Claudine Carter Pereira born and raised in the Bahamas, acquired a strong foundation and love for dance, studying with Joffrey Ballet School Trainee Program (NY) during her pre-teen/teen years. Putting her dance career on the “back-burner” she pursued her BS in Biology and MS in Forensic Science. Despite her change in career path, she continued as both a teaching and performing artist throughout graduate school and beyond.

Claudine performed as a soloist with the South Broward Ballet Company (FL) in Don Quixote, Nutcracker, Peter & the Wolf, Sleeping Beauty, and the principal role in Cinderella. Additionally, she performed with and was the Assistant Artistic Director of Jubilee Dance Theatre (FL). Claudine serves on the Board for the Developing Dreams Foundation and is a member of the International Association of Blacks in Dance. She is a certified member in “Performing Arts (Ballet)” with Dance Educators of America and maintains Level 3 certification in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT). She has also completed the two-week Horton Pedagogy (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ana Marie Forsythe), Ballet Teacher’s Workshops (Finis Jhung), and Simonson Method of Teacher Training Certification (Beginner Level).

Claudine, known as the Forensic Ballerina, truly has the best of both worlds, she is a teaching artist (US and internationally) for 30+ years in Ballet, Modern (Horton), Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT), Jazz and Tap, while currently serving as the Director of the Broward Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory – where she has worked for over 25 years. She attributes her successes to lessons learned in Ballet class.