Angela Null - guest artist
Angela Null began her dance studies at the Loudoun School of Ballet in Leesburg, Virginia at the age of 10. At the age of 14, she auditioned for and was admitted into the Kirov Academy of Ballet where she studied for four years, as a scholarship student, under the direction of Angelina Armeiskaya, Jacqueline Akhmedova, Ludmila Morkovina, Alla Sizova, Vladimir Djouloukhadze, and Anatoli Kucheruk.
After graduating with her diploma in the Vaganova method in 2006, Ms. Null danced with companies including the Washington Ballet, Richmond Ballet, First State Ballet Theatre, and the Sarasota Ballet. Over the course of her decade-long career, her classical, neoclassical and contemporary repertoire has been extensive and diverse. Some of her most celebrated roles include dancing as Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, Swanhilda in Coppelia, and a Russian Girl in Serenade. She is also the proud recipient of a gold medal from the National Youth Ballet Competition and placed amongst the top-twelve at the Youth America Grand Prix.
Ms. Null has been teaching classical ballet technique for the past 18 years. In April 2017, she staged a full-length production of Beauty and the Beast for Sherri’s Dance Center in Lawton, Oklahoma, and in August 2017, she served as the director of the dance department at Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts, in Columbus, Georgia. From 2018 - 2022 she served as the director of the ballet department at Urban Movement Dance Academy in El Paso, Texas.
From August 2024 - May 2025 Ms. Null served as the Artistic Director of Columbus State University’s Youth Dance Conservatory. During this time, she also served as the Artistic Director of The Columbus Ballet’s 2024 production of The Nutcracker. In March 2025, five of Ms. Null’s students placed amongst the Top 10 at the Universal Ballet Competition’s semi-finals in Atlanta, Georgia.
When Ms. Null is not teaching, she enjoys spending time with her husband, their six-month-old daughter, Arabella, and their dog Gigi.