Cheryne Busch received her extensive dance training in South Africa in the Royal Academy and Cecchetti methods of ballet. As a Performing Arts Graduate, she was the recipient of the esteemed Dancers Guild Scholarship, further enhancing her choreographic and performing career. Ms. Busch was commissioned to create numerous works for the National Eisteddfod and Concours de Ballet. She is an accredited examiner on the board of the National Society of Dance teachers in South Africa and holds an international certification from the Royal Academy of Dance in London. She was the Artistic Director of two ballet schools in South Africa for twenty years, before immigrating with her family to the United States.
Ms. Busch was invited, and graciously accepted an offer to join Houston Ballet in 1998. While on artistic faculty, she has taught master classes and conducted teacher training workshops locally and abroad for numerous summer intensive programs and competitions. She coached the Maccabi dance team to gold medal status in the United States and served as artistic consultant and guest faculty for performing art schools in Houston. Ms. Busch taught Master classes and served on the jury of YAGP, ADC IBC and California Dance Classics in the USA, and the Japanese Grand Prix in Tokyo. She received her floor barre certification in New York and studied character dance at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. She has created character dance repertoire for the Summer intensive as well as for Studio Series performances. Ms. Busch tours nationally to audition and recruit dancers for the summer intensive and academy year-round Professional Program.
In her role as the Upper School Principal Ms. Busch is dedicated to training, coaching, rehearsing and staging repertoire for students in the Upper School and Professional Program.