STAFF OF THE ORIGINAL BALLET FLORIDA: 1986 - 2009

Founder and Artistic Director

Marie Hale

Co-Founder, Company Manager, Teacher Academy of Ballet Florida

Lynda Swiadon Bucheck

Ballet Mistress

Claudia Cravey

Dancer, Ballet Master, Teacher

Steven Hoff

Accompanists

Gladys Atkison, Lydia Kass, Jerry Ludiker, Curt Probel, Sasha Wagner, Olga Wescott

Assistant to The Artistic Director, Stage Manager, Lighting Designer,

Marketing, Graphic Designer,  Performer, “Voice of Ballet Florida”

Andrew George Cripps

Technical Director

Albert Mathers

Resident Company Character Artist, Director of Audience Services,

Director of Marketing, Graphic Designer, Tour Manager,

Resident House Manager

Joseph J. Bucheck III

Marketing

Debbie Wymess

 Wardrobe Mistress, Dancer

Jennifer Mercier Conrad

Hair, Wigs

Jane Pasley

Development

Stephen Dori Shin

Outreach, Development

Tonya Garcia