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Role: Artistic Faculty

Dance Instructors

  • Katherine Robinson

    Katherine Robinson

    Katherine Robinson She/Her Details Place of Birth Winnipeg, Manitoba Joined the School 2024 Training RWB School’s Recreational Division, Intensive Training Program and Dance Ensemble Program, RWB School Teacher Training Program Artistic Faculty Bio Winnipeg-born Katie Robinson discovered her love for dance at the age of four, beginning her training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Recreational Division before advancing through the Intensive Training Program and Dance Ensemble Program....

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  • Yayoi Ban

    Yayoi Ban

    Yayoi Ban She/Her Details Place of Birth Chiba, Japan Joined the School 2024 Training Rei Classical Ballet Institute under Reiko TogashiMomoko Tani BalletRWB School Professional DivisionRWB Anna McCowan-Johnson Aspirant Program Artistic faculty Bio Yayoi Ban (née Ezawa) has been a Soloist in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company since 2014, after joining the Company as an Apprentice in 2005, and moving into the Corps de Ballet in 2006....

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  • Elena Maria Broeckelmann

    Elena Maria Broeckelmann

    Elena Maria Broeckelmann She / Her Details Place of Birth Bochum, Germany Joined the School 2020 Training RAD School Classical Ballet training, Licensed coach Ballroom and Latin dance artistic faculty Bio Originally from Bochum, Germany, Elena Maria Broeckelmann began her dance training at the age of three at a local RAD ballet school in her hometown....

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  • Debra Thiessen

    Debra Thiessen

    Debra Thiessen She/Her Details Place of Birth Winnipeg, Manitoba Join the School TBC Training RWB's Teacher's Course Program, Imperial Society of the Teachers of Dance Artistic Faculty Bio Ms....

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  • Grace Bell

    Grace Bell

    Grace Bell She/Her Details Place of Birth Morden, Manitoba Joined the School 2023 Training RWB School Recreational Division, Teacher Training Program, Deaf Arts Manitoba- New Rhythm Artistic Faculty Bio Grace Bell joined the RWB School Faculty in 2023....

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  • Kayla Kocian

    Kayla Kocian

    Kayla Kocian They / Them Details Place of Birth Winnipeg, Manitoba Joined the School 2022 Training DBSD, RWB School Teacher Training Program Artistic faculty Bio Kayla Kocian joined the RWB school Faculty in 2022....

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  • Shayla Rudd

    Shayla Rudd

    Shayla Rudd She/Her Details Place of Birth Detail info Joined the School 2024 Training Detail info Artistic faculty Bio Bio coming soon......

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  • Joshua Hidson

    Joshua Hidson

    Joshua Hidson He/Him Details Rank Second Soloist Place of Birth Edmonton, Alberta Joined the Company 2019 Training Victoria Academy of Ballet, Dance Victoria dancer Bio ​Joshua Hidson joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company’s Corps de Ballet in 2019 after working as a Guest Artist with Ballet Kelowna and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2024....

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  • Aimee Brasko

    Aimee Brasko

    Aimee Brasko She/Her Details Place of Birth Joined the School 2002 Training Doreen Bissett School of Dance, Rising Star Academy, RWB School Recreational Division, University of Manitoba Artistic faculty Bio Aimee Brasko joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Artistic Faculty in 2002 after many successful years of dance training and teaching in Manitoba....

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  • Marilee Schroeder

    Marilee Schroeder

    Marilee Schroeder She/Her Details Place of Birth Detail info Joined the School 2010 Training RWB School Professional Division, RWB School Teacher Training Program artistic faculty Bio Marilee Schroeder lives by the idea that “Dance is about the process and the journey.” She was inspired to become a dance teacher by her own mentors and teachers who shared with her their skills, passion and commitment to dance throughout her seven years of training at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division....

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