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 began her ballet studies at the age of nine at the National Ballet School in Havana and became […]

Faculty

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

Lindsay Cahill began her career at American Repertory Ballet in 2009 as a Dance Power Teaching Artist. Now in her […]

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

Amanda Donato began her career at American Repertory Ballet in 2018 as a Dance Power teaching artist. The following fall […]

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 […]

Alexandra “Ali” Jans has been training in ballet and other dance forms for over twenty years. She grew up a […]

Andrea Marini started his professional training at the Rome Opera House Dance School in 2014, where he graduated in July […]

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

Born in Juneau Alaska, Anna McDowell received her ballet training at Juneau Dance Theatre under the direction of Julie Diana […]

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

Olivia graduated from The Ailey School and Fordham University with a B.F.A. in Dance and English (2018). She currently dances […]

Aldeir Monteiro began his training at the Centro de Arte e Dança de Campo Grande in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, […]

Kathleen Moore trained with Dame Sonia Arova and Thor Sutowski at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA) and attended […]

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 received her training under Leslie Ann Larson and Rene Daveluy. Before joining American Repertory Ballet […]