LOS ANGELES BALLET ACADEMY - over 25 years of excellence in dance and home to the award-winning Los Angeles Youth Ballet & Team Theatrics, our performance and competition dance team. Founded by Andrea Paris-Gutierrez in 1992, we offer outstanding dance training and fitness programs for children and teens, with classes taught by some of the industry's leading qualified professionals in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, pilates, yoga, and PBT (progressing ballet technique). Through our pre-professional program, many of our alumni have continued on to dance at such renowned organizations as the Joffrey Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Charlotte Ballet, as well as have successful careers on Broadway.