Teachers & Directors
World-renowned teachers and directors recommend Gaynor Minden for their students.
Gelsey Kirkland
Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet
Co-Director/Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet & American Ballet Theater
Marina Leonova
Bolshoi Ballet Academy
Director/Moscow, Russia
Victoria Mazzarelli
Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts
Artistic Director/Torrington, CT
Deanna Seay
Richmond Ballet
Trainee Program Director, Richmond Ballet/Former Principal Dancer, Miami City Ballet
Katherine Sullivan
Steps on Broadway
Senior Pointe Instructor/Ballet Faculty, Barnard College & New York University
Tara Birtwhistle
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Associate Artistic Director/Former Principal Dancer, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Christopher Caines
Christopher Caines Dance Company
Founder & Artistic Director
Maria Calegari
Caleco Ballet Studio
Co-Director/Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet/Repetiteur for the Balanchine Trust and The Robbins Rights Trust
Bart Cook
Caleco Ballet School
Co-Director/Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet/Repetiteur for The Balanchine Trust and The Robbins Rights Trust
Yuri Fateev
The Mariinsky Ballet
Ballet Director/St. Petersburg, Russia
Mignon FurmanAmerican Academy of Ballet(D.2012)
Founding Director
Melissa Hayden
North Carolina School of the Arts
(D.2006)
Senior Faculty (1983-2006)
Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
