Our Story: Passion, Precision, and Dedication to Dance in Fresno
Technique house TWMT: Building Dancers with a Strong Foundation for Life.
Technique House TWMT is a dance studio in the central valley dedicated to the art of ballet and providing technique classes to all dancers. Our goal is to create dancers with a strong foundation, helping them develop skills like discipline, endurance, and self-control that will benefit them for life.
Our Mission & Vision
“Technique house TWMT is a dance studio dedicated not just to the art of ballet but we also commit ourselves to provide technique classes to all the dancers in the central valley. By joining our studio you will find that our classes are devoted to creating dancers with a strong foundation on which can develop and enhance each student’s performance on stage.”
“Our program stands by providing our students a year-round training in ballet and technique, creating habits as discipline, endurance, self-control, and teamwork, which are skills that can benefit them to succeed in various aspects of life.”
Our Philosophy
Our Approach to Dance Education
“At Technique house TWMT, we believe in a holistic approach to dance training. We focus on developing not only technical proficiency but also the vital life skills that come with dedication to the art form. Our commitment is to rigorous, year-round training that builds confident, disciplined, and expressive dancers ready for the stage and beyond.”
Founder & Artistic Director
Cecilia Donan
She began her dance training at the age of 5 at the national school of ballet de El Salvador. Then moved to Los Angeles where she dance with San pEdro Ballet City. By 2018 she moved to Fresno California and dance under the direction of Yukari Thiesen at Northwest Ballet.
She has dance at different production as Sleeping Beauty (2018) La bayadere (2022) Giselle(2023) and many nutcrakers. She is actually part of the Stage view company. She counts with a certification in (PBT) Progressive ballet technique and (PCT) Progressive Contemporary technique.
She also recently completed her certification for pre ballet training certified by the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
Oscar Lozano
Instructor
He is a graduate of Fresno State University 2022 with a bachelor’s degrees in fine arts from Fresno City College. He has been teaching dance since 2015 and have perform since 2009 in different productions as Coppelia, Sleeping beauty (2018), La bayadere (2022) Giselle (2023) all of them under the direction of Yukari Thiesen.
He aslo was part of Fresno City dance ensemble. Oscar has a passion for teaching ballet, he also has experience teaching jazz and contemporary.
Mon – Tue : 09 AM - 09 PM
Wed – Thu : 09 AM - 08 PM
Fri – Sat : 09 AM - 07 PM
Sunday : Closed