Ava Teague, Ballet Instructor
Ava Teague started her time at Champaign Ballet Academy in 2016 as a soldier in The Nutcracker. She later went on to start dancing with CBA in 2017. As a company member with CU Ballet, she has performed in The Nutcracker in roles such as Clara, Rose Queen, and Arabian Princess; in The Sleeping Beauty a Jewel; in Swan Lake as Big Swan and Pas de Trois; in The Little Mermaid as a Bathing Beauty. Ava began teaching ballet at CBA under the direction of Deanna Doty and Tobey Martinez in 2021. Ava is a Freshman majoring in Biochemistry at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. After college Ava plans to pursue a career as a Forensic Scientist.