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

Delaware Valley Ballet Theater,

Dance Minor, Eastern University

Emily Snyder

Delaware Valley Ballet Theater,
Delaware Valley Ballet Contemporary

Lesley Snyder

Ballet Petit,
Elementary School Teacher

Elizabeth Strenge

Brandywine Ballet Company,

Columbia Classical Ballet Company

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