Etoile Ballet

2-3x per week for those who love to dance

4-6x per week for aspiring dancers aiming for stage experience,competitions, and professional growth.

At least 1x follow contemporary class recomend

Pointe class is in the regular ballet class

Founder of Etoile Ballet & Professor, choreographer

Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Artistic Director, Brussels City Ballet

Aki Nishio received high-level training in Tokyo, Massachusetts, and the Royal Ballet School Antwerp where she graduated. She had a professional career with the Royal Ballet of Flanders and soloist at the Czech National Theater Brno. She was assistant in National Hangarian Theater and Tanz theatre Innsbruck in Austria. She started her first ballet school and performing company in 2016 in Belgium. Aki has taught at the Academy in Czech National Theater and brings extensive teaching experience—from 3-year-olds to professionals and adult enthusiasts. Beside she is coaching young dancers, she is still active as ballet dancer and guesting. She worked with william Forsyth, David Dawson, Giovanni Di Palma, Gaetano Soto, Marcia Haydee, Youri Vamos, Cristien Spuck, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Krizstof Pastor, Patricia Nearly, Anne Marie Homes, 

Jiri Kylian, Jacobo Godani, Uwe Scholz, George Balanchine, and many more in 20 seasons at the theatre soloist. She performed in Japan, U.S, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Czech, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Andorra, and more. Aki loves to support young passionate dancers, students and hobby adults. Since 2022, She invest in Brussels City Ballet which is first professional ballet company based in Brussels after Maurice Bejart left. Her company located in his first company studio where she keeps coaching company members and working for creation. She worked with Belgian olympic commitee 2016 and 2021 performed for Belgium Royal Family. Her ambition is recognised both embassies Belgium and Japan. 

Jury member of Prix d'Europe.

Choreographer | Neoclassical & Contemporary

Mimmo Miccolis is an Italian freelance choreographer and educator working internationally between Europe and North America. His artistic voice is defined by the integration of classical structure and contemporary physical research, creating works that are emotionally charged, socially engaged, and musically rigorous.

For twelve years, Miccolis was an integral part of The Washington Ballet, serving both as faculty and resident choreographer, and for eight years he collaborated closely with Akhmedova Ballet Academy, contributing to the development of pre-professional dancers within a highly structured institutional environment. He now works independently, expanding his artistic research across disciplines, cultures, and performance contexts.

He is currently Guest Choreographer for Brussels City Ballet and Vancouver Ballet Society (Canada), and Artistic Director of TraLì, a sensorial and transformative project where contemporary dance merges with a raw, instinctive reinterpretation of Southern Italian pizzica and live music. Developed in collaboration with Veronica Calati and Massimiliano De Marco, TraLì explores embodiment, identity, and collective connection through movement, rhythm, and tradition.

Miccolis has collaborated with renowned composers including Emmy Award winner Blake Neely, Jerod Tate, Francesco Germini, Masterfrenc, Francesco Lanzillotta, and JP Wogaman II, enriching his choreographic work through diverse musical perspectives and interdisciplinary experimentation.

Many of his creations address pressing social themes and have been performed at venues such as The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, The Washington Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, TEDx, World Bank Headquarters, National Portrait Gallery, the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC, Villa Firenze, Kirov Academy, Inter-American Development Bank, OSCE, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Cody Gallery, Camden Fringe Festival, and the Bernie Grant Arts Center in London.

Rue de la presse 9, 1000 Brussels

Mon-Saturday here

Rue de la Fourche 49, 1000 Brussels

Only Sunday class