Harmonic Motion was honored to welcome Dr. Peggy Willis-Aarnio to Rockwall.

She is currentl traveling the country auditioning dancers for The Saint Petersburg Ballet Theatre of Marina Medvetskaya's performance of The Nutcracker.

Dr. Aarnio spent an action-packed 5 days with us teaching professional students their daily academic lessons.

Below are some pictures of our memorable week.  It was truly an honor and is always inspiring to have Dr. Aarnio with us.  We look forward to many more visits in the future as we continue to work toward mastering this beautiful and challenging art form!

 For more information regarding performances of The Nutcracker, please visit www.willisballet.com

Enjoy the pictures!!!

A visit from

Dr. Peggy Willis-Aarnio

Dr. Peggy Willis-Aarnio is Professor Emeritus and a member of the Graduate Faculty in  the Department of Theatre and Dance, former Head of the Dance Program at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.  She was also a former soloist with the Fort Worth Ballet in Fort Worth, Texas.  She received her B.F.A. and her M.F.A. Degrees from Texas Christian University in 1970 and 1972, respectively and her Ph.D. in 2002 from Mellen University.
 She has continued her professional development with a series of post-graduate pedagogical studies with John Barker of New York, and Valentina Roumiantseva of the Vaganova Ballet Academy of Saint-Petersburg, Russia.  In 1992, she received an invitation to complete her (advanced level) pedagogical studies in Teaching Method at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, where she became the first American Ballet Teacher to be sanctioned as a "Certified Practitioner and Teacher of the Teaching Method of Classical Ballet."To view more pictures from our wonderful week of lessons with Dr. Aarnio.