Staff | Canada's National Ballet School

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Our People

Senior Leadership

Margaret Tracey

Artistic Director

John Dalrymple

Executive Director

Tessa Bulham

Chief of Advancement

Sapna Goel

Chief of Brand and Content

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

Laurel Toto

Head of Junior School / Rehearsal Director for The Nutcracker

Jing Zhao, CPA, PLP

Director, Finance

Artistic Staff

Asia Aronovich

Pianist

Bob Ashley

Pianist

Olga Averbach

Pianist

Carina Bomers

Ballet Staff

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

Katharine Garrett

Ballet Staff

Alexander Gorbatsevich

Ballet Staff

Tanya Gordon

Pianist

Valentina Gurovsky

Pianist

Yoo Sang Hong

Ballet Staff

Deborah Hess

Ballet Staff

SoHyun Kim

Pianist

James Kudelka

Guest Artistic Staff

James Langevin

Pianist

Young Joo Lee

Ballet Staff

Nancy Lehan

Community Dance Specialist and Manager of Adaptive and Integrated Programs

Julia Lifshine

Pianist

Talar Margarosyan

Ballet Staff

Caitlin Marziali

Community Dance Program; Adult Ballet Program; Coordinator of Indigenous Relations

Kristen Mason

Teacher Training Program

Kristin McCarney

Young Dancers Program

Keith Morino

NBS Artistic Manager; Contemporary Dance Teacher

Ian Parsons

Ballet Staff

Phillip Payne

Ballet Staff

Ashleigh Powell

Director of Teacher Training and Community Dance; Ballet Staff

Nicole Prefontaine

Young Dancers Program

Rebekah Rimsay

Ballet Staff

Katya Robledo

Ballet Staff

Iain Rowe

Ballet Staff

Nina Shapilsky

Pianist

Raymond Smith

Ballet Staff

Robert Stephen

Guest Teacher, Choreographer, & Repetiteur

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; Ballet Staff

Emma Wilkinson

Young Dancers Program

Craig Wingrove

Pianist

Lin Zhou

Ballet Staff

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

Cheryl Belkin Epstein

Beverley Miller Chair in Ballet History and Developer of Creative Resources.

Anastazia Bosnjak

Sarah Burchmore

Jessica Dreisziger

Anne Johnston

Leanne Kosciejew

Heather McCarthy

Faith Morden

Reyam Mustafa

Ruzbeh Hemmati Roozbehani

Laura Schmitt

Jenny Senior

Lesa Smith

Rachel Taylor

Chris Wong

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