22 Aug Stacey Slichter
Originally from Miami, Florida, Stacey began her love of dance at the age of seven, under the direction of Gloria Gaither, Judith Newman, Mariana Alvarez Brake and Lynne Dreeson. During the summers, Stacey trained on scholarship with The Houston Ballet Academy. She attended and graduated from The Harid Conservatory. At Harid, she had the honor of studying with Marjorie Tallchief, Tina Santos-Wahl, Olivier Pardina, and Demetrius Klein; as well as working with Maria Tallchief, David Howard, Violette Verdy, Igor Youskevitch, among many others. At the age of 17, Stacey received a contract with The Sarasota Ballet of Florida. While there, she performed in numerous productions. She was also a guest performer with the Sarasota Opera. She danced with Ballet Eddy Toussaint, USA as a principal artist. She performed the lead in Toussaint’s collaborated production of “Mystere de Quebec” which premiered in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Stacey joined Ballet Memphis and danced for two seasons in a myriad of productions. Stacey then joined Atlanta Ballet in 1998, under the direction of John McFall. For six seasons she danced in a number of notable shows. Some of her favorites were Michael Pink’s “Dracula”, “Romeo and Juliet”, and “Hunchback of Notre Dame”. She also enjoyed dancing a lead in Lila York’s “Rapture”. After leaving the Atlanta Ballet, Stacey began her freelance career. She has enjoyed performing with many great organizations such as Bacchus Productions, Room to Move, Brooks and Company, Georgia Ballet, Statesboro Youth Ballet, Sawnee Ballet Theatre, Wilmington Ballet Theatre, Nutcracker Dublin, Carrollton Performing Arts and North Atlanta Dance Theatre.
Stacey began her teaching career 25 years ago. She has taught for Atlanta Ballet Center for Dance Education, and has worked for North Atlanta Dance Academy for the past 15 years. She has also been a guest teacher for Sugarloaf Performing Arts, Emory University, Kennesaw State University, Wilmington School of Ballet, Project Dance, 30A Ballet, Perimeter Ballet, Dance 101, Pebblebrook High School, Praise in Motion, and The Harid Conservatory, among others. She loves getting to teach for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, whenever they are in the Atlanta area. Stacey recently co-choreographed and acted as Artistic Director for Aiken Civic Ballet’s 2022 Nutcracker. She is also currently in her second year as ballet mistress for Gwinnett Ballet.
She is thrilled to be on faculty at Tolbert Yilmas School of Dance this year!