Our Registered Teachers (RAD RTS) are certified with the Royal Academy of Dance and are required to complete a training program to prepare experienced students for annual RAD examinations.  The Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies (CBTS) covers a range of subject areas in professional studies as well as practical teaching requirements, and each teacher must pass a series of exams themselves to be accepted into the certified RAD teaching community, and awarded Registered Teaching Status. ABSA has additional teaching staff that are highly qualified as both teachers and dancers, adding a well rounded perspective to our program.

We also have teachers on staff who are certified in Progressing Ballet Technique, which is Integrated into training.

Full-time faculty

Lindsay Zetter Lucas, RAD RTS: Owner, Artistic Director began dancing with Eileen Razzetti and ABSA at five, completing RAD exams through Advanced 1. She graduated in 2011 with a B.S. in Arts Management with a concentration in Dance through Indiana University, earned her RAD Registered Teaching Status in 2012 and immediately began teaching and choreographing for ABSA. She formed a successful Junior Company providing additional performance opportunities for participating students, including collaborations with the Annapolis Opera, dinner theater shows, and winter showcases. She has worked as a choreographer for the The Colonial Players, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, Compass Rose Theatre, The Gilman School, and was the dance instructor and choreographer at The Key School from 2015-2024. She became Owner and Artistic Director of ABSA in 2023 and continues to choreograph, set design, and stage manage for the mini Nutcracker in December, as well as the full-length ballets created for the annual spring recitals.

Gabriela D’Andrea, ARAD RTS began her training at Cisne Negro Dance Studio in São Paulo, Brazil where she obtained her Advanced Foundation. After completing her B. Sc. in Biology, she moved to Boulder, CO and went back to dancing and teaching. Under the direction of Ms Vera Stephenson, RAD Examiner, she passed RAD exams Advanced 1 and 2 while also teaching. She completed her Certificate of Higher Education: Dance Education with the RAD in 2017 and earned the Registered Teaching Status in 2019. She prepared students for exams in Rome for 3 years at Accademia del Balletto before moving to Maryland. In 2022 she completed the level 1 teacher training in Rambert Grades syllabus for contemporary dance. She joined ABSA in 2020 and currently teaches ballet and creative dance at the Greenbelt Dance Program.

Eileen Razzetti, RAD RTS: Director Emerita and Founder Eileen Razzetti’s ballet training and professional performing experience took place in New York City at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Ballet School, the Yurek Lazowski School for Character Dance, and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School. She also earned a degree in design from the Fashion Institute of Technology at the State University of New York. Prior to establishing ABSA, she was a ballet instructor with the Peabody Conservatory and St. Paul’s School in Baltimore, Georgetown Ballet School in Washington, DC, and the Ballet Theater of Maryland. She opened her first ballet school in Severna Park in 1974 and established ABSA at Maryland Hall in 1989.

Christina Monteleone grew up in NJ where she trained with the Rock School for Dance Education, Barbara Santanado’s School of Ballet, and BalletFleming. Christina performed professionally with the Pennsylvania Ballet for 6 seasons of the Nutcracker and 1 season of Mid Summer’s Night dream along with Wilmington Ballet’s Nutcracker for 4 seasons. In college, Christina obtained a Developmental Psychology degree and a Dance Minor while managing and choreographing for two dance clubs on campus. Over the last decade, Christina has taught a variety of styles and ages, choreographed several children’s musicals, guest choreographed around Maryland, and became a certified barre instructor. Christina is currently the Indian Creek Dance Instructor for both athletics and performing arts.

Substitutes and Choreography consultants

Sarah Macdonald grew up in Portland, Oregon, where she trained at the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. She continued her dance training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Ballet Austin and went on to dance with Ballet Theatre of Maryland from 2013-2020. Sarah graduated from Northeastern University in 2022 with a Liberal Studies degree and a Business minor, and she is also certified in both yoga and Pilates. Sarah has been teaching ballet classes for over a decade now and is excited to share her passion, knowledge, and experience with the students at ABSA.