Faculty & Staff

Artistic Director

Terrence S. Orr

School Directors

Marjorie Grundvig began her ballet training in her hometown of Davis, California, and at the age of 17 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 taught at the Boston Ballet, Margo Marshall School of Ballet, and the University of Oklahoma. She was a guest teacher at Walnut Hill School of the Arts and the National Arts University of Taipei in addition to touring nationally to audition students for the annual summer program of Boston Ballet. 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.

 

Dennis 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 Theater, Tulsa Ballet and the Boston Ballet in addition to being a guest instructor at companies and schools nationally and internationally. In August 2005, Mr. Marshall was appointed director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School.

School Operations Director

Aaron Rinsema

Principal of the Student Division

Janet Popeleski

Principal of the Children’s Division

Anastasia Wovchko

Principal of the Open Division

Robert Vickrey

School Programs Coordinator and Registrar

Kristen Horvath

School Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Aimee DiAndrea

School Administrative Support

Martha Adams

Ava Chatterson

School Administrative Support & Security

Mike Sweeney

Faculty

Steven Annegarn, PBT Ballet Master
Marianna Tcherkassy, PBT Ballet Mistress
Pollyana Ribeiro, Full-Time Ballet
Kerra Alexander, Ballet
Shanna Gayer, Ballet
Kaila Lewis, Ballet
Karsey Long, Ballet
Robert Moore, Ballet
Alan Obuzor, Ballet
Kristen Przeslawski, Ballet
Toma Smith, Ballet
Ann Corrado, Pilates Coordinator
Melissa Fagan, Jazz & Pilates
Staycee Pearl, Modern
Jamie Murphy, Modern & Jazz
Tamar Rachelle, Pilates
Renee Smith, Jazz
Dane Toney, Modern
Aleksandr Zankin, Character

Accompanists

Ellen Gozion, Full Time Pianist
Bella Khanis, Full Time Pianist
Juliet Winovich, Full Time Pianist
Christina Burke, Pianist
Yoland Collin, PBT Pianist
Dan Dausch, Pianist
Ian Green, Percussion
Edward Leonard, Pianist
Timothy Mobley, Pianist
Fabiola Pinheiro, Pianist
Lisa Wimer, Pianist