Ann Fisher
Owner, Director & Choreographer
Ann Fisher established Conservatory of Classical Ballet in 2001 after teaching and directing throughout the San Francisco Bay Area since 1988. From 1997 to 2001 she was the Direcor of Berkeley Ballet Theater, and founded their Pre-Professional Youth Ensemble. Her students have gone on to have professional careers as dancers, teachers, choreographers and company directors. Ms. Fisher received her early training from Oakland Ballet Academy, and for nine years, performed with the Oakland Ballet Comapany both nationally and abroad. Sharing her enthusiasm and knowldege of dance with her studens is one of her greatest joys.
Pope Flyne
West African Dance (Summer Intensive)
Ghanaian performer /composer/educator Pope Flyne was once know as lead vocalist for the lead legendary Sweet Talks band of Ghana, where he helped bring the art of Highlife music to new heights. When not on stage, he shares his joyful spirit and vast knowledge of African folk music, dancing and percussion with his legions of American students. Pope is also a recording artist publishing under Akwaaba Records and Spiriling Music.
Carlos Carvajal
Student Division & Adult Classes
Mr. Carvajal has been teaching at Conservatory of Classical Ballet since 2006. He is an internationally known choreographer of more han 200 works for ballet, opera and television. Director Emeritus of Peninsula Ballet Theater and the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Mr. Carvajal began his dance career with San Francisco Ballet. In Europe, he danced with International Ballet of the Marquis de Duev, Theater der Freine Hansastadt Bremen, Theater de Bordeaux and Ballet Nueveo Mundo de Caracas. After ten years abroad, he returned to the San Francisco Ballet as Ballet Maser and Associate Choreograper. In 1970, he founded and directed San Francisco Dance Spectrum. Mr. Carvajal received the first San Francisco Art Commission Award of Honor for outstanding work in choreography and dance in 1981. In 1986 he received the Isadora Duncan Award for a lifetime of significant work, and received the Critics Circle Awared in 1990.
Deborah Hurley
Pre-Ballet and Adult Classes
Deborah Hurley holds an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Mills College. She trained in the Vaganova Syllabus with Karen morrell, and has been teaching at CCB for the past 17 years. Ms. Deborah thoroughly loves and enjoys teaching both children and adults.
Tami Oei
Student Division & Adult Ballet
Tami began dancing at the age of six at Kirkpatrick School Dance in San Mateo, California, where she studied and completed grades one through seven of the Cecchetti method. She has had the opportunity and pleasure to dance various roles in The Nutcracker with Peninsula Ballet Theater, Peninsula Youth Ballet, and Santa Clara Ballet. Tami started teaching dance while in graduate school and fell in love with it. Although ballet is not a full-time profession, it has remained a constant passion in Ms. Tami's life.
Sarah Stroin
Student Division, Adult Ballet & Pilates
Sarah started dance classes at three years old and by the time she turned eight, knew she wanted to focus solely on ballet. Shortly thereafter, she began training at Contra Costa Ballet Centre inWalnut Creek. Sarah also trained at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C. The desire to share her love of ballet and movement is a driving force in Sarah’s life and teaching career. She was introduced to Pilates for rehabilitation as an injured teenage ballerina. As a Pilates instructor, she knows firsthand the benefits of targeted strengthening and dynamic flexibility and loves to train dancers for both injury prevention and rehab. Sarah’s vision of her Pilates practice is to work with all ages, body types, and fitness levels to help people gain and maintain balance, strength, and flexibility, along with ease and efficiency of movement. Sarah has a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and is also a community organizer in Contra Costa County focusing on anti-racism.
Emilie Skinner
Adult Ballet, Student Division Sub &
Administrative Assistant
Emilie Skinner began her classical training at the age of six with Gilbert Rome and Victoria Vittum performing with their company Houston Repertoire Ballet until graduating High School. She has studied at summer intensives including Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Austin Ballet and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She has also attended the SIBA international training program in Salzburg, Austria. While the primary focus of her training is classical ballet, she also has experience in modern, jazz and contemporary dance. Emilie received her BA in French studies with a minor in Art history from the Univiersity of North Texas, while performing with local ballet companies. In 2011, Emilie founded the nonprofit professional ballet company, Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet (DNCB), and served as its Artistic Director until moving to the Bay Area in June of 2019.
Dallis Wright-Morash
Pilates & Modern Dance
Dallis currently teaches movement and dance at the San Francisco Opera Center, Pilates and Myofascial Release Techniques at CCB, and choreographs locally for community theater and schools. She graduated with a BFA (specialized honors) in dance from York University in Toronto and is certified as an ACE Health Coach and fitness instructor. Originally from Victoria, BC, Dallis has been choreographing, and teaching for over 25 years.
She performed in many musicals across Canada and she was Artistic Director of KaBoom Interactive Parties Inc in Toronto.