Outstanding Teacher, Choreographer and School awards.
Sandra Kerr
Trained at the American Ballet School, Sandra was a soloist with Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Germany and later danced with Colorado Ballet. She co-founded IBS in Littleton in 2000, is a 14-time YAGP Outstanding Teacher, and designs costumes and stages productions for International Youth Ballet.
Charis Spencer
A Denver native who trained at IBS from age 8, Charis earned her B.A. from CU Boulder and has taught at IBS since 2014. She leads Pre-Ballet, Creative Movement and Level 1 — and performs in The Nutcracker every year.
Victoria Spangler
Victoria holds a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography from CU Boulder and performed with Louder Than Words Dance Theatre. Teaching across Denver and Boulder since 2007, she leads children's ballet, contemporary and acro, and her choreography has won awards at numerous competitions.
Olivier Pardina
French-trained former principal dancer, former artistic director of the Nice Opera Ballet school, and Principal Teacher of Miami City Ballet School's Pre-Professional division.
Nikoloz Makhateli
Principal dancer for 26 years with the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Georgia, trained in the Vaganova tradition with choreography studies in St. Petersburg.
Additional faculty: Giana Jigarhan (ballet) · Marina Oreshkevich (character)
We call ourselves International Ballet School because we train stylistically versatile dancers who go on to dance all over the world.— Mark Carlson & Sandra Kerr, Artistic Directors
Every great dancer starts with a first class.
Try a complimentary class, meet our faculty and see the studio. We'll recommend the right level for your dancer — no pressure, no experience needed.