Eleanor Kraatz, Ballet Instructor
Eleanor Kraatz has been dancing with Champaign Ballet Academy since 2010. As a fifth-year company member at Champaign Urbana Ballet she has performed the roles of Clara, Rose Queen, and Ribbon Candy Lead in The Nutcracker, Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, Bossy the Crab in The Little Mermaid, and the Black Swan in Swan Lake. Under the direction of Deanna Doty and Tobey Martinez Eleanor began teaching at CBA in 2022. Currently, she is studying Biology on a Pre-Dentistry Track at the University of Illinois.