Angelina Meany

Teaches at Your Neighborhood Studio

Angelina began her dance training in Boise, Idaho, where she studied and performed with the American Festival Ballet Company (now Ballet Idaho). In Los Angeles, she attended Loyola Marymount University, where she attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance. Her post-graduate collaborative works in film and video have been screened locally and in Europe. Ms. Meany has danced professionally throughout the Los Angeles area with the groups Sarah Elgart and Company and Katja Beisanz Dance Theatre. Most recently, she was a principal dancer for the regional modern dance company Donna Stenberg and Dancers, who she danced with until 2002. As a teacher, Ms. Meany has studied ballet’s Vaganova technique, most recently at a summer intensive at the St. Petersburg Academy in Russia, as well as Royal Academy of Dancing, and Cecchetti Methods. She incorporates elements of each style and method into her ballet classes. Angelina is regularly invited to teach ballet at UC Irvine’s Annual California Dance and Movement Workshop for Educators. She has taught ballet at many LA area studios, including Zeal Studios, The Tap Academy and Westside Academy of Ballet, in classes and private lessons. Ms. Meany taught ballet for beginning through advanced levels at Pasadena City College from 2003-2006. Angelina is currently on the faculty at Santa Monica College, where she has taught all levels of ballet since 1997.