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 Leadership

Samantha Dunster began her ballet training with Cristina Pora in Toronto, Ontario. Then, at age 17, she traveled to Havana […]

Julie Diana Hench (Executive Director) has been a performing arts professional for nearly 30 years. Originally from New Jersey, Ms. […]

Carol Bellis received her training on scholarship at the School of American Ballet, official school of the New York City […]

Mandy Donato started her career at American Repertory Ballet in 2018 as a Dance Power teaching artist and subsequently took […]

Faculty

Emily Cordies-Maso started her training at her mother Rebeca Maso’s studio in Somerset, NJ at a young age. At age […]

Lane Dallape is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer from Suwanee, Georgia, trained in ballet, modern, jazz, and tap. Her education […]

Former ballerina Leigh Donlan trained in Russian technique and a variety of folk and modern dance techniques, was Children’s Ballet Mistress at […]

Anna Fredeen (B.A. Dance Science, Rider University) has danced with multiple dance studios in Connecticut and New Jersey where she […]

Katrina has been training in classical ballet since she began at two years old. She studied tap dance for over […]

Roland Jones was born and raised in Poolesville, Maryland. He began training at Maryland Youth Ballet in 2012, before continuing his development […]

Rebeca Maso is a former ballet dancer from Cuba. She received her training at the Professional Ballet School in Cuba. […]

Amy Megules began dancing with the Vineland Regional Dance Company and received her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase, where […]

Aldeir Monteiro (Sponsored by Nancy and Duncan MacMillan) began his training at the Centro de Arte e Dança de Campo […]

Kathleen Moore (Margaret Ruttenberg Faculty Member) trained with Dame Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski at the Alabama School of Fine […]

Luis Napoles began his dancing training as a child at the National School of the Arts in Havana, Cuba. Upon […]

Ana Novoa’s repertoire includes all the classics in the company such as Giselle in Giselle, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Swanilda […]

Shari Nyce starting her training as a dancer. She was a Principle ballet dancer with several east coast companies. She […]

Yuliya Rakova was born in Russia and began her ballet training at the age of ten at the Perm State […]

A California native, Erikka Reenstierna-Cates (Sponsored by Catherine Granzow and Lisa Patterson) received her training under Leslie Ann Larson and Rene Daveluy. Before […]