Charmaine Tocci

Charmaine has taught ballet throughout the Capital Region for more than 25 years. She was the director/owner of Classique Dance School for ten years. Later she taught for The Guilderland Ballet, Albany Dance Institute, EBA Center for Dance, and other local studios. Her experience includes teaching and choreographing for children, teens, adults, and dance competition teams.  Charmaine believes that you never stop learning and has continued to pursue her passion for ballet by attending dance workshops and master classes whenever she can.  She has trained with many notable dancers and teachers including Elisabeth Carroll, Violette Verdy, Suki Shorer, Elena Tchernikova, Michael Steele and David Otto.