Faculty

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet's faculty is commited to a philosophy that students are dancers in the making. Our goal is to develop technical proficiency at a professional level while creating future artists with a sound work ethic and strong core values.

Principal Faculty
Laszlo Berdo
Sara Gelbaugh
Leslie Hench
Melinda Howe
Bruce Thornton

Faculty
Tanya Doporcyk
Karen Eriksson-Lee
Ann Fields
Alecia Good-Boresow
Re Rabassi-Davis

Permanent Guest Faculty
Rafael Grigorian
Gennadi Vostrikov

2011-2012 Guest Faculty
Nicholas Ade
Principal, Pacific Northwest Ballet School's Francia Russell Center; former Pacific Northwest Ballet Dancer 's Fran; former

Kelly Ann Sloan
Choreographer; Company Dancer, Los Angeles Ballet

Jonathan Stafford
Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet; Faculty, School of American Ballet; CPYB alumnus

Tatiana Tchernova
Canada's National Ballet School Artistic Staff; Former Principal Dancer, National Ballet of Uzbekistan

Daniel Ulbricht
Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet 

Jamie Rae Walker
Company Member, Paul Taylor Dance Company

2010-2011 Guest Faculty
Nicholas Ade
Principal, Pacific Northwest Ballet School's Francia Russel Center; former Pacific Northwest Ballet Dancer 

Julie Diana
Principal Dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet

Zachary Hench
Principal Dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet; CPYB alumnus

Michelle Lucci
Former Principal Dancer, Pennsylvania Ballet and Milwaukee Ballet; Faculty, SUNY

Stephanie Saland
Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet

Suki Schorer
Balanchine Trust Répétiteur; Faculty Member, School of American Ballet

Adrienne Schulte
Former Member, American Ballet Theatre and English National Ballet; CPYB alumna

Bettijane Sills
Professor of Dance and Conservatory of Dance faculty member, SUNY; Balanchine Trust Répétiteur; former New York City Ballet soloist

Jonathan Stafford
Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet; Faculty, School of American Ballet; CPYB alumnus

Tatiana Tchernova
Faculty Member, National Ballet of Canada, international guest teacher

Daniel Ulbricht
Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet

Jamie Rae Walker
Paul Taylor Dance Company member; former Miami City Ballet dancer; CPYB alumna

Deborah Winger
Former Dance, New York City Ballet; Artistic Advisor Studio Maestro and senior faculty, Manhattan Youth Ballet