Dance Instructors
Rachael McLaren She / Her Details Place of Birth Winnipeg, MB Joined the School 2025 Training Royal Winnipeg Ballet SchoolAiley School Awards artistic faculty Bio Rachael McLaren began her formal dance training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet school, and continued at the Ailey School under the direction of Denise Jefferson, studying Ballet, Pointe, Graham, Horton, Partnering, Improv, Jazz, and West African....
Rachael McLaren about Rachael McLarenJolene Bailie She / Her Details Place of Birth Winnipeg, MB Joined the School 2001; 2013; 2025 Training Master of Fine Arts with focus of choreography, The American Dance Festival/Hollins University; Teacher’s Certificate with Distinction, The Royal Academy of Dance; B.A....
Jolene Bailie about Jolene BailieChelsea Humble She/Her Details Place of Birth Detail info Joined the School 2016 Training Dance Dimensions, RWB School Teacher Training Program artistic faculty Bio Chelsea Humble realized she had a love for teaching in 2016 when she enrolled in Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Teacher Training Program....
Chelsea Humble about Chelsea HumbleRachel Cooper She / Her Details Place of Birth Winnipeg, MB Joined the School 2012 Training Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, School of Contemporary Dancers, Shelley Shearer School of Dance artistic faculty Bio Rachel Cooper brings a wealth of experience to her role as an instructor at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, where she has been teaching since 2012....
Rachel Cooper about Rachel CooperNicole Kepp She/Her Details Place of Birth British Columbia Joined the School 2002 Training Training details Awards Recreational Division Principal Bio Since 2002, Nicole Kepp has played an integral part in Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, both as a teacher in the Recreational and Professional Divisions, and since 2016, as Principal of the Recreational Division....
Nicole Kepp about Nicole KeppSuzanne André She / Her Details Place of Birth Calgary, Alberta Joined the School 1998 Training National Ballet School in Toronto, RWB School Professional Division, Teacher Training Program, Cecchetti Canada Professional Division principal Bio Suzanne André has been sharing her talents with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School since joining the Artistic Faculty in 1998, where she assumed the role of Professional Division Principal in 2015....
Suzanne André about Suzanne AndréVanessa Léonard She/Her Details Place of Birth Edmonton, Alberta Joined the School 2013 Training Edmonton School of Ballet, RWB School Professional Division anna mccowan-johnson aspirant program director Bio Vanessa Léonard (née Lawson) has been gracing the studios and stages of the Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet since 1994 as a student, Principal dancer, teacher, Ballet Master and most recently, as Director of the Anna McCowan-Johnson Aspirant Program....
Vanessa Léonard about Vanessa LéonardMaritel Centurion She/Her Details Place of Birth Reconquista, Sta Fe, Argentina Joined the School 2001 Training Instituto Superior de Arte, Teatro Colon, Canada’s National Ballet School, Artistic Faculty Bio Maritel Centurion was born in Reconquista, Sta Fe, Argentina and started training at age 14 in Argentina with the Instituto Superior de Arte and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires as well as with private studios with teachers Wasil Tupin and Rosita Lisogorsky....
Maritel Centurion about Maritel CenturionAlexander Gamayunov He/Him Details Place of Birth Kiev, Ukraine Joined the School 2013 Training The National Ballet School of Kiev, Kiev State Institute of Culture and Arts artistic faculty Bio A former Soloist with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Alexander Gamayunov, has been sharing his in-depth knowledge of ballet, character, pas de deux and repertoire with students of the RWB School since joining the Artistic Faculty in 2013....
Alexander Gamayunov about Alexander GamayunovKendra Woo She/Her Details Place of Birth Winnipeg, Manitoba Joined the School 2020 Training RWB School Recreational Division, RWB School Professional Division, RWB School Intensive Training Program, Arts Umbrella, Oklahoma City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Alberta Ballet School’s Professional Division, RWB School Teacher Training Program Awards Junior Achievement Scholarship, Millicent Rockwell Donnelly Bursary, Senior Ballet Scholarship artistic faculty Bio Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kendra Woo began dancing with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Recreational Division when she was 5 years old, taking ballet, tap, and musical theatre....
Kendra Woo about Kendra Woo
