Faculty Category: Year-Round

Amanda was born in Texas and began her training with Ballet Austin and Pat Mitchell. She continued her dance studies in Brazil with Norma Biavaty, and with the faculty at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Amanda attended the Hungarian National Ballet School in the summer of 1990 before moving to New York to […] Read more

Selina is a ballet teacher and choreographer working in NYC. She received her pre-professional ballet training at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Selina then danced to the rank of Junior Soloist with Hong Kong Ballet (HKB) under the direction of Stephen Jeffries and subsequently John Meehan. She performed leading roles in the company’s […] Read more

Madison Hicks (she/her/hers), originally from Dallas, TX, graduated from Booker T. Washington HSPVA in 2014. She received her BFA from The Juilliard School in May 2018 and her MFA in Choreography in 2021 from California Institute of the Arts. Madison was one of eight choreographers chosen for The Jacobs Pillow Ann and Weston Hicks Choreographic […] Read more

Sarah Wolff, A northern Michigan native, Sarah studied music and dance growing up before leaving home to attend Canada’s National Ballet School. Upon graduating in 2006 she guested with Dutch National Ballet before joining The National Ballet of Canada’s YOUdance apprentice program, the precursor to dancing as a member of NBOC through 2015. She then […] Read more

Matthew Prescott, born and raised in Idaho, graduated high school from Interlochen Arts Academy and attended the inaugural year of the Joffrey/New School University in New York City. He went on to before with the Joffrey Ballet, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Ballet NY, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet,  […] Read more

Leslie Browne started her training with Margaret Craske when she was only 7 years old in NYC. Her parents were Kelly and Isabel Brown who were both members of the American Ballet Theater. They moved to Phoenix, Arizona where her father took over a dance studio and she continued her training with her parents. She […] Read more

Kelly Marsh is a graduate from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance, concentration in Ballet. Mr. Marsh started dance at the age of thirteen. He took his studies further after receiving a full scholarship to the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) under the direction of Lee Nolting, […] Read more