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Adriana Villalva BreitweiserAdriana Villalva Breitweiser, at the age of 31, is the founder and Artistic Director of Alma y Corazón Tejano Ballet Folklórico. She started developing her passion for ballet folklórico at the age of 3 years old when, after attending a local ballet folklórico performance, she asked her parents to enroll her in her first folklórico class. She is a wife and mother to 3 boys.
Throughout the years, Adriana has received some of the highest quality of training in ballet folklórico from maestros and instructors in the U.S and in Mexico. Adriana has provided thousands of community service hours by performing and teaching. Adriana was a member and choreographer of the debut ballet folklórico performance at the world-renowned Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas. Adriana has competed in numerous folklórico competitions and has won numerous solo, duet, and group awards. Since February 2008, Adriana has been teaching ballet folklórico choreography and dance technique to students ranging in ages from 3 years old to over 40. She most recently served on the panel of esteemed expert judges for the North Texas Ballet Folklorico Competition in 2024, piloted and established a Folklorico program for Terrell ISD and led ACTBF in being the premiere dance group for the Texas Rangers at the new GlobeLife Field. Adriana currently provides weekly instruction to all performing company members, sets choreography as a guest master instructor for various schools and groups, choreographs quinceaneras, hosts workshops and dance intensives. Although Adriana places a huge emphasis on dance and her students, she is also very passionate about school and family, as she graduated with an Associates of Science in Biology and is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Education (EC-6 Core Subjects with ESL) at Texas Woman's University. Leslie Nuñez
Leslie Nuñez (20) began dancing Ballet Folklorico when she was just 13 years old at Greiner M.S in Dallas, Tx. In addition to her training at Greiner in various genres of dance, she also attended Booker T. Washington High School of the Visual and Performing Arts her Freshman year and had the opportunity to study under pioneers and experts of many genres of dance. Due to her training, Leslie has become proficient in Classical Pointe Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz as well as other genres of dance.
Leslie has been with Alma y Corazon Tejano Ballet Folklorico since the Summer of 2018. Since beginning dancing with Alma y Corazon Tejano Ballet Folklorico, Leslie has received training from various Folklorico Maestros from Mexico as well as the U.S. She has been instrumental in award winning dances both for herself and our group at annual competitions. Leslie is currently one of our Lead Instructors for our Dance Intensives and workshops we host for local schools, and choreographs quinceañeras. She is instrumental in the development of dancers in all of our performing groups as she initially started as our Lead Beginner Instructor and was our Interim Lead Maestra for all groups while our Artistic Director lived out of state for 3 years. As the former captain of the Sunset Dance Company, Leslie frequently returns to teach master classes at Greiner M.S., as well as her high school alma mater to teach a variety of genres of dance, such as: hip hop, contemporary, folklorico and much more. Additionally, Leslie is currently a junior at Texas Woman's University, where she is majoring in Nursing and is a member and the Game Day Leader of the Pioneer Pride Dance Team Carolina Gonzalez
Carolina Gonzalez (16) began dancing when she was 3 years old. Carolina is a homegrown Alma y Corazon Tejano Ballet Folklorico dancer who has been with us from the beginning! Throughout her years dancing she has quickly risen to be one of our principle dancers and helps oversee the development of dancers in all of our performing groups. She has received training from Folklorico Maestros both from the U.S. and Mexico, and has also received numerous group and individual awards in competitions over the years. She has been instrumental in winning numbers at competitions. Caro is a Junior at Life High School Waxahachie, where she is also a Mustang Mentor for incoming Freshmen to get accommodated in their new school Carolina is currently our Lead Assistant Instructor for our Beginner and Intermediate classes where she teaches folklorico technique, presence, coordination and choreographs many of the dances seen at performances. Carolina also provides private lessons year round to better all members of our group.
Abigail Escalon
Abigail Escalon (32) began dancing Ballet Folklorico when she was 17 years old. Abigail has been with Alma y Corazon Tejano Ballet folklorico since we were first founded back in 2012. She also has been teaching Zumba for over 5 years now and just opened her own studio with a Zumba colleague. Since beginning dancing, Abigail has received training in Ballet Folklórico from maestros and instructors from around the nation and Mexico. She has competed in many folklórico competitions throughout the years and has won numerous group, and individual awards, and has been instrumental in the success of our younger students. Abigail has been in a variety of roles within our group throughout the years, such as: the young child and adult beginner and intermediate assistant instructor, main beginner instructor, zumba instructor and she has also given various private lessons and technique instruction as well. Currently, Abigail is our official choreographer for all quinceañeras, weddings, and other similar events! |
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