DTH On Demand: LIVE Open Class

Ballet for Everyone
Dance Theatre of Harlem School Instructor
Rita Castro De Silva-Bearden

Rita Castro, Porto, Portugal (M.A) graduated from NYU Steinhardt Dance Education Master’s Program, ABT Ballet Pedagogy Concentration in December 2016. In 2011, she became an external student in the National Conservatory of Dance in Lisbon, where she trained with Vaganova certified teachers. She was a member of two contemporary dance companies in Portugal, DLWorks and Project ANIMA, where she also taught ballet, modern, creative movement and jazz dance. Between 2013 and 2015, Ms. Rita was full-time faculty at the Regional Conservatory of Alhandra, in Lisbon. She is also ABT certified teacher in all levels. Ms. Rita currently teaches at Dance Theatre of Harlem and is a Teaching Artist for American Ballet Theatre’s Outreach programs.