Michele Moreno

Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Michele Moreno (she/her) began her ballet training at Ballet Keyla Ermecheo where she graduated as part of Rafael Portillo, Vladimir Lopukhov, and Roumen Rachev's class. 

After graduation she was offered a contract with Ballet Metropolitano de Caracas under the direction of Keyla Ermecheo where she went from corp of ballet to coryphee.  After few years after she was offered a contract with Ballet Juvenil Teatro Teresa Carreno, under Rafael Portillo and Irina Ivanova's direction. There she had the opportunity to dance an extensive classical and neoclassical repertory including Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Four Seasons.  She returned to the Ballet Metropolitano of Caracas as soloist dancing the company's full repertory and touring internationally to Latin America and the US. After traveling to the US she decided to move to New York and started training with Natalya Stavro. Michele  currently dances for Contemporary Ballet Theater and Staten Island Ballet where she is also part of the faculty. She has been guesting at Ballet Angela Custodio and Ballet Caracol in Ibiza, Spain for the past five years.

Michele also completed the Bolshoi Ballet Academy Teacher’s Certification Level I- VIII and Partnering.  She substitutes for Natalya Stavro and Andrey Silantyev at Broadway Dance Center. In 2017 Michele became faculty member at Broadway Dance Center Children and Teens where she teaches the advanced teens and pointe classes.