METROWEST BALLET

Faculty

Director

Ballet, Pointe, Repertory, Variations, Jazz

Jessica Wilson began her dance training through the Royal Academy of Dancing with Mary Tolland and received coaching from Herida May for R.A.D. exams. She also studied intensely with well known teacher Jacqueline Cronsberg, graduated from Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, and later attended State University New York (SUNY) at Purchase where she majored in dance and psychology and minored in philosophy.

Ms. Wilson began her teaching career in 1993 when she joined the faculty of Ballet Workshop New England. She was appointed Associate Director of the school in 2003. Ms. Wilson has also held the position of Ballet Mistress with the Massachusetts Youth Ballet since the company originated in 1995. There, she worked closely with Sandra Jennings, Repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust. In 2003, Ms. Wilson was appointed Artistic Associate of the company.

In an effort to bring quality classical ballet training west of Boston and to the Worcester area, Ms. Wilson has founded MetroWest Ballet. Her intentions are to provide a warm and nurturing atmosphere of small classes and individual attention and to uphold the highest standards of classical ballet training.

Ms. Wilson has been invited to teach at Boston Ballet School's Young Dancers Summer Program and Performing Arts Center of Worcester Summer Program. She will celebrate twenty-five years of teaching this coming school year. Outside of the ballet studio Ms. Wilson works as a Tutor for Sudbury Public Schools and co-owns an apiary providing beekeeping service in Cental Massachusetts.

Ballet, Pointe, Repertory, Adult Ballet

Jennifer Markham received her early training from Judi Drozd at Terpsichore Dance Center and with Madeline Cantarella Culpo, Deirdre Duffin Swindlehurst and Nancy Ropelewski King at the Cantarella School of Dance/School of the Albany Berkshire Ballet. She danced with the Albany Berkshire Ballet and toured throughout New England, New York and Pennsylvania. Ms. Markham has appeared in A Dancer's Christmas with the Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble and has performed with CreationDance as well as Margot Parsons Dance Company/DanceVisions. With Margot Parsons, she was privileged to have new works created for her using both live and recorded music, in classical and contemporary forms. Ms. Markham holds a BA in Political Science and History, with a minor in Women's Studies, from Emmanuel College and an MS in Arts Administration from Boston University. She is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level  7 & Partnering of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.  

Cathy Hazeltine Fallon

Ballet, Conditioning, Alexander Technique

Cathy Hazeltine Fallon began dancing in Marblehead, MA. with Midge and Bill Haggett. She trained with Melissa Hayden, at Skidmore College, with Laurence Rhodes, Christina Bernal and Maggie Black while at Garden State Ballet, and with Todd Bolender, Jonathan Watts, and Una Kai at Kansas City Ballet. She performed in ballets of George Balanchine, Lew Christensen Todd Bolender, Peter Anastos, and Paul Mejia. In 1982 she was principal dancer at the Santa Fe Opera. She studied with Twyla Tharp and company, understudied Mark Morris’ The Hard Nut, and performed with Laura Dean, Martita Goshen, Robin Becker, and Joann Fregalette Jansen. She learned Pilates Technique from Joseph Pilates’ protegé Kathy Grant. She taught for Young Audiences in New York City public schools. She has taught at various schools in the Metro West area and was Director of Studio Ballet of Hudson from 2006-2012. She holds a B.S. in Kinesthetic Education and Dance from State University of New York, and is an AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique mind/body awareness technique. She incorporates the Alexander Technique and Pilates into her teaching to give students the necessary tools for core strength, proper alignment, and ease of movement.

Theresa Kniaz

Ballet, Contemporary

We are excited to have Theresa Kniaz join our faculty this fall. Bio Coming soon!