Who We Are
Ivan Kozlov
Artistic Director
Former principal dancer with the Mariinsky Theatre. Head of the Classical Ballet Department at the Belgrade Dance Institute. Invited speaker for Conseil International de la Danse at UNESCO (2025).
Staged and choreographed over 25 ballets which have been performed internationally, including the Theatre du Chatelet, Bunka Kaikan, Sadlers Wells, and the Theatre Chaillot. Coached and rehearsed worldwide. Ivan is the founder of the Kyiv City Ballet.
Katya Kozlova
Associate Artistic Director
Internationally acclaimed ballet pedagogue and former principal dancer. She has served as Associate Director and Repetiteur at the Kyiv City Ballet and has taught and choreographed for institutions across Europe and the United States. Mrs. Kozlova is a certified PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) instructor and a member of the International Dance Council, official partner of UNESCO. She continues to stage classical and neoclassical works and has taught master classes throughout Europe and the U.S.
Jordan Brasfield - Youth Ballet Company Director, Ballet Faculty
Jordan Brasfield is originally from Louisiana where she began her classical ballet training in the Vaganova method from Constantin Apetrei, of the Bolshoi and from Kelly Fortier Apetrei of Dallas Ballet. After moving to Texas, she continued her training at Houston Ballet Academy, studying under Clara Cravey, Martine Harley, and Steve Brule. Upon graduation, she received a ballet scholarship to the University of Oklahoma where she majored in Ballet Performance. As a ballet scholarship dancer, she studied under Mary Margaret Holt and Allan Kinzie while performing with the Oklahoma Festival Ballet. Additionally, Ms. Brasfield’s strengths afforded multiple scholarships to the Joffery Ballet and North Carolina School of the Arts.
Ms. Brasfield has danced roles such as Clara and Snow Queen in the Nutcracker, and the principal role of Cinderella as a guest artist for Beaumont Ballet Theater. She was honored to perform as Guest Artist for the Sandra Organ Dance Company and Kingwood Dance Theater. Ms. Brasfield has taught ballet to all ages throughout the Houston area including the Rowland School of Ballet, Kingwood Dance Theater, and Vitacca Ballet and School for Dance. Additionally, Ms. Brasfield holds a BA in English Literature and for several years worked outside of the arts sector for the Texas Legislature as a Legislative Aide and clerked for the Committee on Land and Resource Management.
Ms. Brasfield’s love of ballet as an art form drives her to instill a strong technical foundation in her students while guiding them to experience the joy of dance. It is her motivating belief that through the study of ballet, students reap lifelong rewards by developing such discipline and athleticism at a young age. Her years of dedication to excellence in ballet training and performance allows her to continue to share and grow the future artists of tomorrow