Open Space

Maeve Dougal is a co-founder of Open Space and serves as the organization s Director of Education. A passionate educator and advocate for accessible, high-quality dance training, Maeve brings two decades of experience as a teacher, mentor, and program leader across the country. Maeve holds an MA in Dance Education with a concentration in American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Ballet Pedagogy from New York University, where she trained under Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita, co-authors of the ABT National Training Curriculum. She is proud to serve as a member of the Artistic Board of Examiners for ABT s National Training Curriculum, and is an ABT Teaching Fellow, certified through Level 7 and Partnering.