Artistic Directors
Cynthia Bradley
Cindy Bradley began her studies at the school of the Atlanta Ballet Company. Later she studied with New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet. She joined the Virginia Ballet Company, under the direction of Oleg Tupine; the Louisville Ballet Company, under the direction of Richard Munro; the San Diego Ballet Company, under the direction of Keith Martin; and the North San Diego County Ballet, under the direction of Victor Moreno. As well as choreographing many original works, she has staged The Nutcracker, Coppelia, and Swan Lake. Ms. Bradley co-founded Jetsetter Productions in 2005 and created Shag With a Twist with world-renowned artist Josh Agle, aka Shag. The dance musical premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center and won an Ovation award for best costume design, was nominated for eight Lester Horton Awards and had an extended run in Las Vegas in 2007.
Patrick David Bradley
Patrick David Bradley has been teaching and dancing in the greater Los Angeles area since 1978. Mr. Bradley holds a BA in studio art and an MA in Intra-Media Art and Performance from California State University at Domiguez Hills. He started dance at Los Angeles Harbor College, then at California State University at Dominguez Hills, continued at Western Michigan University, danced with the CSU Dominguez Hills Dance Company, Angels Gate Dance Company, Loyola Marymount Dance Company and Rose Polsky and Dancers. He was founding director of Matrix Performance Art Company and currently teaches art at San Pedro High School. His works have been featured on many programs including SOLA, Celebrate Dance, California Choreography Festival, Los Angeles Harbor Arts Festival, Dance Under the Stars, and The Los Angeles Dance Invitational. In 2003 San Pedro City Ballet was nominated for a Lester Horton Award for Excellence In Performance for Mr. Bradley’s work Light, and in 2007, Mr. Bradley received a nomination for Excellence In Choreography, Short Form, for Silence.
Executive Assistant
Gabbi Savahna Herrera
Faculty
Rachel Oberg
Rachel Oberg grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where she studied ballet under the direction of Melissa Morris at Blue Springs Ballet. During her time with Blue Spring Ballet, Rachel was a principal dancer in the youth ballet company, where she danced the title role of “Cinderella” in Cinderella, “Sugar Plum Fairy” in The Nutcracker , and “Marie Taglioni” In Pas de Quatre. As a young student, she attended many summer dance programs to enhance her ballet training , including Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program, Dmitri Roudnev’s Ballet Intensive from Moscow, and Stephen’s College Summer Dance. Upon graduation from high school, Rachel went on to study ballet at the University of Utah, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ballet education, as well as her teaching certificate. Rachel has danced professionally with the Ballet Theatre of Maryland and Contemporary Ballet Dallas, dancing in such roles as soloist in American Ballads: Blue Trio, Juliet’s friend in Romeo and Juliet, and Belle’s friend in Boogie Woogie Christmas Carol. Most recently, Rachel has performed as a guest artist in The Nutcracker as “Snow Queen” and “Sugar Plum Fairy” . Rachel has also worked as rehearsal mistress for Fullerton Youth Ballet, where she coached many solos, pas de deux’s, and ensembles at Youth America Grand Prix. Her students were awarded several recognitions including first place, third place, and top twelve at regionals, and competed in the YAGP New York City Finals. Rachel worked as artistic director and choreographer for North Texas Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker. She has also been a guest instructor at several summer ballet intensives around the country. Rachel loves sharing her passion for ballet with others, and is thrilled to be on staff as a teacher for San Pedro City Ballet.
Tracy Jones
Tracy Jones
Tracy Jones received her early training at San Pedro Ballet School and Lauridsen Ballet Centre. She has danced professionally with Ballet Austin, Sacramento Ballet, Anaheim Ballet, Borealis Dance Company, and Kenneth Walker Dance Project and performed as a guest artist for South Bay Ballet, Silverlake Contemporary Ballet and San Pedro City Ballet. She has worked with choreographers such as Ron Cunningham, Lila York, Robert Kelly, Kenneth Walker, Gina Patterson, and Stephen Mills.
Mia Hjelte
MIA IS A FORMER SOLOIST OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET (2006 - 2017) AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE TOURING DANCE COMPANY STOCKHOLM 59NORTH.
MIA RECEIVED HER DANCE EDUCATION AT THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET SCHOOL AND DURING HER SENIOR YEAR SHE STARTED HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER WITH THE FRENCH YOUTH COMPANY EUROPA DANCE. THE COMPANY PERFORMED AT THEATRE CHATÊLET IN PARIS AND TOURED ALL AROUND FRANCE WITH WORKS BY OHAD NAHARIN, JIRI KYLIAN, MATS EK AND MAURO BIGONZETTI.
MIA THEN JOINED THE VIENNA STATE BALLET, WHERE SHE GOT HER FIRST EXPERIENCE OF CORPS THE BALLET WORK, BUT WHEN OFFERED A CONTRACT WITH THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET MIA RETURNED TO STOCKHOLM AFTER ONE SEASON IN VIENNA.
MIA STAYED WITH THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET FOR 11 YEARS AND WAS PROMOTED TO SOLOIST. SHE PERFORMED IN BOTH THE CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY REPERTOIRE, INCLUDING SOLOIST ROLES IN SWAN LAKE, NUTCRACKER, MANON AND CINDERELLA AS WELL AS IN CONTEMPORARY WORKS BY MATS EK, SHARON EYAL, WILLIAM FORSYTHE AND JOHAN INGER, AMONGST OTHERS. SOME OF HER HIGHLIGHTS WAS TO PERFORM THE LEAD ROLE IN THE ICONIC BALLET THE RITE OF SPRING BY MAURICE BEJART AND THE LEAD ROLE IN WILLIAM FORSYTHE’S ARTIFACT SUITE.DURING HER TIME WITH THE COMPANY, MIA TOURED TO THE US, EUROPE AND CHINA.
IN 2015 MIA HJELTE WAS APPOINTED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE TOURING DANCE COMPANY STOCKHOLM 59 NORTH. A COMPANY CONSISTING OF SOLOISTS AND PRINCIPALS OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET. AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MIA PRODUCED FULL LENGTH EVENINGS AND COLLABORATED WITH FILMMAKERS, ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, DESIGNERS AND COMPOSERS TO CREATE NEW ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS, AND SHOWED BALLET AND NEW EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL THEATRE SPACE. 2018 MIA HJELTE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND STARTED TEACHING AND DEVELOPING BALLET PROGRAMS AT LOCAL DANCE STUDIOS. MIA ALSO FREQUENTLY WORKS WITH CAL-STATE UNIVERSITY TO CHOREOGRAPH MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS.
Enrique Anaya
Enrique Anaya started his ballet training at San Pedro ballet school. He then went on to train at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and New York Dance Project where he got to debut in Gerald Arpinos “Birthday Variations”. Enrique moved forward by attending summer intensives with professional ballet company schools such as American Ballet Theatre and Pacific Northwest Ballet. He was offered a full scholarship to the Colburn dance academy in Los Angeles where he got the opportunity to learn and perform George Balanchine works such as “Who Cares” under the direction of former New York City ballet principal dancer - Jenifer Ringer. Most recently he is joining us from dancing with Oregon ballet theatre’s second company under the direction of Dani Rowe.
Kenneth Walker
Kenneth Walker Dance Project celebrates is 10th year of bringing Contemporary Ballet to life in the Los Angeles area. Kenneth invites the thoughts and ideas of his dancers when creating new works and offers dancers the opportunity to find their own voice within the work. The company presents annual concerts and has appeared at festivals throughout LA, including the Pasadena Dance Festival, Los Angeles Dance Invitational, Mix Match Festival, Palm Desert Choreography Under the Stars, Dance! Now at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica, MADBAD Festival in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in New York, Virginia, and South Carolina.