Ione Barczak has been teaching Vaganova Technique at City Dance

since 2000 and has over 30 years of international teaching

experience behind her. She has a gift for teaching adult students

who respond to her enthusiasm and  passion for dance.

Ione completed her training at dance institutions in (her native) Brazil such as Tatiana Leskova, UNIC, Nos da Danca, Clarissa Abunjanra and others. She also studied with Isaura Gusman and Emma Sintani from Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba, at the Joffrey Ballet School (with Trinette Singleton and others), Broadway Dance Centre (Peter Schabell and others) and Martha Graham School of Dance (Armgard, Yung Yung Tsuai and others).

She has studied with prominent teachers in ballet technique such as David Howard and Finis Jhung;  has completed a Full Diploma in Education from FAFI, and completed courses in Pilates and Yoga.

Ione has performed in several dance companies in Brazil and has choreographed and performed with City Dance Ballet Company, Zvesda, North Harbour Gym and other NZ dance groups.  She has performed roles such as Lise in ‘La Fille Mal Gardee’, Carabose in “Sleeping Beauty” and the Fairy Godmother in ‘Cinderella’.  She created two new ballets  “Princess Zoe” and “Lights of Avalon”.

Ione has pioneered and developed several successful programmes for City Dance which continue to go from strength to strength including Ballet Repertoire in 2004 (with Diana Kirk) and the Introduction Workshops and Summer School which were developed in 2008; The Art of Turns and Art of Jumps workshops and The Ballet Beginners Course were created in early 2011 and Rock Ballet was created in July 2010.

Ballet, Pointe, Repertoire, Pilates Stretch