Albena Arnaudova

Albena Arnaudova is a co-director of the Howard W. Blake High School Department of Dance, currently teaching Ballet, Dance History, Dance Kinesiology and Dance Techniques. She began formal ballet education in her native country Bulgaria and continued her training on a full scholarship at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Dance Performance from the University of South Florida and Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Tampa. She is an ABT® Certified and Affiliated Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level 7 and Partnering of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.

Mrs. Arnaudova danced professionally for sixteen years with the Bulgarian National Theatre for Opera and Ballet, touring extensively throughout Europe, Asia and North Africa. She is an active member of the Florida Dance Education Organization Board of Directors, Conference chair and co-chair of the Florida Dance Performance Assessment. She was a Steering Task force member, Reviewer and Writer for Raise to the Top Performing Fine Arts Assessment, as well as a recipient of the Teacher Incentive Grant from the Arts Council in Tampa FL, Donors Choose, Target Educational Grant, and is recognized at Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers others. Mrs. Arnaudova was the 2012 Hillsborough County Dance Teacher of the Year and 2014 H. W. Blake High School Teacher of the Year.