artistic staff
our Staff
We have an outstanding artistic staff of skilled professional instructors. All have professional dance careers, academic degrees and extensive teaching experience. Each staff member is dedicated to providing a creative, inspiring and fun learning environment while upholding the highest standards of classical ballet excellence and purity

Rick Callender
Washington Ballet,
Fort Worth Dallas Ballet,
Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company,
Pennsylvania Ballet

Adrianna de Svastich
Pennsylvania Ballet

Autumn Dziegrenuk
Temple University Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, Summa Cum Laude,
Opus 1 Contemporary Dance,
Rebecca Malcolm-Naib,
Bryan Koulman Dance Company

Olivia Guerra
Delaware Valley Ballet Theater,
Special Education Teacher

Danielle Gumbert
Muhlenberg College Bachelor of Arts in Dance,
Middle and High School French Teacher

Blanca Huertas-Agnew
Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico,
Ballets de San Juan,
Faculty at the School of Pennsylvania Ballet,
Drexel University Dance Department Adjunct Professor,
Founder and Artistic Director of the Puerto Rico Classical Dance Competition

Diana Jewell
Laban Centre for Contemporary Dance, London

Heather Lacey
First State Ballet Theatre,
Opus 1 Contemporary,
Colorado Ballet

Melody Schwartz

Emily Snyder
Delaware Valley Ballet Theater,
Delaware Valley Ballet Contemporary

Lesley Snyder
Ballet Petit,
Elementary School Teacher

Elizabeth Strenge

Pamela Waters
Manassas Ballet Theatre,
BalletMet,
Columbia Classical Ballet

Matthew Waters
Manassas Ballet Theatre,
Columbia Classical Ballet

Ruben Ybarra
Sacramento Ballet,
Lexington Ballet,
Pennsylvania Ballet
Guest Teachers

Kristin Edwards
Bachelor of Arts in Dance,
Eastern University

Lindsay Funch
KP Ballet Academy Graduate,
Light of the World Ballet,
Manassas Ballet Theater,
Principal Dancer, Delaware Valley Ballet Theater,
Delaware Valley Ballet Contemporary

Alyson Pray
Sarasota Ballet,
Washington Ballet,
Pennsylvania Ballet

Chandra Moss-Thorne
Bachelor of Arts in Dance Pedagogy, Butler University,
Dance Theater of Harlem,
Cincinnati Ballet