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

Valerie Amiss began her training at age eight under Sue Millington at the Regency Ballet. She continued her instruction with […]

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 […]

Madison Elizabeth Egyud was raised in Newtown, Pennsylvania and began her formal ballet training at the Princeton Ballet School at the […]

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

Katrina Jans has been training in classical ballet since she began dancing at two years old. She studied tap for over eight years and now […]

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

Rachel Levy earned her B.F.A. in Dance Performance from the University of the Arts, where she received the Promising Artist Award […]

Andrea Marini started his professional training at the Rome Opera House Dance School in 2014, where he graduated in July 2019 […]

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

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 […]

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

Shari Nyce started dancing at Princeton Ballet at the age of eight where she was offered a scholarship by its founder, […]

Rachel Quiner was born and raised in Northern New Jersey and began her formal ballet training at the North Jersey […]

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