Kathleen Tucker    
Director/Ballet Instructor



Kathleen Tucker was the owner/director of Evergreen Ballet Center in Longview, Washington for twenty years. EBC was a respected regional ballet facility that includes a tap and jazz department and five satellite ballet studios in surrounding communities. During her ownership the school had approximately 350-400 students and a staff of about five or six instructors.

During her career Mrs. Tucker specialized in teaching Pre School Ballet (ages 3-5), Ballet I, II, and III as well as Adult Ballet. Other members of her staff taught Ballet IV and V, Int. and Adv. Ballet, and the tap and jazz classes.

The mission statement for her schools are to teach the art of dance in the most loving way possible. The term “loving way” includes several essential ideas:
1. The syllabus must be designed to enhance the physical, emotional, and mental development of each individual child.
2. The lessons must be presented in a manner that improves each child’s self-discipline, self-image, and confidence and in ways that make learning fun.
3. Besides learning to dance, children must be given the opportunity to learn to behave respectfully, to understand music and dance history, and to present themselves before an audience.
4. At the end of the dance season each student should be richer in body, mind, and spirit and take with them a deeper love of dance, music, and learning, along with many joyful memories.
5. The students who choose to continue dancing gradually build on a strong foundation constantly improving classical technique, grace and musicality.

Besides her dance career, Mrs. Tucker and her husband both served careers in the US Army Reserves. Together they were mountain climbing instructors for 15 years and raised two children. Upon retirement in 1994, they sold all their belongings and literally sailed off into the sunset on their 36-foot sailboat. After six wonderful years cruising the Pacific, they sold the boat in New Zealand and returned to the States to spend a few years traveling by RV before settling on the lower Alabama coast.

Kathleen is currently working as an artist. She creates painted wall murals and tile mosaics in local resorts, rental condos and private homes. Her paintings are shown in several local galleries and at art festivals through out the Gulf Coast.

Continuing to enjoy dance, Mrs. Tucker takes a variety of classes, guest teaches, and presents teaching workshops for teachers of young students and ballet day camps for various studios across the US.


Andrea Dickey 

Pre Pointe and Pointe Instructor

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Angie Noe

Adult Ballet Instructor

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