Karleen Quackenbush

Faculty

Karleen Quackenbush is originally from Arvada, CO, and in August of 2009, she graduated from Colorado State University with a B.A. in Dance and a Minor in English. At CSU, Karleen worked with faculty choreographers Chung-Fu Chang, Melissa Corr and Carol Roderick, as well as several guest choreographers including Mary Wohl Haan and Jacques Heim, the artistic director of Diavolo Dance Theater. She was a member of CSU’s Tour Dance Company and performed at K-12 schools throughout Colorado to share the art of dance with younger generations. Karleen also danced with Canyon Concert Ballet of Fort Collins, CO, performing in the Nutcracker and David Taylor’s Contemporary Classics. After graduating, Karleen got married and moved to Wenham, MA near Boston. There she taught ballet at the Hamilton-Wenham School of Dance, worked with Boston Ballet’s outreach program Citydance and danced with modern company Forty Steps Dance under the artistic direction of Sallee Slagle. Currently, Karleen is dancing with contemporary company Life/Art Dance Ensemble based in Golden, CO. She is thrilled to be back home in Colorado and to be working with the faculty and students at Ballet Nouveau Colorado.