Robin Stewart
ballet mistress, has spent more than 30 years teaching and coaching ballet, as well as setting a variety of works, both original and from the classical repertory, including several full length ballets. For many years, she has also had the pleasure of working with talented and energetic students of the DSA Dance Department.
Chris Harris
was born in Denver and try as she might she just can’t leave the mountains. She has a BFA in Dance from the University of Colorado and a second Bachelor’s in Architecture. She is the Artistic Director for Louder Than Words Dancetheatre and the Colorado Youth Danse Theatre in Denver. She is also currently an Artist in Residence at the Denver School of the Arts, and Faculty of Dance Legacy, Dance Kaleidoscope, and A Living Arts Center. She has also choreographed for Magic Moments, acted with Littleton Town Hall, been a guest lecturer at The Arts Institute of Colorado and Colorado State University, and designed many websites. Chris is the Assistant Artistic Director for Interweave Dance Theatre as well as a co-director for the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop. Her current obsession is creating a system to record choreography using digital media and animation. After working with the kids at DSA for more than a decade she is still pleased and amazed at their talent, passion and dedication.
Greg Gonzales
graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Kinesiology/Dance. His teachers include Larry Boyette, James Clouser, Nadia Tikhanova, Milenko Banovic, and Sandra Minton among others. He received a scholarship in dance while at UNC and was a full scholarship student at the American Dance Festival. Gregory spent the bulk of his career at Colorado Ballet where he was promoted to Principal in 1997 and danced leading roles as well as character roles in works by major choreographers such as Martha Graham, Agnes de Mille, George Balanchine, Eugene Loring, Christopher Wheeldon, and Doug Varone, etc. Gregory has also danced with Ballet Pacifica, Ballet Arizona, Nevada Dance Theater, and David Taylor Dance Theater among others. Gregory was a co-founder of On Edge Productions staging combat and comedy at numerous festivals. He was adjudicated by The Society of American Fight Directors and was recommended in rapier and dagger. He was a Choreographer in Residence for Colorado Ballet from 2003-2004 and created such works as Carmina Burana and Peter Pan (both cochoreographed), Broken Web, Incantation and Last Breath. Last Breath was performed for the Patron Performance in 2008. Gregory also enjoys theater and film work and has been cast in several independent film projects in the Denver area.
