School Staff & Faculty

To be the very best, you must train with the very best.

The School maintains a faculty of over 50 instructors. Our prestigious faculty are joined from time to time by current Kansas City Ballet company members and artistic staff, as well as renowned guest teaching artists. Many classes are taught to live piano accompaniment, a crucial element in developing the student’s understanding of the relationship between music and movement.

Artistic

Devon Carney, Artistic Director
Oliver Till, School Director
Kimberly Cowen, Principal & KCYB Director
Taryn Ouellette, Principal, South Campus at Meadowbrook
Jennifer Welch Cudnik, Principal, Daytime Program
Dmitry Trubchanov, Men’s Program Coordinator & KCYB Associate Director
Jordan Voth, Company Pianist/Principal Academy Pianist
Jacob Thomas, Academy and R.O.A.D. Pianist

Administrative

Sherry Urton, School Operations Manager
Miyesha McGriff, R.O.A.D. Program Administrator
Rachel Grisi Dugan, Summer Intensive Coordinator
Nora Burkitt-Davis, Children’s Program & Adaptive Dance Coordinator
Sarah Wilczewski, South Campus Administrator
Staci Wittenberg, Bolender Center Administrator
Adrienne Anderson, Data & Process Analyst
Kira Dimarco, Allay Freeman, Administrative Assistants