Princeton Ballet School
Faculty & Accompanists
Many of Princeton Ballet School’s faculty have attained graduate degrees in dance education and have won major teaching awards. All are committed to our philosophy of dance education and to helping students achieve their best. Members of our outstanding faculty have performed professionally with companies including:
- American Ballet Theatre
- Russian National Ballet
- New York City Ballet
- Pennsylvania Ballet
- American Repertory Ballet
- Cuban National Ballet
- English National Ballet
- Miami City Ballet
School Director
Aydmara Cabrera
School Director
Aydmara Cabrera began her ballet studies at the age of nine at the National Ballet School in Havana and became […]
Faculty
Carol Bellis
Carol Bellis received her training on scholarship at the School of American Ballet, official school of the New York City […]
Lindsay Cahill
Lindsay Cahill began her career at American Repertory Ballet in 2009 as a Dance Power Teaching Artist. Now in her […]
Emily Cordies-Maso
Emily Cordies-Maso started her training at her mother Rebeca Maso’s studio in Somerset, NJ at a young age. At age […]
Anna Fredeen
Anna Fredeen (B.A. Dance Science, Rider University) has danced with multiple dance studios in Connecticut and New Jersey where she […]
Katrina Jans
Katrina has been training in classical ballet since she began at two years old. She studied tap dance for over […]
Jericho Lopez
Jericho Lopez was born in Queens, New York. He is 24 years old and graduated from Berkeley College with a […]
Rebeca Maso
Rebeca Maso is a former ballet dancer from Cuba. She received her training at the Professional Ballet School in Cuba. […]
Anna McDowell
Born in Juneau Alaska, Anna McDowell received her ballet training at Juneau Dance Theatre under the direction of Julie Diana […]
Amy Megules
Amy Megules began dancing with the Vineland Regional Dance Company and received her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase, where […]
Kathleen Moore
Kathleen Moore trained with Dame Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) and attended […]
Luis Napoles
Luis Napoles began his dancing training as a child at the National School of the Arts in Havana, Cuba. Upon […]
Ana Novoa
Ana Novoa’s repertoire includes all the classics in the company such as Giselle in Giselle, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Swanilda […]
Shari Nyce
Shari Nyce starting her training as a dancer. She was a Principle ballet dancer with several east coast companies. She […]
Yuliya Rakova
Yuliya Rakova was born in Russia and began her ballet training at the age of ten at the Perm State […]
Erikka Reenstierna-Cates
A California native, Erikka Reenstierna-Cates received her training under Leslie Ann Larson and Rene Daveluy. Before joining American Repertory Ballet in 2016, she […]
Susan Tenney
Susan Tenney (Modern Dance, Ballet) is an award-winning Director and Choreographer. Her eclectic career has had her working professionally in […]
Eddy Tovar
Eddy Tovar trained at the National Ballet School in Havana. He began his professional career in Brazil at the Bale […]
Cheryl Whitney
Cheryl Whitney (Ballet) received an M.S. in Ballet from Indiana University and a B.A. in English Literature and Music from […]
Nanako Yamamoto
Assistant Rehearsal Director
Nanako Yamamoto was born and raised in Japan where she began her training at the Geijutsuza Ballet Studio “Jardin des […]
SI Guest Faculty
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford is from Takoma Park, Maryland. He began dancing with prestigious schools, including the Maryland Youth Ballet and Kirov […]
Noelani Pantastico
Summer Intensive Guest Faculty
Ms. Pantastico joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 1997 and became a corps de ballet member a […]
Jessica Totaro
Jessica Totaro is a Contemporary and Choreography Skills teaching artist from Asbury Park, NJ. She received her BFA in dance […]
Outreach Staff
- Lindsay Cahill, DANCE POWER Teaching Artist
- Sarah Fratesi, DANCE POWER Teaching Artist
- Olivia Musanti, DANCE POWER Teaching Artist
- Stephanie Palm, DANCE POWER Teaching Artist
- Rachel Stanislawczyk, Dance for Parkinson’s Lead Teacher
- Linda Mannheim, Dance for Parkinson’s Lead Teacher Princeton
- Candace Williams, Dance for Parkinson’s Assistant Teacher Princeton
- Katrina Jans, Discovery Years Child Learning Center Teaching Artist
Accompanists
- Jonathan Benjamin
- Raul Cordies
- Mila Fursik
- GG Glazer
- Megan Register
- Ian Howells
- Richard Moskowitz
- Marina Salganik
- David Tenney
- Pavel Zarukin