ANITA PACYLOWSKI-JUSTo

Anita Pacylowski-Justo joins us as a part-time Ballet Instructor. Her formal ballet training came from the Washington School of Ballet in Washington, D.C. She is a Princess Grace Award winner in Dance, National Young Arts Level 1 winner, and a recipient of the Presidential Scholar in the Arts in Dance award by the White House Commission in the Arts. Anita was a finalist at the New York International Ballet Competition and semi-finalist at the Prix de Lausanne competition in Lausanne, Switzerland. She was a nominee for the coveted Benois de la Danse Award - "the Oscars" of the Ballet world - and as a result, was invited to perform in Moscow. Her professional career started in The Washington Ballet under the direction of Mary Day. While there, her international touring took her to Russia, Thailand, Singapore, France, England, and Spain. Highlights include performing the Grand Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker at the Kennedy Center for President Clinton, as well as for the First Lady at the White House Holiday Tea Party. Anita then moved to Charlotte Ballet as a principal dancer, where she met her husband, Hernan Justo. After seven years with that company, she joined her husband as artistic leader of Ballet Greenville.

For the last twenty-two years, Anita has been the co-artistic director of DanceArts Greenville. She served for two years on the Board of Directors of the Fine Arts Center as co-chair of the Parent Engagement Committee. From 2017-2020, she was the Associate Director of the Charlotte Ballet Academy.