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
Krista Montrone
Koresh Dance Company
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 and Choreographers
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