02/10/2026
SUMMER INTENSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT: We are thrilled to announce our guest teachers for our 2026 AMB Summer Intensive! First is returning guest teacher, Kim Sagami.
Kim Sagami is a Chicago-based ballet teacher, rĂ©pĂ©titeur, and executive director of The Gerald Arpino Foundation. Her teaching style reflects the influences of Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino as well as mentors Maggie Black, Hilary Cartwright (Yoga Narada founder), and Alonzo King (LINES). She danced professionally with The Joffrey Ballet under the directorship of Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino for fourteen years. Ms. Sagami earned an architecture degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2004. She continues to use architectural concepts to inform her students on body alignment and structure. Teaching credits include Joffrey Grainger Academy of Dance, Visceral Dance Center, Roosevelt University(CCPA), Chicago Ballet Arts, Ballet 5:8, Fort Wayne Ballet, Chicago High School of the Arts, Regional Dance America MidStates and Northeast Festival. Film credits include the 1987 film of the Joffrey Balletâs historic restoration of Nijinskyâs lost Le Sacre du Printemps and the film of BILLBOARDS, a full-length rock ballet with music by Prince. Musical Theater credits include the national US touring company of The Phantom of the Opera. Ms. Sagamiâs teaching certifications include the ABT National Training Curriculum, Zena Rommett Floor Barreâą and Yoga Narada founded by Hilary Cartwright. Ms. Sagami also serves as rĂ©pĂ©titeur for the Edward Stierle Family Trust.
We are so excited to have Ms. Sagami back with us this summer!
