Patricia Storelli is a professional Ballet Teacher and choreographer who taught in most European countries and is currently a freelance Teacher in the United States.

She received her professional training at the “La Scala” Theatre Ballet School in Milan (Italy) and became a Member of the Company, where she performed in most ballets of the classical repertoire. She danced many leading roles like The Lilac Fairy and Blue Bird Pas de Deux in Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker and Giselle.

She continued her training with world renowned teachers Yvette Chauviree and Daniel Frank from the Paris Opera, Anne-Marie Holmes, former Bolshoi’s principal Irek Muhamedov, David Howard, Rosella Hightower and English National Ballet’s Artistic Director Wayne Eagling.Patricia Storelli started her teaching career at age 25 and studied with the Royal Academy of Dance to obtain her teaching qualifications. She became a Registered Teacher and Member of the Royal Academy of Dance (since 1985) after obtaining the RAD Teaching Certificate and Teaching Diploma with Anatomy and History of Ballet. She has been entering students for RAD exams since 1985 with a 100% rate of Pass and recently obtained a BA (Hons) in Dance Education from the University of Surrey (England).In 2006 she was appointed as a Mentor of the Royal Academy of Dance for candidates enrolled in the Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies. She is a free-lance writer and ballet historian and writes ballet articles for the Diary of the Royal Academy of Dance and other dance publications.Miss Storelli has been Artistic Director of West Florida Youth Ballet in Safety Harbor (Florida) for two years and she is one of the principal teachers at Etudes de Ballet in Naples and Leggz Dance Academy in Orlando. She stages the Russian version of Nutcracker every year for several schools and she is a Member of Dance Masters of America and was a ballet teacher at the Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto, Florida.

She was also the Director of the RAD curriculum at Sarasota Dance Theatre in Sarasota.Her main focus is now on education and teaching students professionally at all levels. Patricia is also an adjudicator for Dance Competitions.