2012 Staff

Cristóbal Márquez
Cristóbal is a native of Santiago, Chile. His dance training began at the Teatro de Municipal de Chile and the University of Chile. Cristóbal came to the United States at the invitation of Houston Ballet and later had professional dance contracts with Colorado Ballet and Columbia Classical Ballet, and as soloist for Nevada Ballet Theatre. He has been a guest artist for Roswell Ballet Theatre, Queen City Ballet, Ballet Fantastique and Denver Ballet. Cristóbal is the founder and artistic director of Ballet Conservatory of Salt Lake City.

Stephan Isijia Reynolds
Stephan is a seasoned veteran of live, on stage performance. As an international master teacher, he has taught throughout the U.S. and the world. Currently, Stephan performs a lead role in Cirque du Soleil’s production of “O” at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Stephan’s class is like a non-stop, contemporary dance mix tape. He will teach you to perform a fusion of jazz, ballet, funk and African, pushing you beyond your comfort zone and into the realm of true artistry. So buckle up tight, ’cause Stephan will take you from 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds!

Rachel Butler
Rachel is currently director of Huntsville Ballet School as well as ballet mistress for the Huntsville Ballet Company. She trained with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and the Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Academy. As a professional dancer, she danced soloist and principal roles with Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and has been sought after as a guest artist throughout the United States. As ballet mistress Rachel has set ballets for New Haven Ballet, and served as assistant ballet mistress of children’s roles for Kent Stowell’s and Maurice Sendak’s world-renowned production of The Nutcracker.

Sasha Dobson
Sasha is a Lincoln native who received her BFA in acting from Ithaca College in New York and her MFA in acting from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. After graduate school, Sasha moved to England for five years where she was fortunate to find work as an actress with the touring company Shakespeare To Go. Since Sasha returned to Lincoln she has worked extensively as an actor, director, acting/voice/dialect coach, university educator and producer. She teaches theatre and acting classes at UNL and is also the AdventureLied Coordinator for the Lied Center for Performing Arts.