Our People
School Staff & Faculty
To be the very best, you must train with the very best.
The School maintains a faculty of over 50 instructors. Our prestigious faculty are joined from time to time by current KC Ballet Company members and artistic staff, as well as renowned guest teaching artists. Many classes are taught to live piano accompaniment, a crucial element in developing the child’s understanding of the relationship between music and movement.
Staff
Artistic
Devon Carney, Artistic Director
Grace M. Holmes, School Director
Kimberly Cowen, Principal & KCYB Director
Lauren Fadeley Veyette, Principal & YAGP Coordinator
Dmitry Trubchanov, Men’s Program Coordinator & KCYB Associate Director
Erin Steeley, Interim Children’s Division Coordinator
Irina Brouhard, Music Coordinator
Administrative
Erin Steeley, School Coordinator
Jessica Bacus, School Operations Manager
Nora Burkitt, BC/JC and Adaptive Dance Administrator
Iyonna Barris, Brigitte Benyei, Alexa Glomp, Alyssa Gold, Taryn Ouellette, Katie Romey and Virginia Smith, Administrative Assistants
Faculty
Academy
Studio
- Chelsea Brown, Ballet
- Winston Dynamite Brown, Ballet
- Christina Burton, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop
- Pamela Carney, Ballet
- Tamara Carson, Flamenco
- Mary Kay Cottrill, Ballet
- Sean Duus, Ballet
- Melissa Ford, Tap
- Maureen Hall, Ballet
- Debbie Jacobs-Huffaker, Ballet
- Kramer Kreiling, Ballet
- Grace Lewis, Reformer
- Christina Neil, Ballet
- Taryn Ouellette, Ballet/Reformer
- Lisa Sirridge, Reformer
Accompanists
- Brian Bates
- Robert Beasley
- Samuel Beckett
- Irina Brouhard
- Brad Cox
- Pat Conway
- John Currey
- Iona DeWalt
- Phillip DeWalt
- Inna Daniels
- Andrew Ouellette
- William Puckett
- Angie Roustio