Krista King-Doherty is an internationally recognized and award-winning teacher and choreographer. Prior to returning to her dance roots, Krista enjoyed a successful career as a fashion model in Europe, USA, Asia, and Australia. She worked for top designers and was featured in print campaigns, magazines, on television, and on runways for a decade.

Since 2005, Krista's students have repeatedly won the Youth Grand Prix Award, Grand Prix Award, and the Hope Award, in addition to overall awards in all divisions at Youth America Grand Prix. Krista’s daughter and lifelong student, Juliet Doherty, won the Gold Medal in both Junior Women’s and Senior Women’s Division at the YAGP Finals in 2012 and 2014.

Krista’s work is frequently featured in galas and has been recognized in the “Stars of Tomorrow” at Lincoln Center, World Ballet Competition, ADC/IBC, Vail International Dance Festival, the Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition, Varna International Ballet Competition, USA/IBC, Australian Dance Festival, YGP Mexico, “Gala de Danza” in Cabo San Lucas, Nervi Festival, and Cancun International Ballet Festival.

Krista is honored to have received the “Outstanding Choreographer” award from YAGP four times, most recently in 2024 at the YAGP Finals in New York City, and the “Avant Garde” award for choreography from ADC/IBC. Krista’s choreography was featured on NBC’s World of Dance Season 4. She teaches and adjudicates for national conventions and competitions. Krista is a sought-after choreographer and guest master teacher at conservatories and intensives in the USA and internationally.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Lourdes Gómez graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Artes as a Ballerina/Professor. She immediately joined the Cuban National Ballet, under the direction of Alicia Alonso, where she performed the company’s extensive classical and modern repertoire and participated in numerous national and international ballet festivals. In the Cuban National Ballet, she reached the rank of First Soloist, performing principal roles such as Coppélia, La Fille Mal Gardée, Paquita Grand Pas, Majísimo, Grand Pas de Quatre, Don Quijote, Swan Lake, Raymonda Grand Pas, Muñecos, Rara-Avis, Paganini, Tarde en la siesta, Diana & Acteón, among others. In 1988, she received the Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and First Place in the Pas de Deux category. A year later, she was invited to perform Swan Lake as Odette and Odile with Compañía Nacional de Danza in México.

In 1995, Lourdes was hired by the Escuela de Música y Danza de Monterrey in México, where she coached the graduating-level VIII ballet students and prepared many of the dancers for ballet competitions abroad. She also taught courses in History of Dance and Classical Technique for the professional division.

From 2002 to 2010, Lourdes worked as Professor and Ballet Mistress at Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, where she was appointed the position of Principal Ballet Mistress in 2005. For this company, she restaged Giselle and staged several other ballets, such as La Vivandière and Raymonda Grand Pas. Ms. Gómez has also been a Guest Teacher in the Centro Andaluz de Danza in Seville and the conservatories of Córdoba and Cádiz in Spain, as well as in the Ballet Conservatory of Brest, France.

From 2011 to 2016, Lourdes worked as Professor and Principal Ballet Mistress of CoDa21, directed by Denisse Eliza, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also taught the advanced-level students of the school. For the following two years, Ms. Gómez was Professor and Assistant to Artistic Direction of Ballet de Monterrey, under the direction of José Manuel Carreño.

Currently, Lourdes is a freelance maître and works as a teacher in various schools in Miami, Florida.

Sarah Stevens is an ABT-certified ballet instructor and licensed Gyrotonic trainer in the Bay Area, bringing over a decade of diverse teaching experience and a passion for nurturing others' growth in both ability and love for the art of dance. She is committed to providing high-level technical and artistic training within a safe and developmentally appropriate learning environment. Sarah believes that this art form teaches many invaluable lessons beyond technique, capable of changing the trajectory of a student’s life, and she is passionate about working together to support the young dancers in our community.

Sarah began her professional journey as a Studio Company Dancer, completing the ABT level 6 exam with honors, and received a promotion to Company Artist in 2020. Her most notable classical roles include the Sugar Plum Fairy in The San Jose Nutcracker, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, and Summer Fairy in Cinderella. She also undertook extensive rehearsal for Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, though this production was sadly canceled due to Covid-19.

In addition to her classical repertoire, Sarah has worked with esteemed choreographers on new contemporary pieces created for the company.

Born in Grand Junction, Colorado, at the age of 7 Alex Kramer began his training at The Institute of Dancing Arts. He has also trained with Jean-Philippe Malaty, Executive Director of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. He participated in the Denver Ballet Guild Young Dancer's Competition from 2004 through 2009, and in 2009 was awarded the Florence Ruston Award for Overall Excellence. In 2009, he began training at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre in New York City, and in 2010, he became the first recipient on the David Hallberg Scholarship there.

Alex was a member of American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company for the 2011/2012 season and performed with ABT II on its 2011 European tour, where he danced Jerome Robbins's “Interplay,” George Balanchine's “Allegro Brillante,” and Antony Tudor's “Continuo.” Mr. Kramer joined the former Ballet San Jose in 2012 and was promoted to soloist in 2015. He danced many leading roles, notably Sir Frederick Ashton’s “Les Renezdevous,” George Balanchine’s “Theme and Variations,” and Jorma Elo’s “Glow-Stop.” Alex joined the Washington Ballet in Washington DC in 2017. There he danced the role of Paris in John Cranko’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the Hoofer in George Balanchine’s “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” the lead in George Balanchine’s “Allegro Brillante,” and George Balanchine’s “Tarantella” Pas de Duex, among others.

Alex has practiced Pilates throughout his ballet career. He initially started Pilates as way to cross train and improve his performance as a dancer. Pilates improved his practice as a dancer but as he dove deeper into the work he learned the benefits of Pilates for everyday function and wellbeing. He is currently completing his certification with the Pure Body Teacher Training program.

Ramon Moreno danced with Ballet San Jose as a Principal Dancer from 1999 until his retirement in 2014. He received his ballet training at the famed Escuela Nacional de Artes, in Havana, Cuba and was awarded the title of Professional Dancer and Professor. Ramon is also a graduate of the American Ballet Theater National Training Curriculum from Primary to Level 5.

Following his training in Cuba, he participated extensively in competitions worldwide, winning seven medals, four of which were gold. He was a member of the National Ballet of Cuba under the direction of Alicia Alonso. Ramon later joined the Classical Ballet of Havana under Laura Alonso, Alicia Alonso's daughter and toured internationally. Through his participation in the 1998 IBC in Jackson, Mississippi he was awarded a contract with Cleveland-San Jose Ballet under the direction of Dennis Nahat. In 2000, he followed the company to San Jose until his retirement in 2014. His repertoire includes Apollo, Carmen, Who Cares? The Four Temperaments, Flower Festival at Genzano, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Involucion. He won an Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Performances for the Ballet San Jose 2008-2009 season. Mr. Moreno was on the faculty of Ballet San Jose School's Summer Intensive Program, as well as a number of Bay Area ballet schools including Santa Clara Ballet and Bayer Ballet Academy.

Mr. Moreno, Artistic Director and Founder of the Ramon Moreno School of Ballet, is currently teaching the Youth Program as well as Open classes. He is a gifted, inspiring instructor who is is highly sought after for coaching and training for competitions and performances by aspiring professional dancers as well as serious ballet students of all ages.