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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 opened The Berwyn Ballet School in 2021 and lives in Maryland with her husband and new baby girl.
Hannah Adamczak
Ballet Faculty
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Hannah is currently freelancing and guesting professionally in the Maryland/D.C. area. She previously danced with Dissonance Dance Theatre as a company artist and as a soloist with The Springfield Ballet Company (SBC). During her season with SBC she was promoted while also completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet through the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music’s co-op program. She graduated Summa Cum Laude in April 2023.
Hannah has performed many leading and soloist roles both professionally and throughout her training, including the title role in “The Little Mermaid” and Butterscotch Toffee (Dew Drop) in “The Nutcracker” both by Adam Sage, the title role in Deirdre Carberry’s “Paquita”, an original work “Enigma Station” by Amy Seiwert, and The Russian Girl in Balanchine’s “Serenade” set by Joysanne Sidimus.
Prior to her professional career, Hannah grew up dancing with the Flint Youth Ballet in Flint, Michigan under the direction of Karen Mills Jennings. While training in Flint, she had opportunities to work with the Balanchine Trust, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and many other notable guest artists and residencies. She has also worked closely with dancers such as Debra Austin, Lisa de Ribere, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. She is extremely grateful for her experiences and guidance in Flint, as those have instilled a passion for excellent dance performance and education.
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.
Roman Mykyta
Ballet Faculty
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Roman Mykyta is a professional choreographer and dancer with deep expertise in character styling and techniques. He developed an interest in Ukrainian dancing at an early age and soon after began studying ballet in both the Cecchetti Method and in the Vaganova Ballet Technique.
In 2014, he began his professional career, joining the Ballet Theatre of Maryland under the artistic direction of Dianna Cuatto, where he danced for three seasons, performing in many ballets and soloist roles.
In 2017, Roman moved to Kyiv, Ukraine to study dance pedagogy and choreography with the National Pedagogical University Dragomanova. In Ukraine, he also had the opportunity to study as a guest at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, to work with the Studio Company of the Virsky National Ukrainian Folk Ensemble in Kyiv and to perform with the Horlytsya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble in Kyiv and the Yunist Honored Ukrainian Folk Ensemble in Lviv.
In 2021, Roman returned to Maryland where he actively performs and teaches throughout the Washington DC Metro area and is well regarded for his expertise. As a choreographer, through his collaboration with professional ballet companies, including the Ballet Theatre of Maryland and Misako Ballet, as well as semi-professional and developmental organizations, he continues to create
and expand his portfolio of original works including several narrative full-length ballets, one-act ballets, choreography for musicals and an assortment or shorter works.
Throughout his career, Roman has continued to maintain a particular emphasis on deepening his knowledge in character and folklorique styles and techniques. He has performed with the Kazka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Northeastern Pennsylvania since 2008 and has been privileged to perform as a principal in the premier presentations of original works by Pennsylvania Master Artist Andrij Dobriansky, celebrating Ukrainian history and culture. Roman has maintained a collaborative relationship with the Gerdan Ukrainian Music ensemble over the last decade, providing original choreographic works to complement several of their arrangements and together, they have performed many concerts at venues and events throughout Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, Pennsylvania and New Jersey including the historic National Folk Festival and the Kennedy Center.
In 2023, Roman was recognized by the Maryland State Arts Council as a Master Artist in Ukrainian Folk Stage Dance for his body of work promoting Ukrainian Culture, covering the many facets of Ukrainian
Noah Strand
Ballet Faculty
Noah Strand received his dance training from the Washington School of Ballet in the District of Columbia, and at the School of American Ballet (SAB) at Lincoln Center in New York City under the tutelage of Kee Juan Han, Jock Soto, Jonathan Stafford, Arch Higgins, Luis R. Torres, Andrei Kramarevsky, Kristina Windom, Arch Higgins, Joaquín De Luz, and many others. He has performed on stage with the New York City Ballet in Peter Martins's Sleeping Beauty and danced a principal role in Christopher Wheeldon's Scènes de Ballet. He was featured in a series of in-studio performances for students from New York City Public Schools, in which he danced the El Capitan variation from George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes. He has also appeared on stage and trained with the San Francisco Ballet, Washington Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Boston Ballet. From 2015-17, Strand participated in the New York Choreographic Institute, performing original works by Kaloyan Boyadjiev, Dana Genshaft, and Gianna Reisen. He choreographed his own work, "Hammers," for the SAB Student Choreographic Institute in 2017. In addition to his professional dance training, Strand served as a Teaching Assistant at SAB in classes for boys ages 6-12, and later developed a men's ballet training and fitness conditioning program at Elite Feet Dance Studio in Frederick, Maryland. Strand recently made multiple guest appearances performing the role of Cavalier from The Nutcracker.
Baylee Wong
Assistant Director
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Baylee Wong currently dances with the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company and Gridlock Dance. Baylee received training in various dance styles including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, and ballroom. In 2019, she took 1st at the Tri-State Dancesport Championship in youth rhythm open gold, competing in cha cha, rumba, bolero, mambo, swing, and samba. Baylee received a BFA Dance Performance and Choreography degree at Towson University and was the recipient of Outstanding Award for Choreography and the Jim Synder Award for Technical Excellence. At Towson, Baylee had the privilege of working with Linda-Denise Fischer-Harrell, Runqiao Du, Catherine Horta-Hayden, Vincent Thomas, Caroline Rocher Barnes, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. She was also given the honor being a commencement speaker at graduation. Baylee has taught at the Maryland Public High School Dance Festival and Dance Sanctuaries at the Kennedy Center Reach. Her original choreography has also been showcased at the Peabody Dance Festival and S.H.E./Moves at the Maryland Youth Ballet.
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Kaitlyn Zhou
Ballet Faculty
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Kaitlyn Zhou currently dances with Ballet Company M, the University of Maryland’s premiere ballet organization. She has had a deep love for ballet ever since she was young. From the ages of 6 to 15, Kaitlyn trained at Ballet Caliente Classical School of Dance in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Her dance background includes ballet, jazz, modern, and tap. In 2018, Kaitlyn starred in Ballet Caliente’s Ugly Duckling, where she performed excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Since joining Ballet Company M, Kaitlyn has performed various roles from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and several soloist pieces in the company’s Spring Showcase. Kaitlyn is currently a senior at the University of Maryland pursuing an accelerated Bachelor’s and Master’s in Public Policy with a double major in Family Science.
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