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Faculty 

Denise M. Cecere, Artistic Director

Joseph Jefferies, Summer Intensive Principal

Caroline Jewell, Educational & Business Administrator

Northeast School of Ballet’s faculty is an enthusiastic group of professional instructors whose backgrounds provide students with a variety of artistic influences. The faculty -- led by the school and company Artistic Director, Denise Cecere is comprised of mentors who have enjoyed careers in the arts and want to share their knowledge and love for dance with the next generation.

NSB's diverse and distinguished faculty includes former dancers from, Miami City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, Ballet West, Colorado Ballet, Memphis Ballet, Eliot Feld Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, Harid Conservatory, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Elisa Monte Dance, Parsons Dance Company, and Buglisi Dance Theatre. among many others.

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Denise Cecere

Ballet

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Joseph Jefferies

Summer School Principal, Ballet, Character, Yoga 

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Rhonda Lee

Ballet

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Jeremy Howes

Ballet & Modern

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Holly Stone

Ballroom

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Erika Lambe

Ballet

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Nathan Duszny

Musical Theater

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Caitlin O'Connor-Pesce

Ballet

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Jodi Fitzgerald

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Carmella Tomeny

Ballet

Kim Cornelius

Ballet

Pilates & Conditioning

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