Dallas' Premier Pre-Professional Ballet Company

A Non-Profit Company in Coppell, TX

Chartered in May 2001, the mission of Ballet Ensemble of Texas is to present quality ballet performances for local communities and to train pre-professional students for careers in dance. Since its inception, in addition to The Nutcracker, the Ballet Ensemble of Texas has presented ambitious spring performances to the Dallas/Fort Worth area, dancing or premiering works by highly noted choreographers and full-length works.

Our outreach program allowed us to perform for over 17,000 students and veterans last year alone!

As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, the Ballet Ensemble of Texas is funded by tax-deductible donations, government and corporate support, and ticket sales. We celebrate the opportunities to educate and entertain our surrounding communities and recognize that we could not continue to do so without your support!

Dracula

Coppell Arts Center

Friday, October 30, 2026

6:00 PM: Drinks with Dracula

7:00 PM: Performance

Saturday, October 31, 2026

2:00 PM: Performance

4:00 PM: Drinks with Dracula

Tickets On Sale September 15, 2026

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The Nutcracker

Irving Arts Center

Saturday, December 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Sunday, December 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM & 6:00 PM

Tickets On Sale October 20, 2026

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Celebration of Dance 2027

Coppell Arts Center

Saturday, April 24, 2027 at 7:00 PM

Sunday, April 25, 2027 at 2:00 PM 

Tickets On Sale March 9, 2026

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Lindsey Yoes Daniel

Lindsey Yoes Daniel

LINDSEY YOES DANIEL is the Artistic Director of Ballet Ensemble of Texas, bringing more than two decades of experience with the organization to her leadership role. Her journey with Ballet Ensemble of Texas began in 2001, when she joined the company as one of its original dancers, appearing in numerous principal and featured roles. After performing as a leading artist with the company through 2007, she returned in a leadership capacity, serving as Ballet Master from 2015 to 2026 before being appointed Artistic Director.

During her tenure as Ballet Master, Lindsey played a pivotal role in the staging, rehearsal, and coaching of Ballet Ensemble of Texas’s extensive repertoire. She collaborated closely with dancers to uphold the artistic vision and technical precision of both classical and contemporary works, providing individualized coaching that facilitated the development of confident and expressive artists. Throughout her years as Ballet Master, she contributed to the production of The Nutcracker each season and coached dancers in full-length ballets and mixed-repertory performances, including Cinderella, Dracula, Gaîté Parisienne, Alice in Wonderland, Les Sylphides, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Firebird, Swan Lake, Napoli, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, and Paquita, as well as numerous original and guest-choreographed works. Additionally, she has mentored and coached numerous award-winning dancers who have earned recognition at prestigious international ballet competitions, including Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), ADC | IBC, and Universal Ballet Competition (UBC). Her meticulous attention to detail, unwavering commitment to excellence, and passion for mentoring young artists have significantly contributed to Ballet Ensemble of Texas’s reputation for delivering outstanding pre-professional performances. Continuing her artistic contributions beyond the stage, Lindsey choreographed Elysian for the Stars of Tomorrow Tour in 2023 and Café Por La Noche for the 2026 tour.

Committed to excellence in dance education, Lindsey is an American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum Certified Teacher and is also certified in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT). She has been teaching since 2010 and is proud to serve on the faculty of Ballet Academy of Texas.

She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and Psychology, with an emphasis in Family Studies, from the University of North Texas and also attended the University of Oklahoma on a collegiate dance scholarship. Lindsey enjoyed a professional performing career with The Dallas Opera, Texas Dance Theatre, Larwell Productions, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre II, where she also served as Assistant Director under Nycole Ray and performed as a soloist. Throughout her career, she has had the privilege of working with esteemed artists and choreographers, including Gordon Pierce Schmidt, Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Jeff Rodgers, Anna-Marie Holmes, and Susan Trevino.

Lindsey began her classical ballet training at Ballet Academy of Texas, where her lifelong passion for dance first flourished. Her repertoire with Ballet Ensemble of Texas includes the Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker, Pigtail Girl in Graduation Ball, Soloist in Paquita, Demi-Soloist in Fernando Bujones’ Slavonic Dances and Splendid Gershwin, Teacher in American Portrait, and Swanilda’s Friend in Coppélia. Throughout her training, she had the privilege of studying under distinguished master teachers, including Lisa Slagle, Fernando Bujones, George de la Peña, John Magnus, Rosine Bena, Judy Rice, Anna Donovan, Glenda Brown, Elizabeth Gillaspy, Donn Edwards, and Mary Margaret Holt. She attended summer intensives at Cincinnati Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and The Craft of Choreography Project, all on full scholarship. In 2004 and 2005, Lindsey was also accepted into the year-round Trainee Program at The Joffrey Ballet School by Gerald Arpino. Among her most treasured childhood experiences was performing annually with the Moscow Ballet in The Nutcracker from ages 8 through 11, an opportunity that helped shape her love for the performing arts.

Lindsey is featured in the book The Nutcracker Backstage: The Story and the Magic by Angela Whitehill and William Noble, with a foreword by Wendy Whelan, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet.

Outside the studio, Lindsey treasures time with her husband and their three daughters, whose love and encouragement inspire her both personally and professionally. She is deeply grateful to her parents for their unwavering belief in her and their steadfast support throughout her lifelong journey in ballet.

Above all, as an educator and artistic leader, Lindsey is committed to developing dancers who excel in both technical precision and artistic expression. She believes every student deserves to feel seen, encouraged, and inspired, fostering an environment where discipline, confidence, creativity, and authenticity can thrive. Her teaching emphasizes strong classical technique, musicality, expressive artistry, and the importance of dancing with both purpose and heart. She strives to know each dancer personally, believing that meaningful relationships and a supportive community are the foundation of artistic growth and lifelong confidence.

As Artistic Director, Lindsey is deeply honored to lead Ballet Ensemble of Texas into its next chapter. Having experienced the company first as a young dancer, then as a leading artist and Ballet Master, she understands the profound impact an organization like BET can have on a young person’s life. Her vision is to build upon that legacy with a renewed mission: to provide exceptional training, inspire artistic excellence, create transformative performance experiences, and foster a community where every dancer feels a sense of belonging and purpose. Lindsey hopes to ensure that BET remains a place where young artists not only learn to dance, but discover confidence, courage, creativity, and the belief that they are capable of something extraordinary. She is excited to honor where BET has been, embrace where it is going, and help shape a future worthy of the dancers who will come next.

Tammie Reinsch

Tammie Reinsch

TAMMIE REINSCH is a Texas native and has been dancing since the age of three. Her training was received at Lewisville Dance Academy where Lisa Slagle began teaching in Tammie’s high school years. She is a classically trained dancer in all forms of dance and gravitated towards jazz, tap, modern and contemporary. Tammie was unable to pursue a professional career due to a knee injury but recognizes this was not the path chosen for her.

When she joined Ballet Academy of Texas in 1999, she worked closely with Lisa Slagle to shape the jazz, tap, modern and contemporary program to reflect what the students were learning in their ballet level. She sets a positive atmosphere for all her classes. You will frequently hear her say “Just keep swimming!” and “Smile and move your feet!” As the dancers mature, she loves to teach the skill of improvisation as it cultivates artistry. She feels that each student has something to learn and something to offer.

Tammie has been a resident choreographer for the Ballet Ensemble of Texas since its formation in 2001. Her choreography includes ‘The Race’, ‘No Pressure’, and ‘Jumpin Jack’ which was reviewed as “smart and snappy.” Her work ‘Anzzziety’ was chosen to be performed at the Regional Dance America and her “Generation #’ was performed across the metroplex and received the Outstanding Choreography Award from Youth America Grand Prix in 2018. ‘Unity’, which she created for BET’s 2019 Celebration of Dance review read “Tammie is known for her exceptionally creative choreography. Ms. Reinsch showcases the dancers, unity as a group and everything it represents: overall camaraderie, respect, trust, and what it means to be an artist.” Since 2003, The Dance Council of North Texas has awarded many scholarships to our Ballet Academy students based on her solo contemporary work. Her students have also received many awards and recognition with her choreography and coaching.

She is honored to have been part of the training of students who have decided to pursue dance professionally as well as those who will forever have dance as part of their lives. She cherishes the continued relationships with her students upon graduation from the school. It’s truly a beautiful bonus gift to be a part of their lives.

Lisa Slagle

Lisa Slagle

LISA SLAGLE began her professional dancing career at the age of 11 when she appeared as a solo dancer in the Elvis Presley movie, Clambake. She performed as a soloist and principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet in New York in the 1970’s. In the 1980’s she performed as a soloist with the Ballet du Grande Theatre de Geneve, and as a principal dancer with Tulsa Ballet Theatre. She has studied with world-renowned teachers in the Russian, Cecchetti, and Bournonville techniques. She is on the Advisory Board for American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum, and has been a Master Teacher in American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensives nationally for 8 years. She was a Master Teacher at the International Ballet Competition School in Jackson, MS, and at the Regional Dance Festival in 2016. In the Spring of 2018 she had the honor of being the Adjudicator for the RDA/NE Festival. Her choreography has been commissioned by such notable national schools as Orlando Ballet School and Washington Ballet.

Jenny Johnston

Jenny Johnston

JENNY JOHNSTON, a native Texan, began dancing at age three and her passion for dance was born. She loved and took many forms of dance, but ballet was her focus. She was a founding member of Longview Ballet Theater at age 13 while her summer study included the School of American Ballet (the official training academy of New York City Ballet) and the School for American Ballet Theatre.

Jenny received The Fine Arts Guild Scholarship at Texas Christian University where she obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet while dancing with The Fort Worth Ballet where she became a soloist. She moved to Dallas in 1982 and studied with Nancy Schaffenburg and danced with her company where she and Lisa Slagle met and danced together.

She began her teaching career in 1984 and became the advanced ballet instructor at ARTS Magnet High School (now Booker T Washington High School of the Performing and Visual Arts) where she also choreographed several ballets. Jenny began working with Lisa Slagle at the Ballet Academy of Texas in 1997, where she continues to teach intermediate through advanced students. Her style is technique-based but with a passion and love for ballet while being a strong advocate of taking many styles of dance to enrich and grow the art form.

Jenny has been a resident choreographer for The Ballet Ensemble of Texas since its inception in 2001 and received the 2009 Regional Dance America National Commissioning Award in Choreography for her ballet La Nuit Rose which also placed at the Youth America Grand Prix competition. She has had many dancers place in the top 3, 12, and 24 at YAGP through the years where she has loved coaching and choreographing for her students. She has been a guest choreographer at BTWHSPVA and a company teacher for the Dallas Black Dance Theater.

She passes on her style of grace, energy, and respect for ballet to her students whom she encourages and cheers while she loves seeing their growth and confidence and considers it a gift to teach them. She is proud of each student as they go into the world after graduation and for those who have chosen to dance professionally, she is honored to be a part of their training as well as for those who have dance in their hearts and carry it out into life to share. Jenny is immensely grateful to teach with such a fabulous group and teaching ballet has been a blessing to her!

Walker Martin

WALKER MARTIN trained with Penny Askew at the Western Oklahoma Ballet Academy in Clinton, Oklahoma. He also studied in New York City on scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre® (ABT) Summer Intensives, and was named an ABT® National Training Scholar from 2009 to 2011.

Martin continued his training at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, where he performed with Houston Ballet in Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker and Stanton Welch’s Cinderella during the 2011/12 season. He then danced with Ballet Quad Cities for a season before joining Oklahoma City Ballet in 2013.  He was promoted to Soloist in 2016.

With Oklahoma City Ballet, Martin has performed lead and feature roles, including The White Rabbit in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), Melancholic in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Jonathan Harker and Renfield in Michael Pink’s Dracula, The Champion Roper in Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Robert Mills’ Romeo and Juliet, Hans and the Sugar Plum Cavalier in Mills’ The Nutcracker, Puck in Mills’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as the title role in Paul Vasterling’s Peter Pan.

Additionally, Martin’s repertoire with the company includes works by Twyla Tharp, Stanton Welch, Helen Pickett, Toni Pimble, and Amy Seiwert, and he has also created roles in Adam by Cayetano Soto, Exurgency by Matthew Neenan, Speaking in Spheres by Brian Enos, Forgotten Memories by Ma Cong, If These Walls Could Talk by Sarah Tallman, and Our Private Rooms and The Means To Fly by Robert Mills. He then danced with Diablo Ballet where he performed George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Stanton Welch’s Orange, Penny Saunder’s Sur la Fille, Franz in ??? Coppelia, and the Nut Boy in Julia Adam’s Nutcracker Suite.

Martin is certified in Pre-Primary through Level 7 of the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum, and is an ABT® Affiliate Teacher, having successfully presented students for examinations.