Edilsa Armendariz, Ballet Instructor
Photo: IRA BAUEr-SPECTOR, 2023.
Raised in Tijuana, Mexico, Edilsa received her early training at the Gloria Campobello Dance School, supplemented her studies at Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey, San Francisco Ballet School, and later graduated from the National Ballet School in Havana, Cuba.
Over the course of her career, she has danced for San Diego Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Company C Contemporary Ballet, Bay Pointe Ballet, as well as freelancing as a guest artist in the San Francisco Bay Area and with the Ballet of Tianjin, in China. She has had the privilege to perform at the Vail Dance Festival and was a selected dancer for the National Choreographers Initiative held at University of California Irvine.
Her repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Susan Jaffe, Maurice Causey, Val Caniparoli, Vicente Nebrada, among others, and lead roles in Giselle, Coppélia, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty.