Staff and Faculty

Daniel Duell, Founder and Artistic Director

Patricia Blair, Associate Artistic Director and School Director

Ted Seymour, Resident Choreographer, Faculty, and Marketing Associate

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Sharyn N. Pulling, General Manager

Hanna Brazas-Mata, Administrative Assistant

Emma Kapteyn, School Registrar

Claire Stevens, Operations Manager

Ryan Uecke, Finance Manager

Emma Wittig, Artistic Administrator

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Ashton Craven, Reception

Abby Hannuksela, Reception

Eliza Jost, Reception

Parker Penick, Reception

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Margo Hawk, Media Consultant

Gail Kalver, Arts Management Consultant

Megan Sindelar, Grant Writer

Connor Elgoff, Photography Intern

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Lead Chaperone, Aja Martin

Chaperones, Diana Adeniyi and Nadya Wang-Lee

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FACULTY

Daniel Duell, Patricia Blair, Ted Seymour, Kat Alvarado, Kara DelGrosso, Patti Eylar,

Elly Green, Joshua Ishmon, Emma Kapteyn, Emily Rice, Monica Saucedo, Nikyle Scott,

Emma Wittig

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PIANISTS

John Mannos, Principal Pianist

Jeremy Harris, Andrew Milliken, Jonathan Shang, Elizabeth Ushakova

 

BALLET CHICAGO PRODUCTION STAFF

Margaret L. Nelson, Production Manager & Lighting Designer

Corrine Budris, Wardrobe

 Aislinn Cantin, Kiersten Davis, Kate Denny, YiJing Yang, Wardrobe Interns