Dance Instructors
Chelsea 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....
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Rachel Cooper about Rachel CooperNicole Kepp She/Her Details Place of Birth 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 Detail info 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 and most recently, as teacher and Company Ballet Master....
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 2021 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 WooFailya Bolgarova She/Her Details Place of Birth Detail info Joined the School 2021 Training Baku Choreography Academy, Azerbaijan Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, RWB School Teacher Training program, artistic faculty Bio Failya Bolgarova began studying ballet at the age of 12, which was considered late for professional training....
Failya Bolgarova about Failya BolgarovaLeonid Khrapunsky He/Him Details Place of Birth Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Joined the School 2023 Training Valery Panov Ballet School, Ellison Ballet School, Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Awards 1st & 2nd place at the Youth America Grand Prix semi-finals Artistic Faculty Bio Leonid Khrapunsky joined the RWB School Professional Division Faculty in 2023 where he teaches ballet....
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