Personal Information

Title

Alumni Relations Coordinator, Dean of Students

Bio

Lisa de Ravel received her training at North Carolina School of the Arts, the School of American Ballet, and Boston Ballet School.  During her professional dance career, she also studied in New York with Finis Jhung, David Howard, and Maggie Black.  She joined American Repertory Ballet in 1988, and danced under the direction of Dermot Burke in ballets by Ailey, Arpino, Balanchine, Bournonville, Limón, Tudor, Taylor, Burke, Webre, and others. From 1989-2006 she taught and choreographed for Princeton Ballet School, including coodinating the Cranbury summer program, now called Summer Intensive Intermediates. She has been a recipient of the Audree Estey Award for Excellence in Dance Education, and has also been inducted into Princeton Ballet School Wall of Fame.

Ms. de Ravel received her B.A. in Psychology, specializing in child and adolescent development, from Rutgers, The State University, in 2010. She is a Phi Beta Kappa scholar and a member of Psi Chi psychology honor society. 

In her role as Dean of Students, Lisa helps guide students and parents in placement, enrollment and evaluations.  Please contact her with any questions about these topics by email: lderavel@arballet.org

Lisa de Ravel also serves as Alumni Relations Coordinator in the organization's Development Department and  faculty liaison for the Junior Gala. In these roles, she provides a link between members of this organization's past, present and future. 

History

Member for

2 years 8 weeks