JANELL BYRNE a native of California, studied with Stanley Holden and Margaret Hills in Los Angeles. A graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied with Alfredo Corvino, Ms. Byrne has taught at Mercer County Community College, Princeton University, The College of New Jersey, and the Lawrenceville School. She has performed with DanceWorks and Teamwork Dance and is Director of Mercer Dance Ensemble, and has been teaching here for over 20 years.

ALMA CONCEPCION is a former soloist with the San Juan Ballet and Antonio's Ballet of Spain. After receiving her early training in Puerto Rico, she came to study in New York at the School of American Ballet and at American Ballet Theatre. Ms. Concepcion is the founder of Taller de Danza, a children’s movement and dance grassroots organization based in Trenton. She has been teaching here for over 20 years and has also taught at Ballet Hispanico in New York for many years. She is a member of the Society of Dance History Scholars and has written many articles, mainly on Caribbean music and dance.

Geoffrey Doig-Marx was named one of "Nine Dancemakers Making History" in a cover story by Dance Spirit Magazine.  Director/Choreographer Geoffrey Doig-Marx is currently working on the book/lyrics of a new musical with composer/lyricist Michael Hoagland.  In January 2011, he directed and choreographed the work of children's composer Andrea Green for "The Music of Andrea Green".  In March, 2011, he choreographed The Drowsy Chaperone for Westminster College of the Arts, and in July of 2011, he will return to the "New" Park Playhouse to choreograph The Producers. Mr. Doig-Marx is currently on faculty at Marymount Manhattan College, Rider University, Westminster College of the Arts and The Pulse in Westchester. Visit www.geoffreydoig-marx.com for more information.

ANNE WOODSIDE GRIBBINS began her training at Princeton Ballet School with founder Audree Estey. She continued her studies with the school for over 14 years, joining the Princeton Ballet Company (now American Repertory Ballet) at the age of 17, and dancing professionally under Artistic Director Dermot Burke for six seasons. She appeared in The Nutcracker in many roles including Snow Queen and Dew Drop and as Desdemona in The Moor’s Pavane. She performed in works by Dermot Burke, Gerald Arpino, and Antony Tudor, among others. After joining the faculty of Princeton Ballet School in 1991, Ms. Gribbins also served as an administrator for the Summer Intensive and Summer Children’s Programs under School Director Mary Pat Robertson. In addition to her teaching, she has choreographed for the Summer Intensive and many school shows including Coppélia, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote and Swan Lake. Her dance Simple Gifts, created for Princeton Ballet School students, was performed at Princeton Ballet School’s 50th Anniversary celebration in May, 2004, and recently at Yale University. Ms. Gribbins holds an Associate of Science degree in Business Administration, and has worked for McCarter Theatre Center for the last twelve years, currently serving as Director of Marketing. Ms Gribbins was inducted into Princeton Ballet School Wall of Fame in May, 2006, and was the 2009 recipient of the Audree Estey Award for Excellence in Dance Education.

Pamela Levy holds an MA in Dance Education/ABT Ballet Pedagogy from NYU, and a BFA in Dance from Mason Gross School of the Arts – Rutgers University. She received her early dance training at the Princeton Ballet School under the direction of Audree Estey and Mary Pat Robertson. She danced professionally with Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance Company, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Claudia Gitelman Dance Theatre and Don Redlich Dance Company. Pamela is currently on the faculty of American Ballet Theatre’s – JKO School and Young Dancer Summer Workshop, the Mark Morris Dance Center, and Dance Express. She is the Artistic Director of the Washington Rock Ballet and a Choreographer/Rehearsal Director for the Mark Morris Student Company II. Pamela has also taught at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, Brooklyn Ballet, Peridance, Berkeley Ballet Theater and for ABT’s Make a Ballet Program. Ms. Levy is an ABT® Certified Teacher, having completed the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is excited to return “home” to the Princeton Ballet School where she first studied dance!

AMY MEGULES began dancing in her hometown of Vineland, NJ, with the Vineland Regional Dance Company. She went on to receive her BFA in dance from State University of New York at Purchase, where she received the Bert Terborgh Dance Award. She apprenticed with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, and then danced with American Repertory Ballet. She has taught on the faculties of Princeton Ballet School, the National Dance Institute of Trenton, and Mercer County Community College. While living in Cincinnati, Ms. Megules taught and choreographed for the Otto M. Budig Academy of Cincinnati Ballet, the College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division of the University of Cincinnati, and was the ballet instructor for the elite and accelerated gymnasts at the Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy.

KYRA NICHOLS began her early training in Berkeley, California, with her mother, Sally Streets, a former member of New York City Ballet. By age 13, Ms. Nichols started spending her summers in New York at School of American Ballet. She became an apprentice to NYCB in 1974, and quickly was moved into a corps position. By 1979, she had attained the rank of Principal Dancer. As such, she has danced all the great ballerina roles of the NYCB repertory, including Chaconne, Concerto Barocco,Liebeslieder Walzer, Afternoon of a Faun, Stars and Stripes, and numerous others. Critic Marilyn Hunt describes Ms. Nichols as a “ballerina full of freedom and speed and joy. She...irradiates everything she does with integrity, taste, and a fresh glow.”

ANTHONY RABARA danced professionally as a ballet and modern dancer, touring in the States and abroad. He studied Pilates technique with and was certified by Romana Kryzanowska, and has been teaching Pilates technique in New York and New Jersey since 1982. Anthony is a Master Teacher and a Teacher Trainer with Romanaspilates.

KATHLEEN SMITH, a graduate of Princeton Ballet School's Professional Training Program, has also studied dance at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City.  Performance work highlights include the evil Carabosse in Princeton Ballet School's production of Sleeping Beauty in 2003, numerous appearances in The Nutcracker and with Susan Tenney and Dancers, and as the Spirit of Mary in A Jazz Nativity choreographed by Bat Abbit.  Ms. Smith has been teaching and choreographing clogging for the past eleven years with her group, The Century Cloggers.  She is also the DANCE POWER Coordinator and teacher for both DANCE POWER and DANCE POWER II, outreach programs of ARB in collaboration with the New Brunswick Public School system.  She has been teaching for Princeton Ballet School since 2003.  Last summer, Ms. Smith taught dance for George Street Playhouse's 2010 Summer Theater Academy.

Edward Urwin graduated from Princeton Ballet School's Professional Training Program in 2008.  While a student at the school, he appeared as Rat King in The Nutcracker, and danced leading roles in productions of Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote.  He also danced in summer intensives with American Ballet Theatre (New York) and Oregon Ballet Theatre, and was the recipient of the Webre Scholarship two years running.  Ed also appeared as A-Rab in Boheme Opera's production of West Side Story, and with Opera New Jersey in Roméo et Juliette.  Ed danced with Ballet Florida for the 2008-09 season and Louisville Ballet for the 2009-10 season before returning home to dance with American Repertory Ballet in the fall of 2010.