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
Dmitry Trubchanov, Men’s Program Coordinator & KCYB Associate Director
Lynley Von Engeln, Children’s Division Coordinator
Irina Brouhard, Music Coordinator
Administrative
Lynley Von Engeln, School Coordinator
Jessica Bacus, School Operations Manager
Erin Steeley, Johnson County Administrator
Nora Burkitt, Adaptive Dance Coordinator & Administrative Assistant
Brigitte Benyei, Courtney Davis, Alexa Glomp, Erica Lohman, Taryn Ouellette, Katie Romey, and Charlie Weitkamp, Administrative Assistants
Faculty
Academy
- Andi Abernathy
- Blair Armstrong
- Shannon Benton
- April Berry
- Josh Bodden
- Chelsea Brown
- Winston Dynamite Brown
- Tara Burgat
- Nora Burkitt
- Christina Burton
- Tess Butterfield
- Pamela Carney
- Tamara Carson
- Courtney Collado
- Mary Kay Cottrill
- Kimberly Cowen
- Courtney Davis
- Sean Duus
- Stephanie McKinney Eppler
- Georgia Fuller
- Lauren Gray
- Alexa Glomp
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