Irina Tomushev

Originally from Ukraine, Miss Irina studied ballet in her native city of Lvov atLvov Opera ballet school. After moving to Bay Area she continued studying under Christine Morgan at L’Ecole de Dance and Florian Saqellari at Ballet Expression performing solo pieces in company productions. Miss Irina also studied under Luana Hidalgo at San Jose Ballet school.

In 2009, she joined Cassand Ballet and studied under Maître Rodolphe Cassand, for whom she performed solo pieces in his original works for several years and assisted Mr. Cassand with rehearsals.

In 2016 Miss Irina joined San Jose Dance Theater under Miss Linda Hurkmans as artistic director and taught ballet classes for children and adults until 2022. While teaching in SJDT, miss Irina was certified in Progressive Ballet Technique, a course that helped her students achieve their best results in class and on stage.

Miss Irina loves teaching and choreographing for children and adults, developing their creativity and understanding of music and movement.