Staff | Canada's National Ballet School

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Our People

Senior Leadership

Margaret Tracey

Artistic Director

John Dalrymple

Executive Director

Laurel Toto

Head of Junior School / Rehearsal Director for The Nutcracker

Sapna Goel

Chief of Brand and Advancement

Rachel Bar

Director, Research and Health

Natasha Findlay

Director, Equity and Belonging

Keith Morino

NBS Artistic Manager; Contemporary Dance Teacher

Simone O’Mathuna

Director, Facilities and Operations

Ashleigh Powell

Director of Teacher Training and Community Dance; Ballet Staff

Jenna Rose-Freeman

Director, Business Operations and Government Relations

Jing Zhao, CPA, PLP

Director, Finance

Artistic Staff

Asia Aronovich

Pianist

Bob Ashley

Pianist

Olga Averbach

Pianist

Peggy Baker

Artistic Faculty

Angela Blumberg

Young Dancers Program

Jennifer Bolt

Teacher Training Program

Carina Bomers

Ballet Staff

Carmen Cairns

Teacher Training Program

Khalil Calder

Professional Ballet Program

Heerak Chung

Pianist

Jill Daley

Pianist

Scott Downing

Pianist

Sid Ryan Eilers

Contemporary Dance Teacher

Megan Ferris

Manager of Professional Development & Community School Programs; Young Dancers Program

Samantha Etzel

Adult Ballet Program

Isabella French

Young Dancers Program; Adult Ballet Program

Katharine Garrett

Artistic Faculty

Alexander Gorbatsevich

Artistic Faculty

Tanya Gordon

Pianist

Valentina Gurovsky

Pianist

Hilary Gusweiler

Young Dancers Program

Lauren Harding

Teacher Training Program

Amy Hoffman

Adult Ballet Program; Teacher Training Program

Yoo Sang Hong

Artistic Faculty/National Audition Tour Coordinator

Deborah Hess

Artistic Faculty

Nagisa Inoue

Teacher Training Program

Soo Ah Kang

Young Dancers Program

SoHyun Kim

Pianist

Sakiko Januki

Adult Ballet Program; Young Dancers Program

James Langevin

Pianist

Young Joo Lee

Artistic Faculty

Nancy Lehan

Community Dance Specialist and Manager of Adaptive and Integrated Programs

Julia Lifshine

Pianist

Sophia Mackey

Young Dancers Program

Talar Margarosyan

Artistic Faculty

Caitlin Marziali

Coordinator of Indigenous Relations and LEAD; Adult Ballet Program; Young Dancers Program

Kristen Mason

Teacher Training Program

Kristin McCarney

Young Dancers Program

Keith Morino

Artistic Manager

Phillip Payne

Artistic Faculty

Alejandra Perez-Gomez

Artistic Faculty

Ashleigh Powell

Artistic Faculty; Director, Teacher Training and Community Dance

Nicole Prefontaine

Young Dancers Program

Rebekah Rimsay

Artistic Faculty

Katya Robledo

Artistic Faculty/Exchange Program Manager

Emma Lu Romerein

Adult Ballet Program

Iain Rowe

Artistic Faculty; Adult Ballet Program; Young Dancers Program

Hiroto Saito

Adult Ballet Program; Young Dancers Program

Livia Savoy

Young Dancers Program

Nina Shapilsky

Pianist

Raymond Smith

Artistic Faculty

Avinoam Silverman

Adult Ballet Program

Marina Surgan

Principal Pianist

Rob Thaller

Pianist

Vera Timashova

Ballet Staff

Laurel Toto

Head of Junior School / Rehearsal Director for The Nutcracker

Margaret Tracey

Artistic Director; Artistic Faculty

Darryl Tracy

Teacher Training Program

Naya Valdellon

Adult Ballet Program

Sara Lopez Videla

Adult Ballet Program; Young Dancers Program

Stephanie Violin

Teacher Training Program

Takeshi Watanabe

Artistic Faculty; Young Dancers Program

Emma Wilkinson

Young Dancers Program

Craig Wingrove

Pianist

Phoebe Yin

Young Dancers Program; Adult Ballet Program

Craig Ziebarth

Pianist

Academic Staff

Betti Adams

Academic Principal | betti.adams@nbs-enb.ca

Karen Tomlin

Academic Vice-Principal and Guidance Counsellor | karen.tomlin@nbs-enb.ca

Meaghan Alexander

David Arnot-Johnston

Anastazia Bosnjak

Sarah Burchmore

Jessica Dreisziger

Melanie Garcia

Anne Johnston

Heather McCarthy

Savannah Meslin

Reyam Mustafa

Ruzbeh Hemmati Roozbehani

Laura Schmitt

Kassia Neckles

Jenny Senior

Lesa Smith

Rachel Taylor

Chris Wong

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