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Welcome Note/Introduction to EAD:

 
Welcome to Elements Academy of Dance!
 
Our mission is to bring professional level ballet training to the Brazos Valley, providing students with the space and opportunity to grow not only as dancers, but also as individuals.
 
At EAD, we strive to teach exceptional technical skills alongside confidence, discipline, accountability, persistence, respect for oneself and others, and how to protect one’s physical and mental health. We offer individualized instruction built around a comprehensive plan designed to help each dancer achieve their unique goals.
 
Artistic Directors John and Aya Reid encourage open and honest communication, which promotes trust, respect, engagement, and growth and reduces anxiety and conflict. Our goal is to create an inclusive studio family and an environment in which every dancer feels like they belong.
 
Welcome to EAD family. We’re glad you’re here.
 
John and Aya Reid, Artistic Directors
Elements Academy of Dance
 
Feel the Change. See the Difference.

4202 Hwy 6  College Station, TX 77845

(281) 740-8166

 

John Henry Reid, Co-Artistic Director/Owner

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Born in Houston, Texas, John Henry Reid began his training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the direction of Ben Stevenson. He started his training in a young mens program at the age of 10 and graduated from Houston Ballet Academy at the age of 20. While there he study many different dance styles including classical ballet, partnering, character, mordern, jazz and many others, and he was also the first to receive the Ben Stevenson Scholarship award. Upon his graduation from the academy, John was asked to join Texas Ballet Theater. At Texas Ballet he performed many principle roles from the Nutrcracker Prince, Franz in Coppelia, Peer Gynt in Ben Stevenson’s Peer Gynt and Ben Stevenson’s End of Time pas de duex. He spent the next seven years dancing for companies like Colorado Ballet, where he met and danced for Martin Fredmann, to Complexions Contemporary Ballet in New York, and City Ballet of San Diego. He has guested for Cincinnati Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, Twin City Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet Rep Ballet, Uptown Street Dance Company, Ballet Artisan, and the University of Oklahoma.

His repertoire includes leading roles in Dracula, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Celts, Company B, 9 Sinatra Songs, Swan Lake, Walpurgisnacht, and many more contemporary ballets choreographed by choreographers such as Dwight Rhoden, Igal Perry, Jessica Lang, Darrell Grand-moultrie, Jo Funaki, and others.

Mr. Reid spent eight years continuing to expand his extensive repertoire while dancing, teaching, choreographing, and coaching in Japan. His choreographic works have been set on companies and schools across Japan.

Mr. Reid was the principle ballet instructor for The Ballet Academy at Suzanne's School of Dance and is currently on the faculty of Vitacca School For Dance Houston. He has also worked with Ballet Brazos as Ballet Master and part of the Artistic Staff.

Aya Reid, Co-Artistic Director/Owner

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Born in Osaka, Aya Reid began her ballet training at Homura Tomoi ballet school in Osaka. She was trained in Vaganova. Her teachers were Makio Homura, Toyoko Miyamoto, and Emiko Inoue. During that time she attended The School of Kirov Ballet Vaganova Ballet Academy. While there she studied Classical Ballet with Zagurskaya Margarita, Character dance with Averkina Larissa, Historical Dance with Apadiakos Natalya, and Mime with Stiopio Alexander.
She has also studied in RAD, Royal Academy of Dance and has received high marks in Elementary, Intermediate, and Advance 1 exams. She has attended the London Studio Centre and studied under teachers Barry McGrath, Margaret Barbieri, Anita Yang, Jane Sang, Sue Booker, and others.
After Graduating from the London Studio Centre, Mrs. Reid returned to Japan and joined Ballet Chambre Ouest in Hachioji Tokyo, under the direction of Hiroaki Imamura. Over her 16 years at Ballet Chambre Ouest, Aya danced Principle and soloist roles in many classical ballets and original works. Her repertoire consist of lead roles in The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Le Corsaire, Thumbelina, Gisselle, Swan Lake, Raymonda,Tenjyo no uta, Pas de duex from Donizetti, Fairy tale, and Luna. She has also performed at the Bolishoi Theatre with Ballet Chambre Ouest.
For the past 15 years, Mrs. Reid has been teaching ballet technique, pointe, variations, and pas de duex. Some of her students received 1st place, 5th place, and finalist in competitions such as, Educational Ballet competition, YAGP in Japan, Japan Dance Competition, Japan competition in Hachioji, Japan Gran Prix, and the All Japan Competition.