Casey Davenport

Casey Davenport has been teaching and running ballet departments in the Metro area for over 22 years. He is currently serving as the Education + Outreach Coordinator for NW Dance Project and teaches on the ballet faculty. Casey has taught and trained faculties for Innovative Dance, Chehalem Valley Dance Academies, DOTY Performing Arts, Billings Performing Arts Center, a residency with da Vinci Arts Middle School and several others as well as a myriad of guest teaching around the NW. He has choreographed in partnership with Chehalem Valley Symphony for a full length student production of The Nutcracker, an abridged Dracula, and a full length Cinderella among many other works. He has staged choreography for several high school dance teams, theater departments and Clark College. Casey’s dedication to his craft is apparent in his energetic teaching style and by his consistent participation in professional development workshops, trainings, lectures, and seminars, including Pacific Northwest Ballet Teachers Seminar. Casey is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique in the Junior, Senior, and Advanced Programs. He is the founder of Ballet Teachers Unite! — an online forum with over 3,000 active members designed to build community and provide support for dance educators with an emphasis on positive and healthy ballet training practices. As a student, Casey trained with Caroline Kaiser, James Canfield, John Gardner, Sarah Rigles, and many others. Casey’s former students have gone on to study with the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Julliard, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, Dance West/ACMA, The Jefferson Dancers, Edge Performing Arts Center, Millennium Dance Complex, STEPS, and Broadway Dance Centers. His students have also received several ballet scholarships through the NYC Dance Alliance, and have performed with Oregon Ballet Theatre, Moscow Ballet, Ballet West, Portland Festival Ballet, and several cruise ships, Vegas shows, and touring Broadway shows. Casey’s joy is impacting as many students as possible with quality, conceptual and considered training, as well as humor.