Karen Eriksson-Lee

Karen Eriksson-Lee received her Bachelor of Science degree in dance from Shenandoah University in 1987. Shortly after she founded The Northern Virginia Academy of Ballet in Front Royal, Virginia, which she has directed for 22 years.

Ms. Eriksson-Lee has also modeled for sculptor Frederick Hart, i.e., Vietnam War Memorial and Ex Nihilo at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., in his pieces Celebration and Awakening of Eve. She has been with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet for 24 years, first as a student and now as a teacher.