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 Kansas City 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 student’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, Daytime Principal & Competition Coordinator
Taryn Ouellette, Principal, South Campus at Meadowbrook
Dmitry Trubchanov, Men’s Program Coordinator & KCYB Associate Director
Jordan Voth, Company Pianist/Principal Academy Pianist
Administrative
Monica Cameron, School Operations Manager
Nora Burkitt-Davis, Children’s Program & Adaptive Dance Coordinator
Megan Robinson, Bolender Center Administrator
Quinse Thompson, South Campus Administrator
Miana Abramson, Adrienne Anderson, Allay Freeman, Aspen Ross, Sarah Wilczewski, Susan Williams, Administrative Assistants
Faculty
Academy
Studio
- Christina Burton, DANCEFIX, Jazz
- Tamara Carson, Flamenco
- Courtney Collado, Improv
- Mary Kay Cottrill, Ballet, Variations
- Sean Duus, Ballet
- Stephanie Eppler, Barre Fitness
- Melissa Ford, Tap, Jazz
- Maureen Hall, Ballet
- Michelle Hamlett-Weith, Ballet, BeMoved
- Debbie Jacobs-Huffaker, Ballet
- Kramer Kreiling, Ballet
- Hannah Lareau, Baby Bundle Ballet
- Skyler Linn, Barre Fitness
- Michael Martin, Tap
- Troy Monger-Levin, DANCEFIX
- Taryn Ouellette, Ballet, Pilates
- Jennifer Owen, Yoga
- Logan Pachciarz, Ballet
- Aspen Ross, Ballet
- Suzanne Ryan-Strati, Tap
- Jenny Schmidt, Ballet Bod
- Lisa Sirridge, Pilates, PBT
- Susan Williams, Ballet
Accompanists