Philip Krauter
Philip Krauter began his dance training with the Fort Worth Ballet under the direction of Fernando & Nancy Schaffenburg, receiving a Ford Foundation scholarship from the School of American Ballet. Awarded a full scholarship, he continued his training at the San Francisco Ballet School and later studied with Robert Joffrey. Philip has danced with many ballet companies, including Ballet West, Hartford Ballet, Nevada Dance Theatre and the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet. He has danced for opera, film and as a show dancer in Las Vegas. As a ballet instructor, his experience includes over 20 years of teaching dancers of all levels and ages. In 2002, Mr. Krauter was the first American to teach at the Ankara State Opera Ballet/Modern Dance in Turkey. Between 1992-2007, he was a faculty member of Summer Dance Lab at Whitman College. From 2004-2007, he was the Ballet Master for Juneau Dance Unlimited and set the original choreography for JDU’s Nutcracker Ballet. Most recently, Mr. Krauter lived in Woodstock NY and was a faculty member with the Saugerties Ballet Center.