Suzanne Holmes

Suzanne was born in Durban, South Africa where she received 13 years of ballet

training in the Royal Academy of Dance classical ballet method. Upon completion of

all her RAD ballet examinations she was accepted at the Royal Ballet School in

London, UK where she furthered her training. 

She then went on to have a 10 year career as a professional ballet dancer with PACT Ballet Company in Pretoria, South Africa. After ‘retiring’ from the stage she made the transition to a ballet teacher after studying and passing her Royal Academy of Dance Teacher’s examination.

Suzanne has 31 years of teaching experience. For 23 years she was the owner,

director, teacher and choreographer of Suzanne Holmes School of Ballet. 

Suzanne immigrated to the USA in 2018 and continued her love of teaching ballet in

California. She relocated to Nashville TN in 2020 and is enjoying sharing her lifelong passion of ballet with students at NS Dance Academy.