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FACULTY & STAFF
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Lori Provost
Owner, School Director
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Lori Provost holds an MA in Dance Education from New York University with a concentration in American Ballet Theatre ballet pedagogy and certification in ABT’s National Training Curriculum Levels Primary thru Level 7 and partnering. Her pre-professional training began with the Vineland Regional Dance Company and Virginia School of the Arts, along with summer intensives at Pennsylvania Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Washington Ballet. Lori majored in dance at Belhaven College and performed with Ballet Magnificat. She then accepted a position as Ballet Mistress and Director of the Young Dancer Program at the Dance Theatre of Lynchburg, under the direction of Keith Lee, while also performing Mr. Lee’s repertoire. Lori has 20 years of teaching experience to include ballet, jazz, and tap classes at the 92Y Harkness Dance Center, BalletNova, Bowen McCauley Dance, Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy, and Towson University Community Dance. Additionally, Lori has taught dance and theatre courses as an adjunct professor of Liberty University. She has also held several positions in Towson University’s Department of Dance, to include adjunct professor, choreographer, Dance Company Manager, Community Dance Instructor, and Director of TU Community Dance’s Satellite Program at the JCC. Her contributions to the field include her work for the National Dance Education Organization, where she worked as Special Projects Coordinator and also developed an online course called Ballet Theory and Composition, which she currently teaches to dance teachers worldwide through NDEO’s Online Professional Development Institute. Lori along with her husband and son are residents of College Park and are active members of the local community.
Kimberly Reim
Founder, Ballet Faculty
Originally from Poolesville, Maryland, Mrs. Reim started her pre- professional ballet training with Joyce Morrison at The Frederick School of Classical Ballet. At 14, she began training with The Maryland Youth Ballet under the direction of Michelle Lees. During her time at Maryland Youth Ballet, Mrs. Reim performed various roles including The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, soloist variations in Paquita and The Sleeping Beauty and danced in many original ballets by Christopher Doyle. For three seasons from 2010-2012, Mrs. Reim was a finalist and participated in The Kennedy Center Ballet Master Class Series and in 2011 was a finalist in The National Society for Arts and Letters Washington DC Chapter's Award For Excellence. While still in high school, she had the privilege to be a perform with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet in George Balanchine’s Serenade for their 10th Anniversary Season. After attending three summers at The Orlando Ballet School on scholarship, she accepted a trainee position upon graduation. While with The Orlando Ballet School, she placed top 12 at The American International Dance Competition in both senior classical and contemporary categories.
Mrs. Reim was invited to Busch Gardens Williamsburg by Christopher D’Ambosie to be the lead ballet dancer in his new production of “Miracles”. She has also danced with The Virginia National Ballet, performed roles as a guest artist with The Hope Garden Ballet, was a Soloist with The Connect the Dots Dance Company and most recently danced with Moveius Contemporary Ballet and performed original roles in ballet's by Diana Movius. Mrs. Reim has also danced in a variety of works created for the ICONS Choreographic Institute.
Mrs. Reim's teaching credits include The Washington School of Ballet, Dance Loft on 14, The Orlando Ballet School, Hope Garden Academy and The Connect the Dots Organization. She received her ABT National Training Curriculum Certification for levels Pre- Primary through Level 3 in 2013 and became a FLX Trainer in 2019. Mrs. Reim's coaching for both classical and contemporary ballet choreography have placed in various competitions including Youth America Grand Prix, Washington DC Grand Prix and Ignite Dance Competitions. She has also choreographed a production of The Nutcracker that premiered at Dance Loft in 2019.
Mrs. Reim officially opened The Berwyn Ballet School is 2021 and currently lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters.
Baylee Wong
Assistant Director
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Baylee Wong is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher based in the DMV area. Her passion for movement led her to train in various styles, including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and ballroom. In 2019, she placed 1st at the Tri-State Dancesport Championship in youth rhythm open gold category, competing in cha cha, rumba, bolero, mambo, swing, and samba. Baylee graduated from Towson University, where she obtained a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography. During her time there, she received several accolades, including the Outstanding Award for Choreography, the Jim Snyder Award for Technical Excellence, and was honored to be an Undergraduate Commencement Speaker. At Towson, she had the privilege of working with Linda Denise Fischer-Harrell, Runqiao Du, Catherine Horta-Hayden, Vincent Thomas, Caroline Rocher Barnes, Xiang Xu and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Baylee is still involved at Towson teaching as an adjunct professor. She has also taught at the Maryland Public High School Dance Festival and Dance Sanctuaries at the Kennedy Center Reach. Additionally, her original choreography has been showcased at the Peabody Dance Festival, Maryland Youth Ballet S.H.E./Moves, DTSBDC Origns, and Gridlock Dance Motion Mixers.
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As a performer, Baylee is a member of the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, the premiere modern dance company in D.C., as well as Gridlock Dance, a cutting-edge contemporary company. Behind the scenes, she serves as the Assistant Director at The Berwyn Ballet School.
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Olga Aru
Ballet Faculty
Olga Aru was born in Eastern Ukraine and grew up in Kyiv. She’s an alumnus of the renowned state ballet academy. Since graduation, she worked in professional dance theaters for 15 years internationally performing as a first and second soloist. Such experience influenced her versatility as a creative performer and shaped her vision as a choreographer. Ms. Aru has large experience performing with touring productions. She’s been in charge of the youth and company casting and staging process. Aru's work “Dance on the Edge of Century” was represented at the 37th CID - UNESCO Dance Congress in Athens, Greece 2013. Summer of 2018 Ms. Aru launched an independent Summer Intensive Program which she brought into eight cities nationwide. Her short dance film "Isolated In Motion" was created during the early lockdown in 2020 and found recognition in several international film festivals. Feature film: “Montreal Independent Film Festival ”, “Cinevoyage International Film Festival”, “The Lift-Off Sessions”. Finalist: “Sweden Film Awards”,, “Boden International Film Festival”
It has been screened at Takoma Park Community Center as a part of Shorts Night, organized by the municipality of Takoma Park, MD. Aru is a founder and artistic director of Aru Dell’Arte and teaching faculty member at CityDance DC. Through art, she thrives to create a positive, authentic, and non-judgmental environment. Constant exploration of movement, and non-traditional thinking out of the box - are the key factors of her daily research.
In the past season, she produced and choreographed eight shows. An interdisciplinary performance of Ode In Free Verse, with
its world Premiere at DCAC - on March 19th and March 25th, 2022, in Washington, DC. Another showing at ATLAS Performing Arts Center — on July 30th, 2022.
Incorporating a trio of live musicians performing on stage amongst the dance company. Choreography and staging of the one-act ballet Requiem Today premiered within the production.
In late 2022 Olga produced and choreographed Christmas Legend - Modern Nutcracker Story.
Premiere at CULTURALDC’S Source Theatre on December 10th and 23rd, Washington, DC.
2023-2024, Aru staged and produced a performance called Life Of Movement, combining ethno-fusion on Ukrainian, African and Babylonian stories, taught two master class workshops at Georgetown University.
Brought a premiere of futuristic ballet P.O.L.A.R.I.S to El Barrio's ArtSpace PS 109 in NYC.
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RoAnne Duncan
Ballet Faculty
RoAnne Duncan teaches at the Maryland Youth Ballet, where she received her early training from Michelle Lees and Hortensia Fonseca. RoAnne has had over fifteen years of professional experience as a classical ballet dancer, including six years of performing experience with Maurice Béjart’s Ballet of the 20th Century, Béjart Ballet Lausanne, and The Joffrey Ballet. She performed soloist roles from Béjart’s repertoire and, while with The Joffrey Ballet, Gerald Arpino choreographed a solo for her in his ballet, Birthday Variations. RoAnne also participated in a combined Kirov Ballet and Béjart Festival in Russia. Her early experience included dancing with Colorado Ballet, Nevada Dance Theatre, and Arizona Dance Theatre. As a teacher at Orlando Ballet School, she worked under the direction of Fernando Bujones. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate from American University, RoAnne was honored to receive a Suzanne Farrell Fellowship at Florida State University. RoAnne received a Master of Fine Arts in Dance and a
doctorate in Humanities at Florida State University.
Emily Joy Fuller
Ballet Faculty
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Emily Joy is a freelance artist and teacher who works throughout Baltimore and the greater DC area. Growing up in Maryland, Emily enjoyed many different sports before falling in love with dance and being finally able to pursue it in her late teens. As an adult, she obtained an Associates Degree in Dance Performance at Howard Community College as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Choreography from University of Maryland Baltimore County; all while honing teaching skills in various styles such as Modern, Contemporary, Ballet, Ballroom, Jazz, and Improvisational techniques. She has had the privilege to be a part of original works by traveling artists such as Brandon Perry and Desiree Koontz-Nachtrib and has performed on stages and venues across Maryland including the Kennedy Center. Under the mentorship of Elizabeth Higgins, Emily created several original works that were invited to showcase at such events as the Women's Empowerment Seminar DW. By striving to always be a student of physical education with current pursuits in yoga and karate, Emily strives to inspire a love of learning by providing a strong technical foundation that will give students confidence to pursue their goals both within and outside of the world of dance.
Ani Kassian Howard
Ballet Faculty
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Ani Kassian-Howard began her ballet training at Berrend Dance Centre in Olney, Maryland, under the instruction of Patricia Berrend, Tim Fox, Runqiao Du, Dimitri Malikov, and Aaron Jackson. She competed in the Youth America Grand Prix for three consecutive years, earning Top 12 in Contemporary (2015), Top 24 in Classical (2016), and Top 12 in Classical (2017). In 2017, Ani joined Boston Ballet School, where she trained under Margaret Tracey, Kathleen Mitchell, Miranda Weese, Peter Stark and performed as Clara in Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker. At BBS she also participated as Town Girl in La Sylphide, Next Generation, and ChoreograpHER as both a choreographer and dancer. From 2019 to 2021, Ani trained at Miami City Ballet School under Arantxa Ochoa as a pre-professional student. Her summer intensive experience includes Miami City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Carolina Ballet, and Maryland Youth Ballet. She has also taken master classes with acclaimed artists such as Paul Taylor 2, Daniel Ulbricht (New York City Ballet), Kathryn Morgan (Miami City Ballet, previously New York City Ballet), Alicia Graf Mack (Julliard), Diana White (New York City Ballet), Lauren Lovette (New York City Ballet), Edward Ellison (Ellison Ballet), Gonzalo Garcia (New York City Ballet), Megan Fairchild (New York City Ballet), Alvin Ailey and Ailey 2, Robert Weiss (New York City Ballet, Pensylvania Ballet Artistic Director, Carolina Ballet founding Artistic Director), Zalman Raffael (Carolina Ballet Artistic Director), and Debra Austin (New York City Ballet). As a teacher, Ani strives to create a positive and challenging environment that emphasizes strong technique, musicality, and each dancer’s unique artistry.
Emily Moore
Ballet Faculty
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Emily Moore has been a dance teacher and choreographer in Maryland for nearly 20 years. She began training at age 10 at The Dance Academy in Severna Park under the direction of Barbara Haskell, where she fell in love with all forms of dance. She competed regionally through high school and performed in The Nutcracker and other classical ballets. In college, she decided to try out for the Maryland Dance Team and fell in love with a new style of dance. She danced with the Maryland Dance Team all four years and audited as many dance classes as her schedule would allow while earning her degree in Biology. After college, she began teaching, choreographing, and coaching part time while working full time as a science teacher. Emily became interested in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) after she was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome in her early thirties. She obtained her PBT Level 1 certification in 2022 and has been thrilled to see the positive impacts it has had on all her students, especially those with hypermobility. Many years after taking her final bow, Emily returned to The Chesapeake Ballet Company in 2022 to serve as a backstage manager, trading her pointe shoes for a headset and making the magic happen from the wings. She is thrilled to join the faculty at The Berwyn Ballet School and cannot wait to share her love, creativity and joy with her students.
Brayden Page
Ballet Faculty
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Brayden Page is a current member of The Ballet Theatre of Maryland. He has been dancing since the age of five and has been trained in multiple styles of dance including tap, hip hop, jazz, and ballet. He graduated from The University of California Irvine, with a B.F.A in Dance Performance. He has studied with many teachers such as Diane Diefenderfer, Tong Wang, Molly Lynch, Vitor Luiz, Lar Lubovitch, Charlotte Griffin, Gennadi Saveliev, and Lawrence Rosenberg. Brayden has been involved in many performances such as The Nutcracker, Summer Ballet Intensive Productions such as Swan Lake, and various musicals. He has also presented solo and duet ballet pieces at YAGP, SoCal Ballet Scene, and the Katherine’s Club at the Nixon Library.
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