Brenda R. Neville - Founder, Artistic Director
For over two decades, Brenda R. Neville performed in over 18 different countries including Argentina, China, Hungary, Japan, Romania and Spain with companies such as the Milwaukee Ballet, Indianapolis Dance Company, AllNations Dance Company, Marc DeGarmo & Dancers and Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn. An extremely versatile singer and actress as well, she trained at the Lee Strasburg Actor’s Studio in NYC and performed lead roles in numerous, regional musical productions such as “Footloose”, “My Fair Lady”, “La Cage aux Folles”, and “Crazy for You”. She has appeared in several film and commercial roles, including Radius Square Times Heart, which won Best Comedy short film at the Manhattan Film Festival and Audience Award at the New York Japan Cinefest, and in Episode 3 of the Ron Howard docu-series about the School of American Ballet 'OnPointe'. She trained and performed with a wide roster of renown artists including Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Cervila Jr., Jose Molina, Soledad Barrio, Magdalena, Sean Curran, Elizabeth Parkinson, Niall O’Leary, Marjorie Mussman, Graciela Kozak and Diana Cartier and at schools including The Ailey School, American Ballet Theatre, the Milwaukee Ballet School, Miami City Ballet School, and Peridance.
An active dance teacher, Brenda's teaching credits include Junior Division ballet at The Ailey School, Advanced Ballet and Pointe at Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn, open Flamenco and Argentine Tango classes at Steps on Broadway, and guest teaching workshops and intensives at various studios and schools around the country. Her students have been accepted into some of the most prestigious and reputable dance programs, colleges, and companies in the country, including American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, LaGuardia Performing Arts High School, The Ailey School, Point Park College, and on Broadway.
Brenda led the US Retail Department & NYC Boutique for Freed of London for over 13 years, gaining a nationally renown reputation as one of the countries leading, expert ballet pointe shoe fitters, and aided in the development and launch of the Gaynor Minden pointe shoe. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Neville Dance Theatre and an original co-founder of World Dance Theatre. She is a graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana where she received a B.A. in Dance Pedagogy, cum laude and is an ABT Certified Teacher, having successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Primary - Level 5 of the ABT National Training Curriculum.
An active dance teacher, Brenda's teaching credits include Junior Division ballet at The Ailey School, Advanced Ballet and Pointe at Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn, open Flamenco and Argentine Tango classes at Steps on Broadway, and guest teaching workshops and intensives at various studios and schools around the country. Her students have been accepted into some of the most prestigious and reputable dance programs, colleges, and companies in the country, including American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, LaGuardia Performing Arts High School, The Ailey School, Point Park College, and on Broadway.
Brenda led the US Retail Department & NYC Boutique for Freed of London for over 13 years, gaining a nationally renown reputation as one of the countries leading, expert ballet pointe shoe fitters, and aided in the development and launch of the Gaynor Minden pointe shoe. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Neville Dance Theatre and an original co-founder of World Dance Theatre. She is a graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana where she received a B.A. in Dance Pedagogy, cum laude and is an ABT Certified Teacher, having successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Primary - Level 5 of the ABT National Training Curriculum.