Instructors

Marcela Figueroa

Born in Santiago, Chile, Marcela Figueroa moved to Caracas, Venezuela, at a young age, beginning her ballet studies at the The Gustavo Franklin School of Ballet. Graduating with honors in 1986, she joined the…

Hannah (Joplin) Locke

Hannah Locke is from Chattanooga, TN, where she began her training with Anna and Barry VanCura at VanCura Ballet Conservatory. She attended University of North Carolina School of the Arts for High School (UNCSA)…

Marilyn York

Marilyn York has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of dance: performing, teaching, directing and choreography. Her interest in dance was sparked by classic Gene Kelly films. York began taking dance…

Caroline Warren

Ms. Warren began her studies on a Ford Foundation grant at the School of the Pennsylvania Ballet, going on to study with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Joffrey Ballet School.  After receiving a B.S.…

Gwendolyn Petry

is a performing artist, teacher, andproduction manager. She is currently part of GwemilyDance Theatre, whose work has been showcased throughSmall Plates in Newburgh, Honolulu, and throughoutEurope through Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. She has…

David Arce

David Arce born in San Diego, California, began his training at Ballet Yuma (AZ) with Jon Cristofori and Kathleen Sinclair. He then danced with San Francisco Ballet for 13 seasons, Artistic Director of Juline…

Emily Petry

Emily Petry was born in Germany and raised throughout the US, training in the Cecchetti method and American Ballet styles . She holds a BFA in Dance from The Florida State University, with a…

Aleksey Kudrin

Aleksey Kudrin was born in Perm, Russia and trained at the Perm State Choreographic Academy. He danced with the Siktivkar Theater Opera and Ballet and the Grigorovich Ballet of Russia, under the legendary Yuri…

Annamieka Bruce

currently works with Manassas BalletTheater and, this past January she toured with Etoile BalletGala, under the direction of Olga Azizova, in Lavia, Norway,Denmark, and Sweden. Before that she worked in StateOpera Stara Zagora in…

Moira Ragen

found her love of dance at the age of fourwhen she saw Riverdance on television. At age five, shebegan dance lessons and started competing as an Irishdancer in the Washington, DC area. As a…