Lenore Webster
Director
Lenore danced with ballet companies before she began teaching, and has directed the program since it opened. She teaches the Advanced and Pre-professional levels and meets every family at the placement visit.
Teachers
The teachers who lead the levels
Six teachers lead classes. These three lead the levels, and you will meet them at the placement visit.
Danilo Carrera
Ballet master, Foundation and Intermediate
Danilo teaches ballet technique and repertoire at the first two levels. He is the teacher most dancers meet first, and he runs the Saturday morning classes.
Misaki Hattori
Contemporary and conditioning
Misaki teaches contemporary technique and floor work at every level, and the conditioning classes in the week. She asks every dancer to tell her about pain before or during class.
How we teach
What the teachers ask of every class
Technique first
Every class starts with a warm-up and moves from simple to difficult. Dancers learn why a step works before they speed it up.
Rehearsal habits
Dancers learn to mark a piece, to count, to take a correction and to try it again. Those are the habits an audition class asks for.
Honest conversations
Teachers talk with dancers and families directly about level, hours and school load, and put the decision in writing.