ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Terrence S. Orr

DIRECTORS

Marjorie Grundvig

Ms. Grundvig began her ballet training in her hometown of Davis, California, and with Marguerite Phares in Sacramento, California. Additionally, she spent summers on scholarship with San Francisco Ballet School.  At the age of 17, Ms. Grundvig joined the North Carolina Dance Theatre. She continued her performing career as a soloist with both the Tulsa Ballet and the Boston Ballet.  She has guest taught at many schools, both nationally and internationally, in addition to touring nationally to audition students for the annual summer programs of Boston Ballet and PBT. Ms. Grundvig directed the ballet department of the Washington Academy of Performing Arts in Seattle prior to being appointed Director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School in August 2005. Since starting at PBT, Ms. Grundvig has been part of a leadership team that has managed to increase total school enrollment by more than 30%.

Dennis Marshall

Mr. Marshall began his training with Margo Marshall in Houston, Texas. He received scholarships to train at the school of the National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theatre School, School of American Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg and the Royal Ballet School in London. Upon graduation from the High School of Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, he was invited to join American Ballet Theatre. He danced there as a soloist under the direction of Mikhail Baryshnikov and then joined San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer. Mr. Marshall was featured on the cover of Dance Magazine in 1978 and the following year won the bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition, USA. He was Ballet Master for the North Carolina Dance Theatre, Tulsa Ballet and the Boston Ballet in addition to being a guest instructor at companies and schools nationally and internationally. Mr. Marshall was also an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma and Director of the Washington Academy of Performing Arts in Seattle.  In August 2005, Mr. Marshall was appointed Director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School.  Mr. Marshall has also enjoyed the distinct honor of serving on the panel of international judges for the Japan Grand Prix 2009-2012 and has been invited to serve on the judging panel for the first-annual Taiwan Grand Prix in August 2013.

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Aaron Rinsema

 

PRINCIPALS

Janet Popeleski

Anastasia Wovchko

Robert Vickrey

 

 COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Kylee Hesketh

 

 OPERATIONS MANAGER & REGISTRAR

Rachael Jeffrey

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT & SECURITY

Martha Adams

Mike Sweeney

 

BYHAM HOUSE STAFF

Rishala Broughton - House Director
Kelly McMurtry - Residence Assistant
Matthias Bodnar - Chef

 

FACULTY

Steven Annegarn, PBT Ballet Master
Marianna Tcherkassky, PBT Ballet Mistress
Pollyana Ribeiro, Full-Time Ballet
Andre Reyes, Full-time Ballet

Kerra Alexander, Boyd Community Center

Ann Corrado, Pilates Coordinator 

Hunter Finnegan, Ballet

Allie Garcia, Pilates
Shanna Gayer, Ballet

Erin Harold, Pilates

Anthony Williams, Hip-Hop

Kaila Lewis, Ballet

Maureen Lucas, Pilates

Robert Moore, Ballet

Jamie Murphy, Modern & Jazz

Tamar Rachelle, Pilates

Michelle Ramos, Ballet & Yoga

Shannon Redmond, Pilates

Renee Smith, Jazz 
Toma Smith, Ballet 

Aleksandr Zankin, Character

 

MUSICIANS

Yoland Collin, PBT Pianist

Ellen Gozion, Full Time Pianist
Bella Khanis, Full Time Pianist

Juliet Winovich, Full Time Pianist
Marc Giosi, Pianist
Ian Green, Percussion

Jack Hawn, Pianist

Michael Kemp, Percussion

Edward Leonard, Pianist

Qiping Sun, Pianist

Lisa Wimer, Pianist

Yin Zhu, Pianist