Irina Cheng, Guest Instructor
Irina joined Champaign Ballet Academy in 2007 and began performing with Champaign Urbana Ballet in 2011. As a company dancer with Champaign Urbana Ballet, she danced the roles of Sugarplum Fairy, Rose Queen, and Clara in The Nutcracker, Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, and Pas de Trois in Swan Lake. Irina began teaching at CBA teaching in 2018. Currently, Irina is conducting post baccalaureate research at Northwestern University relating to otolaryngology and biomedical engineering; in her spare time, she choreographs for the Northwestern Typhoon Chinese Dance Troupe.