NINA MONTEIRO BALLET SCHOOL

Nina Monteiro Ballet School is a well stablished school in Hersham, Surrey and East London.
Now in Blackheath, we aim to continue to provide high-quality dance education to students of all ages and backgrounds, creating a supportive and inclusive environment where children feel comfortable and encouraged to develop their skills. <3

Creativity | Artistry | Kindness | Confidence

Nina Monteiro, our Principal Teacher, was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
At the age of six, she was introduced to ballet at the Grupo Cultural de Dança – Ilha, and fell in love. Whilst ballet was her passion, she also took lessons in Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop.
During her ten years at the GCDI, Miss Nina was chosen to perform in every show and frequently represented them at national and international festivals and competitions with huge successes in both technical and artistic performance.
In 2006, at the age of 20, the School Director Patricia Marques, invited Miss Nina to work as her rehearsal assistant and ballet teacher. It was as if ballet had defined her, but teaching had taught her to make a difference.
Miss Nina’s professional dance career began in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2007 at the Balé Teatro Guaíra, where she performed various classical and contemporary pieces such as The Nutcracker and Treze Gestos de um Corpo by Olga Roriz.
In 2009 Nina moved to Germany to work with Theater Nordhausen Ballett where she was able to co-create many of the leading roles she was given.
She then moved to England in 2011 which now feels like home. In 2013 Nina had the opportunity of returning to the stage as a guest artist with Koblenz Ballett in Germany, by invitation of Steffen Fuchs, director of the company. In this short contract, Miss Nina danced a role created for her and shared the stage with artists from all over the world.
Miss Nina has been fortunate to work as ballet tutor at a number of dance schools and studios in London before being presented with a beautiful opportunity: to lead her own dance school.