ARTISTIC & CREATIVE DIRECTORS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Ms. Vanessa Zahorian joins the Pennsylvania Ballet Academy after nearly two decades with the San Francisco Ballet, having served as a principal dancer since 2002. She previously studied at the Kirov Academy of Ballet and was an apprentice dancer for the Kirov Ballet. She was granted as a Balanchine Repetiteur with the George Balanchine Trust in 2012.
To learn more about Vanessa’s ballet background, read her resume by clicking the link below.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Davit Karapetyan joins the Pennsylvania Ballet Academy after more than a decade with the San Francisco Ballet, having served as a principal dancer since 2005. He previously was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and received training at the Armenian School of Ballet and the Schweizerische Ballettberufsschule, Zurich, Switzerland. In 2015, he won an Emmy for a dance film he choreographed and produced.
To learn more about Davit's ballet background, read his resume by clicking the link below.